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This is Greyhound Nation

Discover the Loyola experiences that distinctly prepare students to grow, thrive, and succeed in the classroom, the community, their careers, and the world

Academics

Our Jesuit liberal arts education calls students to tackle academic challenges head-on, to redefine what’s possible, to understand how it all connects, to think differently, to strive for excellence.

Jesuit Liberal Arts Education

Academics Inside the Classroom

With Loyola's emphasis on personalized attention and mentorship, students are able to interact closely with professors as well as with ...
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Career Preparation

Academics Outside the Classroom

Loyola provides opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students to gain valuable real-world experience through internships, ...
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Academics

Women in STEM at Loyola University

Women in STEM find a strong support system at Loyola—from female faculty leaders and fellow students to mentorship, clubs, and initiatives ...
Loyola students volunteering in a woodsy area picking up trash
Service-Learning

Service-Learning at Loyola

Service-learning integrates community service with academic coursework, providing students with opportunities to connect, collaborate, and ...
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Mentorship

The cornerstone of life at Loyola is relationships: meaningful, authentic, sustained relationships that foster personal growth and discernment far beyond your time on the Evergreen campus.

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Innovation

Loyola students create award-winning platform to assist small businesses in Baltimore

Student-created Equalyze platform connects students with local businesses to give them real world experience in helping grow small ...
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Loyola Ready

A Transformative College Experience

“Loyola enabled me to become the best version of myself.” A former student reflects on her experience.
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Outcomes

What it means to be Loyola Ready

Loyola provides myriad resources and real-world opportunities to prepare students for their careers and lives after graduation.
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Career Services

Loyola Connect

Discover Loyola’s online platform where students and alumni network, connect, and receive and provide guidance and mentorship.
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Student Life

This place, these people, our spirit and traditions, and our shared experiences all comprise life at Loyola and the Greyhound Nation—a proud, dynamic, diverse community that challenges, supports, and emboldens each member to become their best selves and achieve success.

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Around Campus

Sustainability at Loyola University Maryland

A Jesuit, Catholic, liberal arts university, Loyola University Maryland is committed to environmental sustainability on campus and beyond.
Around campus

Enjoying the great outdoors—right next door

A student explores a series of amazing trails that run parallel to Loyola's campus and through 15 Baltimore neighborhoods.
Loyola's NCAA championship trophy in a display case with a photo of fans in the background
Athletics

Greyhounds Athletics

Loyola's 18 Division I teams compete in the Patriot League and benefit from dedicated coaches, world-class facilities, and fan engagement.
Four female students walking past shops in a quaint neighborhood near campus
Baltimore

Life in Baltimore as a Student

With more than 120,000 students at 13 colleges and universities throughout the city, Baltimore is very much a college town.
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Career Preparation

Loyola students acquire the knowledge, experience, and skills to make a living. More importantly, our students leave here having learned how to make a life. They graduate ready for everything they are about to face—today, tomorrow, and 20 years from now. More than ready. Loyola Ready.

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Commencement

Graduating Greyhounds

Meet some of Loyola's Class of 2022 graduates
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Innovation

Innovation at Loyola University Maryland

Loyola faculty and students are actively engaged in a movement focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and design thinking.
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Entrepreneurship

Loyola’s Baltipreneurs Accelerator helps entrepreneurial student grow jewelry business

Loyola student Maria Jaeckel advances her jewelry business, Blue Bone Jewelry LLC, with support from Loyola and Baltipreneurs Accelerator
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Internships

The importance of internships during college

Internships during college can round out your skills and prepare you for a successful career, as demonstrated by Loyola students
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Photography

Because nothing brings a story to life quite like a picture.

Two students sit on a long bench with flowers in the foreground
Students sitting on the stone benches in front of Maryland Hall on the Quad.
A student and professor sit on a bench in front of Beatty Hall
A professor and student talk seated on a bench outside of Beatty Hall. In Fall 2021, Beatty Hall reopens with the Fernandez Center for Innovative and Collaborative Learning, a brand-new building that was built adjacent to Beatty and home to the Career Center, classrooms, a new café, and spaces for interactive teaching and learning.
A line of visitors walks in front of the Humanities Building, a fresh blanket of snow covers the ground
A group takes a campus tour on a cold day, stopping outside the office of international programs in the Humanities building. Even the snow can't stop the Greyhound Ambassadors, Loyola’s student tour guides.
The St. Ignatius statue on the quad framed by fall foliage
The statue of Saint Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and patron saint of Loyola University Maryland, is the iconic centerpiece of Loyola’s Academic Quadrangle.
A student sitting on a boat in the bay and pointing toward a building on land
Students explore downtown Baltimore by water as they ride the Water Taxi across the Inner Harbor.
Many students practicing swimming in lanes in a large pool
Students swimming in the Mangione Aquatic Center, home to Greyhounds swimming and diving, in the Fitness and Aquatic Center.
The front of the Fitness and Aquatic Center
The exterior of the entrance to the Fitness and Aquatic Center, located a short walk or short shuttle ride up North Charles Street. Students take advantage of the FAC and truly embrace cura personalis, care for the whole person.
Students can be seen walking along a paved path and sitting outside of the Humanities Building and student center
Students walking to class and spending time at the outdoor tables behind the Rev. Francis X. Knott, S.J., Humanities Center.
A music performer jumps on stage and the crowd cheers with their hands in the air
Students enjoying a concert on campus. Loyola hosts multiple concerts throughout the year, including Battle of the Bands. The winner of Battle of the Band opens for the headlining artist at Loyolapalooza.
A student performs a dance jump in front of a wall with colorful graffiti
A student strikes a pose in Graffiti Alley in Baltimore to promote a performance by the student-run Loyola Dance Company.
A student painting an outdoor scene with treetops and a glowing night sky
A student paints a vibrant night sky on a canvas in one of the studio arts spaces in the department of fine arts.
The Study, with red leather chairs and beautiful wood beams in the ceiling
The Study, located on the third floor of Jenkins Hall, offers a quiet place to crack the books as well as tutoring services, coaching, and academic success workshops.
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Videos

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Outcomes

What it means to be Loyola Ready

Loyola provides myriad resources and real-world opportunities to prepare students for their careers and lives after graduation.
Students and staff chat while standing on Loyola's grassy academic quad, near a statue of St. Ignatius
Life at Loyola

A Holistic Student Experience

Loyola’s student experience and educational approach develops the mind, body, and spirit.
Loyola's NCAA championship trophy in a display case with a photo of fans in the background
Athletics

Greyhounds Athletics

Loyola's 18 Division I teams compete in the Patriot League and benefit from dedicated coaches, world-class facilities, and fan engagement.
Students cheering in the stands while wearing face paint and Loyola shirts
Spirit and Traditions

The Greyhound Nation

Loyola’s diverse, welcoming, dynamic community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and its long-time traditions and school spirit are an integral part of the Loyola experience.
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