Iowa State University (ISU), founded in 1858, is located in Ames, Iowa, USA, and is listed as the highest-level special advanced research university by Carnegie Foundation. The school enjoys a world-class reputation in the fields of biology, agriculture, machinery and physics, and its design school and business school are among the best in the United States.

The school has produced two Nobel Prize winners, including henry wallace, former vice president of the United States, Vince D. coffman, chairman of Lockheed Martin, and Antie Herring, the richest man in Finland. This school is the birthplace of atanasoff-Berry Computer, the first computer in the world.

Ames National Laboratory, jointly managed by the university and the US Department of Energy, participated in the Manhattan Project during World War II and made important contributions to the victory of World War II. Among the few national laboratories in the United States, AmesLab is the only one located on the university campus. Hoyberg is the former head coach of the Chicago Bulls in NBA. Before joining the NBA, he worked in the school basketball team.

Academic reputation

Iowa State University is famous for its science, engineering and agriculture majors. It is the birthplace of the world's first electronic calculator, atanasoff-Berry calculator, and also the birthplace of agricultural cooperative extension services. Moreover, part of the Manhattan Project was conducted in Ames Laboratories. At the same time, the school provided enriched uranium for the American atomic bomb program during World War II, which contributed to the victory of World War II.

According to the ranking of USNEWS20 12 in US News & World Report, the school of engineering of this school ranks 43rd in the United States, among which biological and agricultural engineering ranks 5th in the United States, the top ten in the world, aerospace 20, materials 24, industrial engineering 27, chemical engineering 32, civil engineering 33, electronic telecommunications 38, machinery 38, environment 4 1.

In the ARWU academic ranking of the World University of Shanghai Jiaotong University, the University of Iowa has been ranked 15 1-200 in the world for many years, 8 1 in the field of natural science, and 55th in the field of physics, enjoying a good reputation in the world top list of life sciences and social sciences.