St. John's University was established as St John's College in 1867 by the Vincentian community through the initiative of the Most Rev. John Loughlin, Brooklyn's first Roman Catholic Bishop. Initially, the college started out on Brooklyn's on Lewis Avenue with just six faculty and 47 students. The New York State charter granted the powers of a University to the institution college in 1906. It was renamed St. John's University, Brooklyn in 1933 and again as St. John's University, New York in 1954. Currently, the university consists of six colleges and schools. Also, it holds the membership of prestigious organizations such as the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).
St. John's University has three campuses, including the main campus, situated in New York and three international campuses in Italy, Limerick, and Paris along with the Long Island Graduate Centre in Hauppauge. Situated in Queens, New York, the university's main campus is spread across 105 acres and features a vast lawn, stunning stone buildings and world-class residence halls. It also offers facilities like well-equipped laboratories, a huge library, spacious classrooms, and a hi-tech athletic arena. The Staten Island campus in New York covers an area of 16.5 acres and is located in Staten Island's Grymes Hill section. It houses lush green lawns and apartment-style residences for students. The Manhattan campus situated in New York is home to a part of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business and St. John's School of Risk Management.
