Brigham Young University --Provo is a private institution that was founded in the year 1875. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of around 30,409, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 557 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. Brigham Young University—Provo is ranked 71 in 2012 edition of the Best Colleges is National Universities.
The BYU Cougars compete in NCAA Division I-A Mountain West Conference. The football team is famous for the number of players drafted by NFL: over 70 in the past 30 years. All the BYU students can take part in the intramural sports, and around 25,000 choose to do so. All students live according to a firm honor code, which prohibits among other things camping with members of the opposite sex and growing a beard without the doctor’s approval. It is situated at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, the campus is close to the plentiful hiking, climbing, and biking opportunities.
More than three-quarters of students speak a second language. In addition to its main campus in Provo, BYU has campuses in Idaho and Hawaii. The notable BYU alumni include Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer, former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and actors Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite and Aaron Eckhart of Batman: The Dark Knight.
Campus Location
A-209 ASB
Provo, UT 84602
General Information
School type-private, coed college
Year founded-1875
Religious affiliation-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Majors Courses Offered
Computer and Information Sciences, Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, Computer Science, Education, EDUCATION, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, English Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, Biophysics, Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics,Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, Biological and Physical Sciences,Asian-American Studies, Women's Studies, Dance, Ancient Studies/Civilization, Classical and Ancient Studies, Architecture, Architecture, Architectural History and Criticism, Architectural History and Criticism, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Physics, Physical Sciences, Psychology, Psychology, Anthropology, Archeology,Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Economics, Political Science and Government, Political Science and Government, Other, Sociology, Urban Studies/Affairs,Asian Studies/Civilization, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, American/United States Studies/Civilization, Russian Studies, Slavic Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, African-American/Black Studies, Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies,Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Art History, Criticism and Conservation, Music, Visual and Performing Arts, History.
Minors Offered
Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies, Dance, Computer Science, Spanish Language and Literature,Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics,Civil Engineering, French Language and Literature, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Latin Language, English Language and Literature, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies, Architecture, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Hispanic-American, Art History, Criticism and Conservation.