Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, United States, as well as Doha, Qatar. Composed of twelve schools and colleges, Northwestern offers 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.

Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans, for whom the City of Evanston is named, and eight other lawyers, businessmen and Methodist leaders. Its founding purpose was to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that today includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Instruction began in 1855; women were admitted in 1869. Today, the main campus is a 240-acre (97 ha) parcel in Evanston, along the shores of Lake Michigan just 12 miles north of downtown Chicago. The university's law, medical, and professional schools are located on a 25-acre (10 ha) campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. In 2008, the university opened a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication.

Northwestern University (disambiguation)

Northwestern University is an educational institution in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA

Northwestern University may also refer to:

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Northwestern University (Philippines)

Northwestern University (NWU) is a private non-sectarian university in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte with a 9-hectare (22-acre) campus. Enrolment is around 6,000 students coming from the provinces of Ilocos Norte and some municipalities of Cagayan, Apayao, and Abra.

Academics

Northwestern University has eight colleges. Each college has specific target plans which guide them in designing programs which are vertically articulated from the undergraduate to graduate studies. The university offers doctorate, masters, diploma and certificate courses.

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Northwestern University Graduate School

The Graduate School (also known as TGS) is the liberal arts and sciences graduate school of Northwestern University, awarding advanced degrees in 70 disciplines. In 1910, the Trustees of the University organized The Graduate School. Governance of The Graduate School resides in the Graduate Faculty, comprising over 1,000 scholars. Appointments to the Graduate Faculty are made by the President, upon recommendation by the Dean of the Graduate School and the Provost.

Certain professional degrees are conferred not by TGS, but by their respective schools at Northwestern: Feinberg School of Medicine, Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Medill School of Journalism, School of Communication, School of Education and Social Policy, School of Law.

TGS is active on the Chicago as well as the Evanston campuses of Northwestern University.

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Graduate school

A graduate school (sometimes shortened as grad school) is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree with a high grade point average. A distinction is typically made between graduate schools (where courses of study vary in the degree to which they provide training for a particular profession) and professional schools, which offer specialized advanced degrees in professional fields such as medicine, nursing, business, engineering, or law. The distinction between graduate schools and professional schools is not absolute, as various professional schools offer graduate degrees (e.g., some nursing schools offer a master's degree in nursing). Also, some graduate degrees train students for a specific profession (e.g. an MSc or a PhD in epidemiology trains a person to be an epidemiologist).

Many universities award graduate degrees; a graduate school is not necessarily a separate institution. While the term "graduate school" is typical in the United States and often used elsewhere (e.g. Canada), "postgraduate education" is also used in some English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and the UK) to refer to the spectrum of education beyond a bachelor's degree. Those attending graduate schools are called "graduate students" (in both American and British English), or often in British English as "postgraduate students" and, colloquially, "postgraduates" and "postgrads". Degrees awarded to graduate students include master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and other postgraduate qualifications such as graduate certificates and professional degrees.