FINE WORLD EDUCATION: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

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Princeton is the fourth-oldest private research university in the United States founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey and thus one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution. The University is located in the town of Princeton, New Jersey, which has a diverse population of 30,000 residents and is situated between New York City and Philadelphia. Princeton was the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the American colonies. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,323, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 600 acres.

Princeton university provides a welcoming environment in advising services, cultural and educational events, intramural sports, etc. For a residential community, Princeton provides housing for all four years Students can participate in more than 250 student-run organizations. It's six residential colleges offer settings where students quickly can take part in campus activities. The University provides its students with academic, extracurricular and other resources in a residential community.It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Its tuition and fees are $41,820 (2014-15).

Princeton University provides undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Doctoral education is also available in all disciplines emphasizes original and independent scholarship, while master's degree programs in architecture, engineering, finance, public affairs and public policy prepare candidates for careers in public life and professional practice. The one unique aspect of Princeton's academic program is that all undergraduate students are required to write a senior thesis.

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Beside Princeton doesn't have schools of medicine, law, divinity, education, or business, but University offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance.Princeton has been associated with 37 Nobel laureates, 17 National Medal of Science winners, two Abel Prize winners, eight Fields Medalists, nine Turing Award laureates, three National Humanities Medal recipients and 204 Rhodes Scholars.

Princeton students have the ability to shape dynamic academic programs that prepare them for leadership and lives of service. Princeton is renowned for its commitment to undergraduate teaching. The academic options at Princeton give students flexibility in pursuing their intellectual interests.Its faculty are known throughout the world. Princeton was ranked in the list of the top colleges in the United States in over 50 categories. Ranking lists include Most Conservative Students, Most Liberal Students, Most Politically Active Students, Least Religious Students, Best Athletic Facilities, Great College Town, Best Career / Job Placement Services, Top Stone-Cold Sober School, Best Classroom Experience, etc.

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Notable alumni include U.S. President Woodrow Wilson; John Forbes Nash, subject of the 2001 film "A Beautiful Mind"; model/actress Brooke Shields; and first lady Michelle Obama. According to Princeton legend, if a student exits campus through Fitz Randolph Gate prior to graduation, he or she may be cursed never to graduate.

The University is successful in producing a large number of luminaries, including U.S. presidents James Madison and Woodrow Wilson, First Lady Michelle Obama, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, HP CEO Meg Whitman and celebrated author F. Scott Fitzgerald. FORBES Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes graduated from Princeton in 1970.

COURSES OFFERED BY PRINCETON

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