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Does anyone study at the University of Pittsburgh?
The University of Pittsburgh, also known as Pit, was founded in 1787. It is a world-class public research university with a long history, a famous institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the top ten universities in the United States. Its main campus is located in Pittsburgh, the second largest city in Pennsylvania, across the street from Carnegie Mellon University. The college is located in Auckland, and its geographical position is very advantageous. The school motto is "Truth and Virtus" and the mascot is Panther.

This school is one of the 65 member schools of North American Academic Union in association of american universities, and is praised as a "public Ivy League" university by American society. Its affiliated University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is one of the top medical schools in the world, and it is in an international leading position in the field of organ transplantation and neurosurgery. 20 13 The University of Pittsburgh cooperated with Sichuan University to open Pittsburgh College of Sichuan University.

The school provides more than 30,000 students from more than 20 countries around the world with high-level scientific research and educational resources at different levels, and can award 134 bachelor's degrees, 1 16 master's degrees and 83 doctoral degrees. Hillman Library on the main campus has more than 5.7 million books in the university book system. Among PETA's alumni, 65,438+00 won the Nobel Prize, 34 won the National Science Medal, 6 won the Pulitzer Prize, 2 won the MacArthur Award, 2 won the Oscar Award, and several alumni awarded the Perkin Medal and the American Medal of Honor.

The university ranked 47th in 2020U.S. News World University, 57th among the best universities in the United States, and 18 among public universities in the United States. Academic ranking of world universities ranked 89th in 2020 (Pittsburgh Campus); World University Ranking in 2020 1 13 (Pittsburgh Campus); 2020QS World University Ranking140; 20 19 Forbes American University Rankings No. 144.