The University of Valley Forge is shutting down its academic operations at the conclusion of the summer semester, having undertaken a "careful assessment" of its "financial realities," the university's board of trustees said Wednesday. The university's website provides information on how students can transfer to Eastern University, Messiah University and Southeastern University. The University of Valley Forge was established in 1939 as a small Bible college in Green Lane, Montgomery County as part of an international network of Assemblies of God colleges. It moved to its current home on the site of the former Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Chester County, in 1974. In 2014, the university changed its name from Valley Forge Christian College to the University of Valley Forge.