Rush University

Rush University is a private university on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The university, founded in 1972, is the academic arm of Rush University Medical Center.

Rush encompasses a 613-bed hospital serving adults and children, the 61-bed Johnston R. Bowman Health Center and Rush University. The campus occupies an eight-acre (32,000 m²) site on Chicago’s Near West Side, in the Illinois Medical District, which also includes its teaching hospital, Rush University Medical Center.  Rush University Medical Center dates back to March 2, 1837, when Rush Medical College received its charter. Daniel Brainard, MD, founded Rush Medical College in March 1837, two days before Chicago was chartered as a city. It took seven years from the granting of the charter before Rush Medical College opened officially on December 4, 1843—with 22 students enrolled in a 16-week course.

Rush University Rankings

• TOP 100 NURSING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2009
• BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS – PRIMARY CARE RANKINGS
• MEDICAL SCHOOL RANKINGS – BEST RESEARCH MEDICAL SCHOOLS

Rush University Tuition and Fees

Rates are effective Fall 2007 through Summer 2008, except Rush Medical College students for whom rates are effective July 2007 through June 2008.
Full-time = 12 or more credit hours
Part-time = 1-11 credit hours

Schools and Colleges of Rush University

• Rush Medical College
• Rush University College of Nursing
• Rush University College of Health Sciences
• The Graduate College of Rush University

Rush University News

• New Vice Chairperson for Department of Urology - Thu, 17 May 2012
  Dr. Ajay Nehra has joined Rush University Medical Center as vice chairperson, and professor and director of men’s health in the Department of Urology. Nehra comes to Rush from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he served as professor of urology. “Nehra is a highly regarded researcher and clinician who is also a leading [...]

• Swimming for Cancer Research at Rush - Tue, 15 May 2012
  Swim Across America (SAA), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events across the country, is hosting its 20th annual Chicago open-water swim event Saturday, Aug. 4, at Ohio Street Beach in Chicago. The fundraiser benefits the Rush University Cancer Center, which comprises all of the [...]

• Rush Provides $220 Million in Community Benefits - Wed, 09 May 2012
  Rush University Medical Center and its affiliated Rush Oak Park Hospital provided more than $220 million in community benefits in fiscal year 2011 — an increase of roughly $20 million from the previous year. The majority of Rush’s investment in the community, more than $143 million, covered costs for unreimbursed but much needed care that [...]

• Purpose in Life May Benefit Alzheimer’s Patients - Mon, 07 May 2012
  Greater purpose in life may help stave off the harmful effects of plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, is available online. “Our study showed that people who reported greater [...]

• Mayor Joins Dedication for New Hospice Unit at Rush - Wed, 02 May 2012
  Rush University Medical Center and Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care are opening the first inpatient hospice unit at a major medical center in Chicago in order to provide patients with comfort, dignity and compassionate care during their final days. The new, 13-bed unit ,called the Ada F. Addington Inpatient Hospice Unit in honor of Horizon [...]

• 19th-Century Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease May Help Patients Today - Thu, 19 Apr 2012
  In the 19th century, Jean-Martin Charcot, the celebrated neurologist, developed a “vibration chair,” to relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Charcot reported improvements in his patients, but he died shortly thereafter and a more complete evaluation of the therapy was never conducted. Now, more than 100 years later, a group of neurological researchers at Rush University [...]

• Tower Sets Green Milestone With LEED Designation - Thu, 19 Apr 2012
  One of Chicago’s most distinctive new buildings has now been certified as among the greenest. Rush University Medical Center’s innovative new hospital building, the Tower, which opened in January, has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute. It is the largest new construction healthcare [...]

• Any type of physical activity may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease - Wed, 18 Apr 2012
  Results from new research by neurological experts at Rush University Medical Center suggests that elderly people who move around more — even gardening or puttering around the house — are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than more sedentary seniors. Results from the study are published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American [...]

• Rush Well-Represented in U.S. News School Rankings - Mon, 26 Mar 2012
  Rush University is well-represented in the 2013 edition of the America’s Best Graduate Schools survey released March 13 by U.S.News & World Report. Seven programs in the Rush College of Nursing and two programs in the Rush University College of Health Sciences are ranked among the top 19 in the country. Rush is a top-ranked [...]

• Free Health Services at Annual Spring Fair - Mon, 26 Mar 2012
  Free health services, including screenings, school physicals, immunizations and health counseling, will be administered to underserved Chicagoans at the eighth annual Rush University Medical Center Spring Into Health and Fitness Fair on Saturday, March 31, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, a high school in the Pilsen neighborhood at 2520 S. Western Ave. Registration closes at 12:30 p.m.