History of the University of Baltimore
The University of Baltimore was founded in 1925 as a private institution. Its founders were a group of Baltimore civic leaders who wanted to provide low-cost, part-time evening study in business and law for working adults. Its first site was at the southeast corner of St. Paul and Mt. Vernon Place with a class of 62 law students and 114 business students.
A continuing heritage.
UB became a state institution in 1975 and became part of the University of Maryland System (now known as the University System of Maryland) in 1988. The current campus includes numerous buildings (the former Baltimore Athletic Club is now Charles Hall, and the former home of Kelly Buick is now the Academic Center) in the Mt. Royal area. The newest facilities house the Merrick School of Business and the Student Center. We still educate business and law students, but we've added many full-time day programs and an array of professionally oriented liberal arts programs.
Read about UB's Presidential history.