University
of Chicago - US
Description: -
The University of Chicago is a private research university
in Chicago, Illinois and one of the world's leading and influential
institutions of higher learning, with top ten positions in numerous rankings
and measures.
The University, established in 1890, consists of The
College, various graduate programs, interdisciplinary committees organized into
four academic research divisions and seven professional schools. Beyond the
arts and sciences, Chicago is also well known for its professional schools,
which include the Pritzker School of Medicine, the University of Chicago Booth
School of Business, the Law School, the School of Social Service
Administration, the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, the Graham School
of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies and the Divinity School. The university
currently enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and around 15,000
students overall.
University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in
the development of various academic disciplines, including: the Chicago school
of economics, the Chicago school of sociology, the law and economics movement
in legal analysis, the Chicago school of literary criticism, the Chicago school
of religion, and the behavioralism school of political science. Chicago's
physics department helped develop the world's first man-made, self-sustaining
nuclear reaction beneath the university's Stagg Field. Chicago's research
pursuits have been aided by unique affiliations with world-renowned
institutions like the nearby Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory, as well
as the Marine Biological Laboratory. The university is also home to the
University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States.
With an estimated completion date of 2020, the Barack Obama Presidential Center
will be housed at the University of Chicago and include both the Obama
presidential library and offices of the Obama Foundation.
Founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a
donation from oil magnate and wealthiest man in history John D. Rockefeller,
the University of Chicago was incorporated in 1890; William Rainey Harper
became the university's first president in 1891, and the first classes were
held in 1892. Both Harper and future president Robert Maynard Hutchins
advocated for Chicago's curriculum to be based upon theoretical and perennial
issues rather than on applied sciences and commercial utility. With Harper's
vision in mind, the University of Chicago also became one of the 14 founding
members of the Association of American Universities, an international organization
of leading research universities, in 1900.
The University of Chicago is home to many prominent alumni.
89 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university as visiting
professors, students, faculty, or staff, the fourth most of any institution in
the world. In addition, Chicago's alumni include 49 Rhodes Scholars, 21
Marshall Scholars, 9 Fields Medallist’s, 13 National Humanities Medalists, 13
billionaire graduates, and a plethora of members of the United States Congress
and heads of state of countries all over the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment