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Paul Grendler has authored a history of Jesuit schools and universities from 1548 to 1773. In it, he notes that the Jesuits had established over 700 colleges and universities across Europe by 1749, with another hundred in the rest of the world, but in the aftermath of the Jesuit suppressions of the 18th and 19th centuries, all these schools ...
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) is a consortium of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and three theological centers in the United States, Canada, and Belize committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities, sharing resources, and advocating and representing the work of Jesuit higher education at the national and ...
The Network’s predecessor, the Jesuit Educational Association (JEA), was founded in 1936 to serve the apostolate of secondary and postsecondary schools in the United States. In 1970, the JEA split into the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA). [ 2 ]
Jesuits have founded and/or managed a number of institutions, the first of which was Georgetown Preparatory School, established in 1789. The second oldest is St. Louis University High School, which was founded in 1818. Jesuit secondary schools in the U.S. include (listed by state):
The Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA) gathers the Jesuits of 19 provinces, 2 regions and of South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). It is the collaborating body of the 19 provincial superiors and 2 regional superiors of the Society of Jesus in South Asia.
For a complete list of the 175 or so universities and colleges run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), see the List of Jesuit institutions. Listed below are only those for which there are Wikipedia articles.
Jesuit college in Daugavpils (1630–1811, with interruption 1656–1669), initially a residence until 1761, now Daugavpils fortress; college church destroyed during World War II; Jesuit school in Izvalta (1635–1820), from 1817 a college, now Izvalta Church
The International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) is an association of higher education institutions run by the Society of Jesus. It was founded in 2018, upon the approval of Rev. Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, Father General of the society.