University Of Chicago

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Chicago, also known as the U of C, U Chicago, or simply Chicago, is a coeducational, private university located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. It was founded in 1891 by John D. Rockefeller, world famous billionaire oil-tycoon. The University's campus stretches over an area of more than 200 acres of urban land.

The University of Chicago has the following schools and colleges:

• The main College
• Divinity School
• Booth School of Business
• Harris School of Public Policy Studies
• Law School
• Pritzker School of Medicine
• School of Social Service Administration

The university's student population is cosmopolitan in nature, and students of Hispanic, Asian, African American, and native American hertitage make up a significant portion of it. The campus is home to a number of fraternities and sororities, and more than 6% of students are members of the Greek-letter organizations.

Notable alumni of the University include John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States from 2001 till 2005; Philip Kaufman, Hollywood director; and Robert V. Adams, Former Executive Vice President of Xerox Corporation. U.S. President Barack Obama was a faculty member of the Law School.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, religion and philosophy, liberal arts, law, family and social work, science, and business and management.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High male/female ratio.
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 14,788 in 2009-2010 (11,697 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 31% of enrolled students and graduate students are 69%.

Students under 25 years old represent 46% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Chicago provides on-campus housing for 2,769 of its 11,697 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the University Athletic Association for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

University Of Chicago offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,305 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (50 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (8 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (12 awarded)

• Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (361 awarded)

• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (22 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LAW (254 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (1,358 awarded)

• African Studies
• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Middle/Near Eastern/Semitic Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Studies
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

MATHEMATICS (233 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDICINE (118 awarded)

• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Public Health

MUSIC (12 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (1 awarded)

• Nutrition Sciences

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (10 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (140 awarded)

• Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (387 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Astronomy
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Chemistry
• Developmental Biology and Embryology
• Ecology
• Evolutionary Biology
• Genetics
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biochemistry
• Molecular Genetics
• Molecular Physiology
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
• Oncology and Cancer Biology
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Radiation Biology/Radiobiology
• Virology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (11 awarded)

• Securities Services Administration/Management

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (103 awarded)

• Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
• Counseling Psychology
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology
• Social Psychology