Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. In 1853 the founders purchased a 379-acre tract of land on the shore of Lake Michigan 12 miles north of Chicago. They established a campus and developed the land near it, naming the surrounding town Evanston in honor of one of the University's founders, John Evans. After completing its first building in 1855, Northwestern began classes that fall with two faculty members and 10 students.
Programs
African Studies, African-American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Mathematics, Art, Art and Technology, Art History, Asian Studies, Astronomy, Audiology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biological Science, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Business, Caribbean Studies, Cell Biology, Chemical, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Classics, Cognitive Science, Communications Studies, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Systems & Applications, Dance, Drama, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering and Technology, Environmental Sciences, European Studies, Film, French, Geography, Geology, German, Health, History, Human Development, Humanities, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, International Studies, Jewish Studies, Journalism, Latin American Studies, Law, Leadership, Legal Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Media Studies, Molecular Biology, Music Business, Music Education, Music Performance, Music Technology, Organizational Communication, Philosophy, Physics, Planetary sciences, Political Science, Portuguese, Pre-Business, Pre-Law, Psychology, Radio / TV / Film, Religion, Slavic Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Speech Pathology, Statistics, Theatre, Transportation, Women and Gender Studies, Writing
Campus type
Normal
Carnegie
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
|
|
|
