In January 2006, the University’s College of Business & Technology was named for the legendary former Chairman and CEO of the General Electric Company, John F. Welch. Identified throughout the world of business simply as “Jack,” he was associated with GE for an incredible 41 years. Fortune magazine has called him the Manager of the Century, and Business Week dubbed him “one of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years.”

As part of his commitment to the University, Mr. Welch volunteered to be actively involved with the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology through ongoing advice and guidance. He has assisted the College as it continues its mission of providing students access to a top-quality education and preparation for careers in business. Further, he provided the largest gift in the University’s history to assist students in financial need and to foster faculty development and research.

In January 2007, the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology earned an accreditation from AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It joins an elite membership of fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide. AACSB International is considered the premier global accrediting body for schools that offer undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.

In August 2007, Sacred Heart University earned the Grand Ducal Decree which provides recognition of SHU the diplomas in Luxembourg, providing the opportunity to register diplomas with the Luxembourg Ministry of Higher Education.

Sacred Heart University was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport. It was established to provide the community with an affordable, quality education at a local Catholic university. From its outset, the University bore the mark of innovation. Charting a new direction within American Catholicism, the University was to be led and staffed by the laity independent and locally oriented, serving the needs of the diocese and of southwestern Connecticut.

Signs of the University’s growth and vibrancy are evident. Enrollment has risen from the original class of 173 to 6000 full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students, and the faculty has increased from 9 to 187 full-time professors and over 300 adjunct professors.
The University has enhanced the undergraduate student experience in several notable ways. In 1990, it accepted for the first time students who wanted the residential experience. The first dorms, Scholars Commons (Previously known as J-Hill), were built 1991. It now has 10 residential buildings with 70% of the full-time undergraduates residing in university housing.

New degree programs and majors in relevant disciplines are regularly added to the curriculum. The University offers Division I athletics with 32 varsity teams. The $17.5 million William H. Pitt Health and Recreation Center is available to all students and to the community at large. Recognizing the importance of technology, Sacred Heart University provides all undergraduate students with a laptop computer. The University campus is a wireless environment.

On Sunday, September 27, 2009, Sacred Heart University dedicated and opened its new chapel. The worship space, following the teachings of Vatican Council II has been named the Chapel of the Holy Spirit.

The main campus is located in suburban Fairfield, CT, 50 miles north of New York City and 150 miles south of Boston.

• Cambridge Campus (Trumbull, CT)
• Oakview Campus (Trumbull, CT)
• Stamford Campus (Stamford, CT)
• Griswold Campus (Griswold, CT)
• Luxembourg Campus (Luxembourg)
• Dingle, County Kerry Campus (Ireland)