Northwestern University is located at Evanston, an Illinois-based private research university. Northwestern University, founded in 1851, is Illinois' oldest chartered university and one of the world's most prestigious academic institutions.

Northwestern University was founded in 1851 by the Illinois General Assembly to serve the former Northwest Territory. The university was founded as a Methodist Episcopal Church affiliate, but it soon became non-sectarian. Northwestern was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference in 1896, and an early member of the Association of American Universities in 1917. By the turn of the century, the university had grown to become the third largest in the United States.

Northwestern University Ranking

Northwestern University is a private university in Evanston, Illinois, that is ranked among the best in the country. Only four of the top ten universities in the United States are also ranked in the top 20 in each of the five graduate education categories.

Northwestern University Top Courses

Northwestern University Campuses

Evanston

The undergraduate schools, Graduate School, and Kellogg School of Management are all located on Northwestern's Evanston campus, which runs north–south along Sheridan Road from Lincoln Avenue to Clark Street west of Lake Michigan. The fraternity quads, athletic facilities such as the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Norris Aquatics Center, Dearborn Observatory, the Technological Institute, the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Hall for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, among other things, are all located on North Campus.

The humanities buildings, music buildings like the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, and the sorority quads are all located on South Campus. By filling in a portion of Lake Michigan in the 1960s, the university was able to expand its campus by 84 acres (34.0 ha). University Library, the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Regenstein Hall of Music, Norris University Center (the student union), Kellogg School of Management Global Hub, and various athletics facilities are all located on the Lakefill.

Chicago

The Northwestern University Chicago campus is in the Streeterville neighbourhood of the city. The Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the medical school, the law school, the part-time MBA programme, and the School of Professional Studies are all located on the Chicago campus. Northwestern University's professional schools and a number of affiliated hospitals are about four blocks east of the CTA Red Line's Chicago station. CTA bus routes serve the Chicago campus as well.

Education City

Northwestern University joined five other American universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Texas A&M University, and Virginia Commonwealth University, in opening a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar, in Fall 2008. NU-Q offers bachelor's degrees in journalism and communication through the Medill School of Journalism and the School of Communication, respectively. However, given Qatar's censorship and strict limits on journalistic and academic freedoms, some have questioned whether NU-Q can truly offer a comparable journalism programme to that of its U.S. campus.

Library

The Northwestern library system includes four libraries on the Evanston campus, including the current main library, University Library, and the original library building, Deering Library; three libraries on the Chicago campus; and the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary library. Over 4.9 million volumes, 4.6 million microforms, and nearly 99,000 periodicals are housed in the University Library. In terms of total number of titles held, the University Library is the 22nd largest university library in North America.

Northwestern University Fee Structure

Northwestern University Scholarship

The institute offers grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships to students studying in the United States. International students pursuing undergraduate degrees can apply for need-based financial aid. International transfer applicants are not eligible for financial aid. The following studentships are available at the university:

Northwestern University Research

With over a hundred research institutes and centres affiliated with the university, its colleges and schools, and its medical facilities, you're never far from the next big breakthrough. Among the most exciting courses we offer are:

• The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation's flagship NUvention course and Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship.
• The Harvey Kapnick Business Institutions Program offers an undergraduate minor as well as courses.
• Courses in Kellogg's "Discover. Test. Launch" entrepreneurship track through the Levy Entrepreneurial Institute Courses in Northwestern Law's full- or part-time Master of Science in Law programme.

Northwestern University Placements

Within six months of graduation, 95 percent of undergraduates in the most recent academic year were employed, studying on a fellowship, or attending graduate or professional school. According to Emolument, university alumni earn the following: