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In it, he notes that the Jesuits had established over 700 colleges and universities across Europe by 1749, with another hundred in the rest of the world, but in the aftermath of the Jesuit suppressions of the 18th and 19th centuries, all these schools were closed. The following schools were established in the post-suppression period. [1]
For a complete list of the 175 or so universities and colleges run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), see the List of Jesuit institutions. Listed below are only those for which there are Wikipedia articles.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) is a consortium of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and three theological centers in the United States, Canada, and Belize committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities, sharing resources, and advocating and representing the work of Jesuit higher education at the national and ...
Jesuit college in Bailleul, Flanders (1617–1762), with some remains integrated into the town's World War I monument; Jesuit college in Autun (1618–1763), now Lycée Bonaparte and Church of Our Lady of the Assumption; Jesuit college in Cassel, Flanders (1618–1762), now Jesuits' Chapel
Duchesne College (Omaha, Nebraska) Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross (Washington, D.C.) Holy Family College (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Holy Name College (Washington, D.C.) Holy Names University (Oakland, California) Immaculate Heart College (Los Angeles, California) Ladycliff College (Highland Falls, New York) Lexington College (Chicago, Illinois ...
The Jesuit schools played an important part in winning back to Catholicism a number of European countries which had for a time been predominantly Protestant, notably Poland and Lithuania. Today, Jesuit colleges and universities are located in over one hundred nations around the world.
Georges Buffon - French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author (Jesuit College of Godrans in Dijon) Jim Bunning - American senator and baseball player (Xavier University) Luis Buñuel - Spanish filmmaker (Jesuit College, Aragon, Spain) Daniel Burman - film producer (Universidad Iberoamericana)
It was established during an international assembly of Jesuit higher educational institutions at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. [ 3 ] IAJU is part of the Jesuits' higher education apostolate, and its main mission is to "contribute to the progress" of the said apostolate to "promote the development of a more just and humane world for ...