# University of Chicago

- Location: Chicago, United States
- Type: Private
- Founded: 1890
- Official website: http://www.uchicago.edu/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/university-of-chicago-7add53a9

## Summary

The University of Chicago was incorporated in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society with major funding from John D. Rockefeller, and it opened in 1892 under its first president, William Rainey Harper. Physicists there achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in 1942. It is known for the Core curriculum in its undergraduate College and for influential schools of thought in economics, sociology and law.

## Key facts

- rank: #24 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx
- tuition: $63,801 (per year, 2023)
- admission: 4.5% (2024)

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.uchicago.edu/)
- [Admissions](https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/)
- [Financial aid](https://financialaid.uchicago.edu/)
- [Reference](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip)
- [Official institutional data: total enrollment 19,140, Fall 2025](https://data.uchicago.edu/?p=1660)
- [Wikipedia cross-check: history, type, motto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago)

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