Loyola College (Montreal)

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Loyola College merged with Sir George Williams University to form Concordia University in 1974. Current information is at Concordia University

Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School.

Loyola started life as the English sector of Collège Sainte-Marie (St. Mary's College, founded 1848). Loyola College was founded out of the English sector of Ste-Marie in 1896. In 1964, the Loyola High School Corporation was founded to run Loyola High School separately from the college. When Loyola College merged with Sir George Williams University in 1974, title to the land that Loyola High occupied was transferred from the College.

Loyola was never a degree granting institution, instead, it started out associated with the Université Laval until 1920, from then on from Université de Montréal, until it merged with SGWU. Although associated with these universities in order to grant degrees, it nevertheless had full curriculum control. There was a quest to become an independent degree granting university in the 1960's (to become Loyola University), however the Quebec government deemed it a better idea to merge with SGWU. Merger talks began in 1968 and the merger was concluded in 1974. Today, the Loyola Campus remains as a campus of Concordia University, and looks like a classical university campus, unlike its Sir George Williams Campus, in the heart of downtown Montreal. No Jesuit teachers remain at Concordia University.

The campus is home to Loyola International College, which offers a minor in "Diversity and the Contemporary World".

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