Association of Chicago
Theological Schools (ACTS)
Meadville Lombard joined with other theological schools in Chicago to create the Association of Chicago Theological Schools and its offshoot, the Hyde Park Cluster of Theological Schools, in 1984. The cluster includes Catholic Theological Union, Chicago Theological Seminary (United Church of Christ), McCormick Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), and Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. ACTS membership allows Meadville Lombard students access to more than 300 faculty members, 1,000 courses, and excellent libraries in the Chicagoland area and suburbs.

University of Chicago
Students at Meadville Lombard are bi-registered with the University of Chicago and take at least four courses at the University. In addition, Meadville Lombard and the University offer a dual-degree program in ministry and social services administration. When enrolled at Meadville Lombard, residential students are entitled to University rights and privileges: use of libraries, recreational facilities, and health services.

National and International Affiliations
Meadville Lombard is one of two UU theological schools in North America with strong affiliations with the Unitarian Universalist Association, its Department of Ministry, and the UUA's Ministerial Fellowship Committee (MFC), which meets annually with students at the school.

The First Unitarian Church of Chicago, located diagonally across the street from the school, hosts our weekly Vespers Service in its Hull Chapel. Students are encouraged to participate in its parish life. Students often serve as interns and part-time ministers in many other Chicago-area churches.

Over the years, Meadville Lombard has cooperated with its neighboring seminaries to develop training agencies in public ministry.

Meadville Lombard also has been an institutional member of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) for many decades. Historically, many students, alumni/ae, and faculty have served on the IARF/U.S. chapter board. A pre-World War II tradition is continued by a scholarship fund that enables theological students or ministers chosen by the Unitarian churches in Hungary and Romania to study at the school. Meadville Lombard now has a "partner school" relationship with the Protestant Theological Institute in Koloszvar, Transylvania (Romania). In recent years, students belonging to the Brahmo Samaj (India), Rissho Kossei-Kai (Japanese Buddhist), Konko-kyo (Japanese Shinto), and the UU Church of the Philippines have come to study at the school.