University of Washington (UWashington or UW for short) was founded in 186 1, located in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is a public research university and a member of association of american universities, Pacific Rim University Alliance and International University Climate Alliance.
Since 158 years ago, the University of Washington and its alumni have created countless major inventions that benefit all mankind: they invented hepatitis B vaccine, renal dialysis, mapped the human genome, revealed the mystery of life, presided over the design of the world's largest Boeing 747, lunar orbiter and space shuttle Columbia, trained1kloc-0/astronauts, and invented ethylene.
Among the professors in Washington University, there are 20 Nobel Prizes, 2 Fields Prizes 1 person, 2 Turing Prizes, 252 American Academicians 167, including 85 American Academy of Arts, 76 American National Academies, 60 American National Academy of Medical Sciences, 29 American National Academy of Engineering, 5 American Academy of Philosophy and 5 American Academicians.
Since 1974, the University of Washington has been the public university that has received the most federal R&D funds in the United States. The generous scientific research funds have enabled the school to achieve many academic and scientific research achievements that have attracted worldwide attention. In addition to the huge capital investment of the US federal government, the University of Washington also has huge private and corporate donations. Seattle-based Microsoft, Boeing and Amazon have long supported the academic research of the University of Washington in computer, informatics and natural sciences.
Microsoft President Bill Gates and paul allen (co-founders of Microsoft) have provided huge financial support for the University of Washington for a long time. The law school building was donated in the name of Bill Gates' father, the mary gates building was donated in the name of Bill Gates' mother, and the computer engineering building was donated in the name of paul allen. The total R&D expenditure of Washington University has been in the top three universities in the world for a long time, always higher than that of Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge University and Oxford University.
The majors of Washington University are: mathematics, physics, chemistry, economics, politics, history, music, dance, psychology, education, biological science, microbial engineering, earth science, nuclear physics, aerospace engineering, audiology, clinical psychology, computer science, computer engineering, business administration, law, medicine, engineering, zoology, forestry and marine biology.