Hilbert College

Coordinates: 42°45′17″N 78°49′14″W / 42.754741°N 78.820649°W / 42.754741; -78.820649

Hilbert College is a private Franciscan college located in the Town of Hamburg, about 20 minutes south of Buffalo, New York within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. The college is named after Mother Collette Hilbert of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph, who founded the school to train teachers in 1957. Hilbert College is a coeducational liberal arts college that currently enrolls approximately 1,100 students and grants both undergraduate and master’s degrees.

History

Hilbert College, founded on the principles of the Catholic faith and the Franciscan philosophy of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph (FSSJ), was established under the vision and leadership of Sister Mary Edwina Bogel. Originally affiliated with the Catholic University of America, it was named the Immaculata Teacher Training School, and its first classes were offered to nine FSSJ sisters at the FSSJ Motherhouse in Hamburg.