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Roosevelt University is a four-year, Private Institute of Higher Education with full Service Campuses in Chicago's Loop and Northwest Suburban Schaumburg . It also offers Classes in Communities , Schools , and Corporations , and continues the Mission of being a Metropolitan University and an Asset to the surrounding communities. Roosevelt University currently offers 126 Doctor's , Master's , Bachelor's Degree and Certificate (Post-Master's, Postbaccalaureate, Less-than-2-years, Less-than-1-year) programs in the Arts , Sciences , Business , and Education . As the college has grown into a university, it now includes the Evelyn T. Stone University College, a Continuing Education school; Chicago College of Performing Arts, a music and theatre program; Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration, a business school; college of arts and sciences; and a college of education. ACADEMICS AND MAJORS There are more than 60 undergraduate majors and pre-professional programs, 40 master’s degree programs, and selected doctoral programs. Colleges Departments and programs are organized in 5 colleges.
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Institutes and centers A strong supplement to the university's colleges is its centers and institutes that extend the learn and research opportunities available to students and faculty.
CAMPUSES Downtown Chicago Campus The majority of all Chicago classes are held within Roosevelt's historic Auditorium Building at 430 S. Michigan Avenue just blocks from the Magnificent Mile . A second downtown campus building is the Gage Building , known as the Center For Professional Advancement , located at 18 S. Michigan Avenue. It is also the home of the Paralegal Studies Program and the School of Communication. Neighbors include the Art Institute Of Chicago , the Field Museum , and Soldier Field . The 430 S. Michigan Avenue campus overlooks Buckingham Fountain , Grant Park , Michigan Ave. , Columbus Drive , Lake Shore Drive , and Lake Michigan and the Center for Professional Advancement overlooks Millennium Park on Chicago's lakefront. STUDENT LIFE Student housing and residence life Roosevelt University has two dormitories located less than two blocks from one another. The (MMSC), and other facilities including the Office of Student Activities, the Student Government Association, Student Organization office spaces, and the Academic Counseling Center. The University Center of Chicago is the newest dormitory in the area and was officially opened in the fall of 2004. Located at 525 S. State Street the UC houses students from Roosevelt University, DePaul University , and Columbia College Chicago , totaling 1700 residents from these three schools combined. The downtown location of both of these residence halls makes access to nearby cultural institutions convenient. Traveling between campuses Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses and Elevated "L" Trains. (the principal urban heavy rail and metro serving in Chicago) serve to both downtown Roosevelt locations. METRA (the Chicagoland's commuter rail system) is connected between the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses. In Schaumburg, PACE (the suburban bus division of RTA: the Regional Transportation Authority ) also operates the bus lines to the Albert A. Robin campus. Intercampus vans are also regularly scheduled to commute between the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses. Groups and activities There are many active student organizations at both of the Roosevelt University campuses.
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