Chatham University

Chatham University is an American university that has coeducational academic programs through the doctoral level, with its primary campus located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Chatham University maintains its Chatham Eastside location at the corner of Shadyside and the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. This facility serves the health science and interior architecture programs. In 2013, Chatham opened its Eden Hall Campus, located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Richland Township, to house the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment. The current university student population of 2,110 includes 1,002 undergraduate students and 1,108 graduate students. The University grants certificates and degrees including bachelor, master, first-professional, and doctorate in the School of Arts, Science & Business, the School of Health Sciences, and the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment.

Founded as the Pennsylvania Female College on December 11, 1869, by Reverend William Trimble Beatty , Chatham was initially situated in the Berry mansion on Woodland Road off Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of Shadyside. Shadyside Campus today is composed of buildings and grounds from a number of former private mansions, including those of Andrew Mellon, Edward Stanton Fickes, George M. Laughlin Jr. and James Rea. It was renamed Pennsylvania College for Women in 1890, and as Chatham College in 1955. The name served to honor William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and namesake of the City of Pittsburgh. The school gained university status from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on April 23, 2007, and publicly announced its new status on May 1, 2007, changing its name to Chatham University.

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