At the end of the 19th century, Mother Pancratia (Mary Louise Bonfils), of the
Sisters of Loretto, had the vision to educate women in the Rocky Mountain region. In 1886,
Loretto Heights Academy was founded as a Catholic girls' high school in the building later used as Colorado Heights University's Administration Building. The landmark Administration Building was a Romanesque six-story structure, designed by Denver architect
Frank E. Edbrooke (1840-1921). The Administration Building was built from red sandstone and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. The campus now has almost 20 structures, including a 1,000-seat theater, an interfaith chapel, a swimming pool, cafeteria, residence halls and recreational amenities. TLHU focused on international students. In 2009, TLHU rebranded to Colorado Heights University. Colorado Heights University was owned by the
Teikyo University Group, a multinational educational foundation based in Japan that operates many undergraduate and graduate universities with more than 70,000 students spread across 46 campuses worldwide. ==Academics==