BUTLER UNIVERSITY

private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Indianapolis, Ind., U.S. It comprises the University College, Jordan College of Fine Arts, and colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Education, Business Administration, and Pharmacy. The university offers a range of bachelor's degree programs and master's degrees in business administration, education, arts and sciences, history, and English. It also has professional degree programs in pharmaceutical sciences. The Institute for Study Abroad provides students with opportunities to study in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. Total enrollment exceeds 4,500. The university was founded in 1855 by members of the Disciples of Christ church as North Western Christian University. It was the third university in the nation to admit women on an equal basis with men and the first to endow a chair for a female professorship. In 1877 the school's name was changed to Butler University in honour of Ovid Butler, a local Abolitionist, attorney, and friend of the university. Through the 1930s and '40s, the university opened colleges of education, business, and pharmacy. Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse and Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall are both listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.