Pennsylvania State University, founded in 1855, is located in Colicci, Pennsylvania. There are 24 branch schools all over the country with more than 80,000 students, and more than 160 majors can be awarded bachelor's degrees, and more than 150 majors can be awarded master's degrees or/and doctoral degrees. The University Park Campus of Pennsylvania State University is regarded as one of the best public universities in the United States, which has created many firsts in the United States: it is the first university in the United States to set up a department of industrial engineering (1909) and the first school in the United States to implement interdisciplinary teaching. It is the administrative and research center of Pennsylvania State University, located in central Pennsylvania, near Mount Nitani and adjacent to the state university community, with about 40,000 students. Other branches in Pennsylvania, such as the Medical College of hershey Medical Center and Dickinson Law School in Carlisle, also play an important role in university teaching and research. It can be said that branches of Pennsylvania State University can be seen everywhere in Pennsylvania, which greatly facilitates the development of education and technology in Pennsylvania. /kloc-For more than 0/00 years, Pennsylvania State University has devoted itself to promoting human development and economic development through the dissemination of knowledge and its application in natural science, applied science, social science, art, humanities and other specific fields in the form of undergraduate and postgraduate education and continuing education. The school integrates teaching, scientific research and public service, and has trained a large number of outstanding talents for the United States and even the world. It is a comprehensive public institution of higher learning with a high reputation.

Main college

Main building of Academy of Agricultural Sciences: Old main building

College of Humanities, College of Arts and Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture, School of Basic Sciences, Eberley College of Science, School of Earth and Geological Sciences, School of Communication, School of Education, School of Engineering Information Technology, Graduate of School of Information Science and Technology. Mary Jean and Frank ·P·S· School of Food Business Administration, School of Health and Human Development.

Hot department

Advantages of the school: finance, marketing, commercial logistics, management science and information system, insurance and real estate, accounting, management organization, quality and production management all rank in the top 50 in the United States. In addition to the famous engineering department and business department, the school's geography, meteorology, agronomy and architecture have also attracted much attention because of its superior geographical conditions. In addition, the journalism department of this school is one of the fastest-growing majors in this school. Seven years after its establishment, it was selected as the seventh strongest bachelor of journalism course by Dow Jones Foundation. Among all the courses, the most popular courses for students are business administration and psychology.

Student source situation

Penn State University, known as "Big", is one of the 65,438+00 largest universities in the United States. It is regarded as one of the best universities in Northeast China by Princeton Review and is a comprehensive public university.

study At present, there are more than 80,000 students, including 4 100 full-time teachers and researchers. In addition to the main campus, there are 24 branch schools and 4 specialized schools in Pennsylvania. The school's policy is to pay equal attention to teaching, scientific research and social services, and to be down-to-earth, with the goal of cultivating first-class engineers, economists, teachers and business managers in the United States. The basic orientation of Penn State University is to meet the actual needs of industry, agriculture, finance, education and other industries in the state and the whole United States, emphasizing that the teaching content is suitable for the needs of social development and focusing on applied scientific research projects closely related to industrial and agricultural production. Pennsylvania is an important producing area of milk, so the school opened the earliest undergraduate ice cream major in the United States to teach dairy manufacturing technology. Pennsylvania's agriculture is developed, and the school takes the lead in offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture to train senior agricultural technical personnel. Pennsylvania once ranked first in the United States in coal production, and the school established a huge coal fuel laboratory. Pittsburgh, not far from the school, used to be a steel production base in the United States, so the school set up a smoke research center to study pollution control. In order to promote the transformation of scientific research achievements, 1995, the school built an innovative science and technology park covering an area of 130 mu. According to the school's strong industrial technology, it is decided to take the material discipline as the leading factor to promote the development of other disciplines. The school enjoys a high reputation in the fields of materials science, agricultural biology, meteorology, acoustic engineering and applied chemistry. It is also the main source of technical income after the transformation of scientific research achievements.

research funding

Since 1988, Penn State University has been ranked among the top two universities in the United States in terms of annual funding from industry. For example, from 65438 to 0997, the total R&D funds obtained by the school from industry were $56.7 million, second only to MIT's $59.2 million. Different from Ivy League schools, most of the funds obtained by Penn State University from the society are not free donations from individuals, but project research funds set up by the industry to solve practical problems in production. Another feature of the project funding source is that most projects come from units related to alumni. At present, the school has more than 400,000 alumni living in the United States and around the world. Most of these people are in the front line of scientific research, production, education and management. According to statistics, among every 50 engineers in the United States, 1 is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. This huge alumni network has a great influence on the industry and agriculture of the whole United States and even the whole world. It has become a tradition for alumni to strive for projects and funds for their alma mater. [ 1]

China alumni

Chen (June 1925, June 19-) gave lectures at universities in Hong Kong and the United States, and also returned to China to teach at universities in Tsinghua University and Taiwan Province Province. His works in physics, electricity and other professional fields are impressive, and he was elected as an academician of the British Institute of Electrical Engineering. Yang Chaoxiang (1947 1 1.5-), former Minister of Education of Taiwan Province Province, is currently Minister of Examination and Selection of Taiwan Province Provincial Examinations Institute.

School Chinese community

China Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) serves all local overseas students and China people.

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