Northwestern University in Evanston, United States

Overview

Year founded

1851

Type

Private

Courses

Intake

Sep

Type

Private

Scholarship

Population

Information not available

Female : Male

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Local : International

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Courses Offered

Engineering 9

Applied and Pure Sciences 5

Humanities & Social Sciences 6

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About Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university with campuses which located in Evanston and Chicago of Illinois, United States. Northwestern has 12 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees. Northwestern is one of the largest university endowments in the United States and also pne of only 62 institutions elected to the Association of American Universities. Northwestern was awarded more than $500 million in research grants in 2010–2011, placing it in the first tier of the major research universities in the United States by the Center for Measuring University Performance.

Rankings

Ranked 22.00
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014

Ranked 21.00
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014-2015

Ranked 34.00
QS World University Rankings 2014

Ranked 29.00
QS World University Rankings 2013

Ranked 32.00
QS World University Rankings 2015

Ranked 25.00
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016

Additional information

Northwestern University was founded in May 31, 1850 by John Evans. John Evans purchased 379 acres (153 ha) of land along Lake Michigan in 1853 and Philo Judson began developing the plans for what would become the city of Evanston. The first building, Old College, opened on November 5, 1855. As a private university that had to raise funds for construction, Northwestern sold $100 "perpetual scholarships" that entitled the purchaser and his heirs to free tuition. After that, the expansion of Northwestern University begin and Northwestern started to open campuses. Northwestern is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and remains the only private university in the conference.

Northwestern has three campuses. Two campuses are located on Lake Michigan: a 240-acre campus in Evanston, the first suburb north of Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. While the other campus is located in Doha, Qatar.

Northwestern university is located nearby the Norris University Center and Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Northwestern University offers many housing options. Here are the list of the housing options:

Housing Master Plan
Undergraduate Housing
Graduate Housing
Residence Hall
Residential College
Residential Communities
Special Interest Housing

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