DePaul University facts for kids

The student center on the campus in 2002.

DePaul University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois. The university has about 24,008 students. It was founded in 1898. The current president of the university is A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD. It was named after 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul.

DePaul's two main campuses are located in Lincoln Park and the Loop. The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Health, and Education. The Loop campus is home to Colleges of Business, Law and Technology.

Since 1998, DePaul University has been the largest Catholic university in the United States.

Students

The university enrolls around 16,000 undergraduate and about 7,600 graduate/law students, making DePaul the 13th largest private university by enrollment in the United States, and the largest private university in Illinois. According to the Division of Student Affairs website, about 90% of DePaul's students commute or live off campus. The student body represents a wide array of religious, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds, including over 60 foreign countries.

Sports

The athletics teams of the university are called the Blue Demons. They have 13 varsity teams and they compete in the Big East Conference.

Images for kids

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  A 1911 photograph of DePaul University in the Chicago Daily News

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  Completed in 1992, Richardson Library faces the Quad in the heart of DePaul University's Lincoln Park Campus.

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  The Driehaus College of Business, which contains the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, is located at State and Jackson in the Chicago Loop.

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  College of Law, Lewis Center.

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In Spanish: Universidad DePaul para niños