Now the 12th largest among more than 50 private Illinois colleges and universities, Lewis has grown from a small aeronautical technical school for boys into a dynamic, coeducational, comprehensive, Catholic university with a richly diverse student body, including traditional-aged students as well as adults of all ages who attend classes at the main campus in Romeoville, and at suburban campuses and sites throughout the Chicagoland area.

Inspired by its Catholic and Lasallian heritage, Lewis University offers a values-centered curriculum, rich in our Mission values of knowledge, fidelity, wisdom, and justice and guided by the spirit of association which fosters community in all teaching, learning and service. Lewis University provides to its more than 5,200 students programs for a liberal and professional education based on the interaction of knowledge and fidelity in the search for truth.

Located 30 minutes southwest of Chicago, Lewis University is a comprehensive, Catholic university where the traditions of liberal learning and preparation for professional life provide its educational identity. Lewis University offers over 70 undergraduate programs, 20 graduate programs and accelerated programs for working adults.

Today, with growing enrollment, outstanding programs, experienced faculty and motivated students, Lewis University is recognized as one of the finest, mid-sized, comprehensive Catholic universities in the country.