Princeton University is the private institution which was founded in the year 1746. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of around 5,220, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 600 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. Princeton University's was ranked 1 in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities.
Princeton, the fourth-oldest college in the United States, is located in the calm town of Princeton; N.J. inside the walls of its historic ivy covered campus, Princeton provides a number of activities, events, and organizations. The Princeton Tigers are the members of Ivy League, they well known for their consistently strong men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. Students recites in one of the six residential colleges which provide a residential community as well as dining services but have the option to join one of the 12 eating clubs for their junior and senior years. The food clubs serve as social and dining organizations for the students who join them. Princeton’s unofficial slogan is that- In the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All the Nations, speaks to university’s commitment to the community service.
Princeton includes highly ranked graduate programs through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Princeton, with the Harvard and the University of Virginia, eliminated the decision program in the year 2006 in an attempt to create a more equal opportunity admissions process for the applicants of all socioeconomic backgrounds. One exclusive aspect of Princeton’s academic program is that all undergraduate students are required to write a senior thesis. Distinguished alumni include; John Forbes Nash, subject of the in the year 2001 film A Beautiful Mind; U.S. President Woodrow Wilson; model/actress Brooke Shields; and First Lady Michelle Obama. In accordance to Princeton legend, if a student exits campus through the FitzRandolph Gate earlier to graduation, he or she may be cursed never to become a graduate.
The School mission and unique qualities (as offered by the school):Princeton University is exclusive in combining the strengths of a major research university with the qualities of an outstanding liberal arts college.
Campus Location
Princeton, NJ 08544
General Information
School type-private, coed college
Year founded-1746
Religious affiliation- N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-suburban