St. John's University (also known as SJU or STJ) is a private, Roman Catholic, coeducational university located in New York City, United States. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers in 1870, the school was originally located in the borough of Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. In 1960, the school was relocated to its current location in the borough of Queens. St. John's also has campuses in Staten Island (Notre Dame College (New Yor...
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St. John's University (also known as SJU or STJ) is a private, Roman Catholic, coeducational university located in New York City, United States. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers in 1870, the school was originally located in the borough of Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. In 1960, the school was relocated to its current location in the borough of Queens. St. John's also has campuses in Staten Island (Notre Dame College (New York)), Manhattan, Rome, Italy. and a graduate center in Oakdale, New York. A campus in Paris, France is set to open in the Spring of 2009.
St. John's is organized into six undergraduate schools and seven graduate schools. As of 2008, the university has a total of 14,983 undergraduate students and 5,086 graduate students.
The university has seen much growth on its campuses in order to attract students from outside the New York area. In 1999, the first dormitory was completed on the Queens campus. As of 2008, the campus now contains seven dorms...
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