University of Chicago
Higher EducationIllinois, United States10001+ Employees
The University of Chicago is a large research university in higher education based in Chicago, Midwest. It supports scholars and students in pursuing rigorous, cross-disciplinary inquiry that challenges conventional thinking and aims to advance knowledge with global impact. The institution is widely recognized for its contributions to scholarship across fields and for fostering a rigorous intellectual environment. It serves a broad academic community of students, faculty, and researchers with programs spanning the sciences, humanities, and professional disciplines. In June 2026, researchers from its Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced a soft, skin-mounted compute patch capable of running AI models directly on the body, illustrating ongoing interdisciplinary research at the university.