Webster University is a private university whose main campus is in Webster Groves, a St. Louis suburb in Missouri. It was founded in 1915 as Loretto College by the Sisters of Loretto, renamed Webster College in 1924 and Webster University in 1983. It also has other St. Louis-area campuses, a campus in San Antonio, Texas, and international campuses including Switzerland, Austria, Georgia, the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and China. Its Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence has won more national titles than any other U.S. college team, though Wikipedia reports that in May 2026 the university announced it would discontinue the chess program. Fall 2023 enrollment was 7,606, and its athletics compete in NCAA Division III. Tim Keane is chancellor.
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470 E Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119, United States, Missouri
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