Harvard Universityis a private institution that was founded in the year 1636. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,641 and its setting is urban. It has a semester-based academic calendar. The ranking of Harvard University's in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 1.

哈佛大学位于剑桥,质量,外the Boston. Harvard’s widespread library system houses the oldest collection in the United States and the largest private collection in the world. This is more to the school than endless stacks, though: athletic teams of Harvard’s compete in Ivy League, and every football season ends with The Game, there are an annual matchup between storied rivals Harvard and Yale. At Harvard, on the campus residential housing is the integral part of student life. The freshmen live around the Harvard Yard at center of the campus, after which they are placed in 12 undergraduate houses for their remaining three years. Though they are no longer recognized by the university as official student groups, the eight all male final clubs serve up as the social organizations for some undergraduate students; Harvard also has five female clubs.

In addition to the College, Harvard is comprised of 13 other schools and institutes, comprising the top ranked Medical School and Business School and the highly ranked School of Engineering, Graduate Education School, and Law School, Applied Sciences, and John F. Kennedy School of Government. The 8 U.S. presidents graduated from Harvard College, which were John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Other notable alumni comprise of Yo-Yo Ma, Henry David Thoreau, Helen Keller, and Tommy Lee Jones. In the year 1977, Harvard signed an agreement with sister institute Radcliffe College, combining them in an educational partnership serving male and female students, though they did not officially merge until the year 1999. Harvard also has the largest endowment of any school in the world.

Campus Location

Undergraduate Admissions Office, 86 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

General Information

School type-private, coed college
Year founded-1636
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban