Historical Universities of Boston - Copy

Northeastern University was founded in 1898 as the Evening Institute for Younger Men in the Huntington Avenue YMCA. Over the next 40 years it transformed into a university with its first president being Frank Palmer Speare (Speare Hall loca... Read more

Wentworth Institute of Technology was opened on September 25th, 1911, years after the death of its founder, Arioch Wentworth. Wentworth himself stated in his will that the university was meant to “furnish education in the mechanical arts.... Read more

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The founding of Simmons University is fairly unique. Despite being an all-female college, the founder was male.  John Simmons was a prominent clothing manufacturer and real estate developer. He died in 1870 and left his inheritance to crea... Read more

Emmanuel College is the first Catholic college built for women in New England. It was established by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1919, and is therefore preparing to celebrate its Centennial in 2019. The student population was main... Read more

Berklee College began as the Schillinger House in 1945, which was the only college-level school in the United States in which jazz acted the basis of the curriculum. As the university continued to expand it’s curriculum, Schillinger House... Read more

Boston University was founded in 1839 by a group of Methodist ministers who wished to establish a school that followed Methodist theologies. Therefore, Boston University has a strong methodist ideal base. The university was first named “N... Read more

The idea of Massachusetts Institute of Technology first arose in 1846 in a letter by William Barton Rogers, the eventual founder of the institution. He proposed the founding of a polytechnic school in Boston focused on the furthering of bas... Read more

Harvard was founded in 1636, only 16 years after the pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, making it the oldest institute of higher learning that is still functioning in the United States. Harvard was initially created with the purpose of training ... Read more