10 Facts About Benedictine University

Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois.

Benedictine University, called BenU, was founded in 1887 as St Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St Procopius Abbey, who lived in the Pilsen community of Chicago's West Side.

The university added the Kindlon Hall of Learning and the Birck Hall of Science in 2001 and the Neff Alumni Center in 2012, and in 2015, Benedictine opened the Daniel L Goodwin Hall of Business, which features the Trading Lab and a 600-seat auditorium.

Benedictine University offers 59 undergraduate majors through The College of Science, The College of Liberal Arts, The Daniel L Goodwin College of Business, and The College of Education and Health Services.

Benedictine University moved to Lisle, Illinois, in the far western suburbs of Chicago and DuPage County, in 1901.

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Benedictine University Mesa, located in Mesa, Arizona, became the first four-year Catholic university in Arizona when classes began in 2013.

Springfield branch campus of Benedictine University was founded in 1929 as a separate institution known as Springfield Junior College.

In early 2003, Springfield College in Illinois and Benedictine University formed a partnership through which Benedictine offered bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Springfield.

In 2009, Benedictine partnered with two universities in Vietnam—the Vietnam National University in Hanoi and Binh Dong University in Ho Chi Minh City —to offer graduate programs in business administration and management information systems.

Benedictine University–Springfield competed in 14 intercollegiate athletic programs: Men's sports included baseball, basketball, cross country, distance track, golf and soccer; while women's sports included basketball, cross country, distance track, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball; and co-ed sports included cheerleading.