Harvard University is a public research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It is a one of the most esteemed university in the world among the best universities in the U.S as well as top universities in the world list, and oldest institute of higher education in the United States. It was founded in 1636, Harvard was initially addressed as New College after two years it became home for North America, and in 1639 the institute name was renamed as Harvard College. The Harvard is formed into ten staffs and eleven separate academic branches. The main institute is centered on Harvard yard in Cambridge about 5km northwest of Boston. The Harvard University System’s dental, medical and public health schools are situated in the Longwood Medical Area and Harvard has the biggest financial endowment.
Harvard University has the largest academic and private library system in the world, consisting 79 individual libraries with around 18 million books. It is a larger and highly residential research university. Harvard University has numerous high alumni along the 8 USA Presidents, the Alma master of 62 living rich person. From starting to till now around 150 Nobel laureates have been associated as students and faculty.
Academics at Harvard University
Harvard is occupied in 209 acre; it comprises central administrative offices and academic buildings including (University Hall, Memorial Church and Sever Hall) and main library of the university. The Harvard B Schools and some of the university’s sports facility with including its stadium are placed on a 145 ha in Allston. Every residential home is contains rooms for resident tutors, undergraduates, house masters and dining hall as well as with library volumes. Harvard has about 7,200 undergraduates and 14,000 graduate students are being instructed by 2,400 professors, lecturers and instructors. The university as a crimson color,
Teaching and learning at Harvard University
Harvard is large and one of the highly residential research university. The university offers 46 undergraduates concentrations, 32 professional degrees and 134 graduate degrees. Harvard accorded 1,664 bachelor’s degrees, 512 doctoral degrees and 400 masters’ degrees. The four year full time undergraduate program contains a minority of registrations at this university. Harvard also offers a comprehensive doctoral graduate program and their academic curriculum operates on a semester calendar it begins in early September and ends in may.
At this institute undergraduates typically take four half courses per term and they should maintain a four course rate average to be considered full time. For the year 2012 – 2013 School annually tuition was $38,000 with a full cost of attendance of $ 57,000. For the families whose annual income is less than $60,000 they need not to pay any cost for their children to attend with rooms and board, like wise depending on family’s annual income they need to pay cost to the university.
University rankings
Harvard has been extremely ranked by many of university rankings, according to the Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) it has been consistently topped position since 2003. Also when the QS & Times were published in relationship as the QS World University Rankings for year 2004-09, it had also considered as the first in every year. Harvard’s undergraduate program has been consistently among the top in the U.S. News and World Reports. According to the University Rankings by Academic Performance Harvard topped in 2012.
