Heythrop College

Heythrop College is the specialist philosophy and theology college of the University of London situated in Kensington Square, Kensington, London. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in philosophy and theology, as well as research in related fields. It was founded in 1614 by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in Leuven, (present-day Belgium), then moved in 1624 to Liège. During the wars surrounding the French Revolution, the college moved to Britain - philosophy was taught at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire and theology in St. Beuno's in North Wales. In 1926, the colleges came together in Heythrop Hall, Oxfordshire, then moved to London in 1970. It became a college of the University in 1971, and moved to its current...