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Saint Xavier University (or SXU) is a private Catholic university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, the university enrolls 3,749 students.

Saint Xavier University was founded as a women's college by the Sisters of Mercy in 1846 at the request of William Quarter, Bishop of Chicago. With the City of Chicago less than 10 years old, the religious sisters, under the guidance of Mary Francis Xavier Warde, established Saint Francis Xavier Female Academy. The academy, which would later become Saint Xavier College, and finally Saint Xavier University, was the first Mercy College and is the oldest chartered college in the city of Chicago.

In the year 1846, five sisters of Mercy were sent to the city of Chicago from Pittsburgh to start Catholic work in the new city. The original campus (then referred to as an academy), soon gained, in 1847, a state charter which allowed for the granting of degrees from the academy. After this location on Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe in downtown Chicago) burned down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the campus was rebuilt on the southern boundary of Chicago.

In 1915, Saint Francis Xavier College for Women opened.

Saint Xavier University offers undergraduate majors and graduate programs through its two colleges:

Saint Xavier University has one of the most diverse undergraduate student bodies in Chicago and is a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution.

Saint Xavier's 109 acres (44.1 ha) main campus is located in Chicago in the Mt. Greenwood neighborhood on the corner of 103rd Street and Central Park Avenue. It is in close proximity to the suburb of Evergreen Park, Illinois.

The university's main campus is made up of several buildings, including the Warde Academic Center, which is the oldest building on campus and houses administrative offices and the library; the Shannon Center; McDonough Chapel, a small Catholic chapel; the Graham School of Management Building; Andrew Conference Center and Driehaus Center. Within a mile of the main campus are the Visual Arts Center and O'Grady Center, which houses the departments of University Relations and University Advancement.

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