Â鶹ÊÓƵ is a private, Catholic university established in 1895 with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is a comprehensive University offers a wide variety of full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and certificate programs for women and men.
The University enrolls approximately 1,734 students and has Schools of Arts, Sciences, and Business; Education; Nursing; and Pharmacy. Additionally, the University offers programs for adult students fully online and at several locations across the state.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is located on a beautiful 60-acre wooded campus in the northern Baltimore residential neighborhood of Homeland.
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The institution was first founded in 1873 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame as the Notre Dame of Maryland Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies and Preparatory School for Little Girls.
In 1895, Notre Dame received state approval to begin four year baccalaureate-level instruction. The April 1896 College charter from the State of Maryland granted the right to award degrees up to and including the doctorate. Notre Dame offers degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, postmaster’s, and doctoral level.
September 9, 2011: On the 116th anniversary of the first day of college classes offered on the campus—the institution was renamed Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has four academic schools: Arts, Sciences, and Business; Education; Nursing; and Pharmacy.
July 1, 2014: Current president Marylou Yam, Ph.D. became the 14th president of the University.
2015: Â鶹ÊÓƵ received non-governmental organization (NGO) status with the United Nations. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is the only college or university in Maryland to have such a designation.
2018: Â鶹ÊÓƵ launched the Women’s Leadership Institute of Baltimore to serve as a convener of women in the Baltimore region to address issues of gender inequity.
2020: The University celebrated its 125th year of educating leaders to transform the world.
2022: The University announced that it would become gender-inclusive at all levels beginning in fall 2023. This transformative step is an extension of Notre Dame’s mission to educate leaders to transform the world