Founded in 1891, North Park University is a private, four-year, co-educational university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church. An intentionally Christian university, North Park prepares students for lives of significance and service through liberal arts, professional, and theological education. North Park University balances freedom and disciplined responsibility, focuses on students, and helps form and transform the whole person. In this way, the University advances its unique calling as an urban, multicultural university dedicated to the glory of God and the good of its students, the academy, the wider church, and the world.