About Judson University

Judson University is a private evangelical Christian futuristic arts academic circles in Elgin, Illinois. It was founded in 1913. Judson was formed out of the enlightened arts component of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. When the seminary moved from Chicago to Lombard, Illinois, it was approved to make the assistant professor separate from the seminary. Originally known as Judson College, it was named after Adoniram Judson, the first American Baptist missionary to foreign shores. The university circles has campuses in Elgin and Rockford, Illinois, and a student body of approximately 1,300. Judson College became Judson University on August 28, 2007.

Elgin (/ˈɛldʒɪn/ EL-jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern share of the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in story to 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago, it lies along the Fox River. As of 2019, the city had an estimated population of 110,849, making it the eighth-largest city in Illinois.