National Louis University (NLU) is a private university with its main campus in Chicago, Illinois. NLU enrols undergraduate and graduate students in more than 60 programs across its four colleges. It has locations throughout the Chicago metropolitan area as well as a regional campus in Tampa, Florida, where it serves students from 13 counties in that state’s central region. In 1886, National Louis University began as a radical idea for its time: a college to train women as kindergarten teachers. Today, NLU is the outcome of and testament to the vision of their founders. It is a contemporary university committed to innovation and best practices in both undergraduate and graduate education. A university that excels in creating learning communities where theory complements practice, NLU sustains a 125-year tradition of access to higher education for first-generation and urban university students who want to make a lasting impact in their lives and in their communities.
