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University of Washington (Washington, UW or U-Dub)
The University of Washington, generally
called Washington, UW, or casually U-Dub, is a community research
university founded in Seattle, Washington, United States. Established
in 1861, Washington that is regarded as one of the best medical schools in the world
is one of the oldest universities at the West Coast.
The university has 3 campuses: the prime and biggest
is in the University District of Seattle and other two in Tacoma and in
Bothell. The operating expenses and research budget of the university for
FY 2014–15 is expected to be $6.4 billion. The
university occupies more than 500 buildings covering 20 million total square
foot of space, together with the University
of Washington Plaza, consisting of the 325-foot UW Tower and conference center.
Washington is affiliate to the Association of American Universities. The
research budget of the university is among the highest in the United States. The
university participates in the NCAA Division in athletics.
History
The
University of Washington was officially launched on November 4, 1861, as Territorial University of Washington. The
next year, the governing body passed articles legitimately including the
University and instituting a Board of Regents. Initially, the school struggled
and closed several times due to various reasons. Nevertheless, in 1876, a student, Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt became
the earliest graduate of the university with a bachelor's degree in
science. Both the University and Seattle had developed significantly when
Washington entered the Union in 1889. Since then, enrollment had grown
from an early 30 students to nearly 300, and the virtual seclusion of the
campus had mend way to influencing development. A particular legislative
committee headed by UW graduate Edmond Meany was formed to find a new
campus that will be able to habitat the increasing population of students. The
committee chose a site on Union Bay northeast of downtown, and
the legislature allocated finance for its acquirement and immediate
construction.
In
1895, the university moved from downtown to the new building. In 1908, the main
Territorial University building was destroyed and its previous location presently
houses the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Coordinators of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition observed the mostly emergent campus as a major location for
their world's fair. The 1960s and 1970s are considered as the "golden
age" of the university due to the incredible increase in students, services,
operating budget and reputation under the management of Charles Odegaard .
Enrollment at the university increased by t by two folds—from approximately
16,000 to 34,000. Odegaard settled up a vision of structuring a
"community of scholars" and influenced the state of Washington
legislatures to raise their funds towards the university. Moreover, Washington senators, Henry
M. Jackson and Warren G. Magnuson used their political power to channel
federal research assessment to the University of Washington and until the day,
the university is among the top receivers of national research finances in the
United States. In 1958, the outcome incorporated an operating budget enhancement
of $37 million, to over $400 million in 1973. In 1990, the University established
two new campuses in Bothell and Tacoma . Originally, these
campuses presented curriculum for students looking for bachelor degree who
have previously finished two years of higher education, but both schools have conversion
to four-year universities, compliant with the first class in the fall of 2006.
Both campuses put forward master's degree programs as well. In 2009 the
University launched an administrative center in the Spanish city of León in
alliance with the local university.
Monday, March 7, 2016
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo, earlier known
as Royal Frederick University, is the ageist, biggest and most prominent
university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university
is generally renowned as one of Northern Europe's most esteemed universities. The
university has about 27,700 students and employs about 6,000 people. Its
faculties comprise Theology (Norway's state religion since 1536), Medicine, Law,
Mathematics, social sciences, Humanities, natural sciences, Education and Dentistry.
The university's inventive neoclassical college ground is positioned in the center of Oslo; it is presently engaged by the Faculty of Law. The university
was established in 1811 and was reconstructed following the University of
Copenhagen and the newly established University of Berlin. It was initially
named after King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway, and renamed in 1939. The
university is casually called Universitetet, sole university in Norway
until 1946 and was normally referred to as "The Royal Frederick's" preceding
to the name change. The University of Oslo is credited for five Nobel Prize
winners. The Nobel Peace Prize was honored from 1947 to 1989, making it the single
university in the world to be implicated in awarding a Nobel Prize.
History
In 1811, it was decided to launch
the foremost university in the Dano-Norwegian Union, following a successful operation
which resulted in an accord with King Fredrik VI. Fredrick approved to establish
an organization that he had previously supposed might persuade
political-separatist propensities. In 1813, The Royal Fredrik's University was established
in Christiania, a petite city at that time. Status then altered dramatically
one year into the beginning of the university, as Norway asserted independence
and accepted its own constitution. After World War I, investigate among Norwegian
researchers brought in two Nobel prizes. The Nobel Prize in Economics was
awarded to Ragnar Frisch. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Odd
Hassel. In the ground of linguistics, numerous Norwegian researchers famed
themselves globally. Student enrollment increased in twofold between 1911 and
1940, and students were recruited more from expansive geographical, gender and
social basis. However, working class was still mostly left at the rear.
Following WWII, Civil System made finances
accessible to students whose families were incapable to afford financial support;
the State Educational Loan Fund for Young Students was founded in 1947. As a outcome,
the post-war years witnessed raise in student numbers. Numerous of these
students had not been capable to start their studies or had their studies discontinued
because of the war, could now enroll. By 1968, innovatory political thoughts
had taken root in intense among university students. The "Student Uprising"
converted history of universities all through the western world. Frequently,
the attitude for students in the 1960s was austere. Most of them came from
non-academic milieus and had few role models. The "University of the
Masses" was not capable to elevate all its students to the "superior,
privileged positions" enjoyed by earlier generations of academics. The main
fundamental modification in the student population was the increasing fraction
of women students. All through the 1970s, the number of women enlarged until it
made up the greater part of students. Simultaneously the university became a
centre for the planned women's liberation movement, which appeared in the
1970s. Until the millennium, the number of students enrolled at the university boosted
dramatically. In 1992, UiO executed a limitation on admissions for all of its
faculties for the foremost time. A large part of the clarification for the high
student numbers was reflected to be found in the meager job market.
Monday, January 25, 2016
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich)
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich)
is a combined university teaching engineering, science, technology, mathematics
and management in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. Like its sister organisation
EPFL, it is an central part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
Domain (ETH Domain) which is directly subsidiary to Switzerland's Federal
Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. ETH Zurich is constantly
ranked among the top universities in the world. It is presently ranked as 5th
best university of the world in engineering, science and technology, following Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Cambridge University and National
University of Singapore in the QS World University Rankings.
Institute has recorded twenty-one Nobel Prizes awards given to students or
professors in the past. Among them, the
most famous was Albert Einstein in 1921 with the Nobel Prize in Physics, along
with Niels Bohr who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics. They were both
awarded for their work dealing with quantum physics. The institute is a
founding member of the IDEA League and the International Alliance of Research
Universities (IARU) and a member of the CESAER network. The school was
established by the Swiss Federal Government in 1854 with the affirmed mission
to train engineers and scientists, serve as a state-run center of excellence in
science and technology and offer a hub for interface between the scientific
community and industry.
History
ETH was established in 1854 by the Swiss Confederation and started giving
its first lectures as a polytechnic institute in 1855. It was originally
comprised of six faculties: architecture, chemistry civil engineering, forestry,
mechanical engineering, and an incorporated department for the fields of literature,
mathematics,
natural sciences and social and political sciences. ETH is a national institute (under direct management
by the Swiss government). The decision for a new national university was
heavily uncertain at that time because the liberals forced for a "national
university", while the conservative forces soughed all universities to continue
under cantonal management. From 1905 to 1908, under the administration of Jérôme
Franel, the course curriculum of ETH was reorganized to that of a real
university and ETH was approved the right to honor doctorates. The first
doctorates were honored, in 1909. The institute was given its current name, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in
1911.
Admission and education
ETH Zurich, the EPFL, and four
associated research institutes combinely formed the "ETH Domain" with the ambition to
collaborate on scientific projects.ETH
is not selective for Swiss students in its undergraduate admission process. ETH
is gratified to grant admission to every Swiss resident who took the Matura like every other public university
in Switzerland. Applicants from overseas countries are mandatory to take either
the compact entrance exam or
the complete entrance exam though
some applicants from several European countries are excused from this rule. An
applicant may apply for ETH even without any certifiable educational records by
passing the comprehensive entrance
exam. As in
all universities in Switzerland, the academic year is separated into two semesters. Examinations are held during
examination sessions after next semester begins immediately.
After first year of study, bachelor students must surpass a block examination of all
courses taken in the first year, called the Basis examination. If the accumulated
average score is not adequate, a student is obligatory to retake the entire Basis
examination which generally means having to revise the whole first year. The composition of examinations in higher
academic years is parallel
to the Basis examination, but with a higher success rate. The standard time to reach graduation is six
semesters for the Bachelor of Science degree and three or four further
semesters for the Master of Science degree. The final semester is devoted to writing a thesis.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Yonsei University
Yonsei University is a clandestine research university in Seoul, South
Korea. It is one of Korea's three "SKY" universities, considered the
most esteemed in the country, along with the other associates being Seoul
National University and Korea University. Yonsei was founded in 1885 and is one
of the aged universities in South Korea. The student organization consists of 38,725 students under which 26,731 are undergraduate
students, 11,994 are graduate students. There are 4,518 faculty members, 6,788 staff and 257,931 alumni.
Today, Yonsei functions its main campus in Seoul and has widespread programs in
Korean and English.
History
The university was previously founded in January, 1957 through the union of Severance
Union Medical College and Yonhi
College. This was as a result of a continued bilateral cooperation
between the colleges that started in the 1920s. The educational institutions
were new to Korea at the time of their commencement. Yonhi College was one of
the foremost modern colleges, established originally as Chosun Christian
College in March 1915. Separation has its roots in the first modern medical
center in Korea, Gwanghyewon, established in April, 1885. As a honor,
the name 'Yonsei' was derived from the first syllables of the names of its two
parent educational institutions, "Yon" from Yonhi College and 'Sei'
from 'Seifrom Severance Union Medical College. The Yonsei University Medical
School dated April 10, 1885, when the earliest modern hospital to carry out western
medicine in Korea, Gwanghyewon, was founded.
The hospital was established by Horace Newton Allen, the American protestant
disciple selected to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The hospital was renamed Jeijungwon (House of
Universal Helpfulness) on April 26. As difficulties appeared there, the Church allotted
Oliver R. Avison to run Jejungwon on July 16, 1893. at first, Gwanghyewon
was sponsored by the Korean government, while the medical staff was given by
the Church. However, by 1894 when the First Sino-Japanese War and Gabo reforms
took place, the government was unable to provide its financial support and
thus, administration of Jejungwon came fully under the Church. In 1899,
Avison went back to the U.S. and attended a conference of missionaries in New
York where he detailed on the medical project in Korea. Louis Severance, a
businessman and philanthropist from Cleveland, Ohio, was there and deeply stimulated.
He later financed for the most of the portion of the construction cost of new
buildings for the medical facility. Jejungwon was renamed Severance
Hospital on his behalf.
In 1957, Severance Medical College
and Hospital and Yonhi University combined to form Yonsei University.
Academics
Reputation
Yonsei
is one of Korea's three "SKY" universities. These are the most prominent
in the country, Seoul National University and Korea University being the other
members. Admission is extremely aggressive. Inside Korea, admission to a SKY
university is widely considered as determining one's career and social status.
World
rankings
In 2012, Yonsei University was graded
112th on the whole, 81st in Arts and Humanities, 12th in Modern Languages and
69th in Management and Social Sciences in the world by QS World University
Rankings. The 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities placed Yonsei
University at the 23–42 range in Asia/Pacific region and 3rd in South Korea.
Yonsei was graded 96th in the world according to an SCI paper circulated in
2007. Yonsei is one of the four Korean universities graded in all 3 ARWU World
University Ranking, QS World University Rankings, and The Times World
University Ranking in 2010-13, along with Seoul National University, KAIST, and
POSTECH . Yonsei University was graded 16th in Asia in 2012 and continues to
rise quickly in global rank: 112 in the world in 2012; 129 in 2011; 142 in
2010; 151 in 2009; 203 in 2008; and ranked globally 236 in 2007 by QS World
University Rankings. Yonsei was graded the 1st Korean university to be in the Economist 's
2011 Top 100 Full-time MBAs (#76); US News, 2011 World's Best
Universities: Asia #18; and UK Financial Times ' 2011 Top 100 EMBA
(#57). Yonsei University was ranked to 36th in "The world's most pioneering
university" by Reuters, which was
announced in September 2015.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology is a community research
university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, it is the region's
youngest higher learning organization with no precursory subsistence.
The university includes four disciplinary schools, which provide degrees in
business and management, engineering, science, and humanities and social
science, along with the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, which offers
cross-disciplinary programs, and Fok Ying Tung Graduate School/Fok Ying Tung
Research Institute, which encourages technology transfer and commercialization.
HKUST has been regularly seen as one of the top three higher education organization
in Hong Kong.
History
Founded in 1991 under Chapter 1141
of the Laws of Hong Kong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
regulation), HKUST is one of the eight legislative universities in Hong
Kong. In the late 1980s the Hong Kong
Government predicted a strong demand for university graduates to stimulate an
economy increasingly based on services. Sir Chung Sze Yuen and the then Governor
of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde visualized the idea of another university in
addition to the pre-existing two universities HKU and CUHK. Preparation for the "3rd University",
named The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology began in 1986. On the
Clear Water Bay Peninsula, construction took place at the Kohima Camp site in Tai
Po Tsai. The site was assigned for the construction of a new British Army barracks,
but plans for the construction of the barracks were canceled after the Sino-
British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984.
Primarily planned to end in 1994,
the death of Sir Edward in 1986 led to increased endeavor and permitted UST to
open its doors early – in 1991. Quite a few leading scientists and researchers
took top positions at the new university in its early years, including
physicist Leroy Chang who came in 1993
as Dean of Science and became Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Thomas E. Stelson was also a founding member
of the management. The venture was condemned for exceeding the budget set forth
by the Hong Kong Government and the royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. However, under
the fund-raising efforts of its President, Woo Chia-wei, the first students
enrolled in October 1991. By 1992, housing and athletic facilities were extended
to support about 7,000 students. Several more development projects such as the
construction of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Enterprise Centre have been completed
since then. The library extension
building Lo Ka Chung Building South Bus Station, Lee Shau Kee Business Building
(LSK), Cheng Yu Tung Building (CYT), the Conference Lodge and Undergraduate
Halls VIII and IX are the latest add-ons to the campus.
Campus
The university is located at the
northern part of Clear Water Bay Peninsulain Sai Kung District, new Territories,
Hong Kong, reside in a 60-hectare site overlooking Port Shelter in Tai Po Tsai.
Apart from the educational complexes, the campus also possess student halls of
residence, indoor and outdoor athletics facilities, the University Center,
staff quarters and the President's chalet, making use of the sloped landscape
to divide the campus for different uses.
Reputation
and rankings
HKUST had been formerly graded
Asia's No.1 by the independent regional QS University Rankings: Asia for
three straight years from 2011 to 2013. It's one of the fastest growing
institutions as graded #1 and #4 by QS world's under 50 universities and Times
100 under 50 universities respectively in 2014. The THE's World
Reputation Rankings of 2015 considered it the second reputable in the
territory, while it was third in the HKU Public Opinion Program survey
(2012). According to Global Employability University Ranking 2015, the
University's graduates have the most employment rate among Greater China,
ranked 14th globally.
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