University of Pittsburghis a public institution that was founded in the year 1787. It has undergraduate enrollment of around 18,371, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 132 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. University of Pittsburgh is ranked 58 in 2012 edition of the Best Colleges is National Universities.
Located in the Oakland neighborhood, the campus is a 3-mile trip from bustling downtown Pittsburgh. The city is home to the powerhouse professional sports teams, like the dozens of unique cultural centers and Steelers and Penguins, like the Andy Warhol Museum and Phipps Conservatory & the Botanical Gardens. Pitt students get at no cost admission to these and other select museums during the school year. As Pittsburgh is bordered by three rivers, sailing, kayaking, and fishing opportunities are in abundence.
The university earns national accolades for its highly ranked School of Education, School of Medicine, and Swanson School of Engineering. The School of Medicine is mainly regarded for its research, working in the conjunction with the highly ranked University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and institution receives one of the largest amounts of funding from the National Institutes of Health. The notable University of Pittsburgh alumni in almost every professional sector; some are famed football personalities Mike Ditka and Dan Marino; Roscoe Robinson Jr., the first African-American Four Star General in the U.S. Army and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon.
Campus Location
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1787
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban