The University of Chicago and Columbia University tied for ninth place in the United States. It is located in the south of Chicago. It is a famous private school founded by oil tycoon john rockefeller in 189 1. Its alumni won the Nobel Prize, including Chinese physicists Li Zhengdao, Yang Zhenning and Cui Qi. The incoming US President Barack Obama also taught 12 years of American Constitution course at the University of Chicago. In America, this university enjoys a high reputation. On the one hand, it is a cradle for training scientists, and on the other hand, it is also a place for exporting a large number of successful political and business people.
In terms of school facilities, antique buildings make people linger, and the strong learning atmosphere adds a bit of romantic Gothic charm. The quarterly system is adopted in the setting of school hours, that is, a school year is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the autumn school starts in the middle and late September. This means that there are four final exams a year, which is a very challenging course.
In terms of application, the University of Chicago is very difficult. For example, the MBA degree of this university is subject to fierce competition from business applicants from the United States and all over the world. The admission rate is less than 10%, the average GMAT score is more than 700, and the average working experience is more than 3-5 years. As a famous private university, the University of Chicago has relatively high tuition fees. The MBA tuition is nearly $45,000 a year, plus accommodation and transportation. If you pay at your own expense, you should prepare at least 60,000-70,000 dollars a year.
2.？ Northwest University? Northwest University
Ranked 14 in the ranking of comprehensive universities in the United States, ranking 30th in the world. It can be said that it is a shining university star in this land of Chicago. Compared with the University of Chicago in the south of Chicago, the main campus of Northwest University, which is also private, is located in Evaston in the north of Chicago. It is built on the beach of Lake Michigan and is several miles long. The traffic between Chicago and Evanston is very convenient. Even many people who work in Chicago will buy a house and settle in Evaston, because it is an ideal community for the upper-middle class, with good public security, pleasant environment, birds and flowers, and can be seen everywhere like "desperate housewives".
Northwest University has a wide range of majors, covering finance and economics, law, textiles and clothing, engineering technology, management, environment, architecture, education, science, tourism, agriculture and forestry, humanities and arts, social sciences, biology, sports, news communication, information science, medicine, language, natural sciences and so on. The most famous is the top five business school of Northwestern University in the United States, and its marketing.
Its journalism school is also recognized as the best in the United States, with advanced equipment and abundant teachers, which provides a large number of internship opportunities for students. The language requirements and writing ability of journalism school are a difficult threshold for international students. Interested students should prepare in advance to strengthen their oral and writing skills.
Northwest University, which is quite aristocratic, has strict enrollment and relatively high tuition. Both domestic and international students need to spend $60,000/year in the postgraduate stage, and the competition for scholarships is extremely fierce. The total number of students in Northwest University is over 1 000, and the ratio of undergraduates to postgraduates is about 3: 1, and international students account for about 3-5%.
3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
UIUC is not in Chicago, but in Champagne, a small town about 200 kilometers south of Chicago. It only takes more than two hours to drive to Chicago. This is the famous hometown of corn with beautiful scenery. The city has a population of only 70,000, but it is also very lively, because it is the seat of a famous university. UIUC has a beautiful campus, vast territory and complete public facilities. Its library is one of the best in public universities.
UIUC students' extracurricular activities are very rich. There are thousands of different kinds of clubs and student associations. After the busy study, students like to make friends by bike, especially in autumn, enjoying the golden leaves floating in the wind, which is very romantic and intoxicating. It is worth mentioning that UIUC is one of the few universities in the world with its own airport.
As the general campus of the public campus system of the University of Illinois, the number of students in the school has reached more than 40,000, making it one of the top ten universities in the Midwest of the United States. Together with the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Michigan, it is also known as the "Big Three Public Universities" in the United States, ranking 40th in the comprehensive ranking of American universities in USNEWS.
UIUC's engineering major enjoys top evaluation and honor in the United States, second only to MIT and Stanford University, and ahead of UC Berkeley and all Ivy League schools.
The departments of electrical engineering, computer science, material science, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, agricultural engineering and environmental engineering all rank in the top five in the United States, while the majors of civil engineering and accounting rank first in the United States, second in material engineering, fourth and fifth in electronic engineering and computer science respectively.
In the social sciences, the school's psychology ranks fifth in the United States with Harvard, Princeton and UCLA, as well as physics and biochemistry. UIUC is an institution of higher learning that attaches great importance to scientific research. Its annual research funding has never been less than $200 million. It can be said that it is a greenhouse for top scientific research and a cradle for training scientists. UIUC has trained a large number of outstanding talents for American society. Since its establishment, 20 scientists have won the Nobel Prize, and Ang Lee, a famous director in China, is also an undergraduate in film science.
4. Illinois Institute of Technology.
IIT ranks 98th in USNEWS' ranking of American universities, and it is a research university. Its geographical location in Chicago is good, and it is located in the south of the city center, and Chinatown is not far from the school, so it is known as the university closest to Chinatown in the United States.
IIT has a large number of overseas students, accounting for about 20% of the total number of students, mainly from China, India and South Korea. Its colleges include: engineering school, business school, law school, architecture school, psychology school, etc. Its engineering ranks 62nd in the United States and was awarded a four-star academic evaluation by the new york Times University Guide.
In addition to engineering, IIT's computer science is also very competitive. Since the visa situation to the United States was excellent in 2008, many domestic high school graduates and undergraduates have also entered IIT for undergraduate majors through various formal application channels. As a large enrollment of overseas students, it provides many conveniences for students in accommodation, food and transportation.
5. University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC ranks only 168 in the comprehensive ranking of USNEWS, but this university has many advantages that cannot be ignored. First of all, UIC has a first-class geographical location. Located in the center of Chicago, it has many advantages for students, such as finding an internship, finding a job, entertainment and daily life. In addition to the academic advantages of UIC, as a school less than 100 years old, the development trend of UIC is very good. As the largest and largest public university in Chicago, UIC has good teaching facilities, large school area, rich scholarship resources and many cooperation projects with society.
In particular, several colleges in UIC West Campus, including: School of Stomatology, School of Clinical Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, etc. , all of which are top-notch in the United States, have trained many medical professionals for Illinois and undertaken many large-scale projects and projects in the medical and health fields in the United States and even the world. If the applicant can be admitted, on the one hand, he will have more opportunities to get scholarships, on the other hand, he will be able to get in touch with scholars and workers in this field, which will increase his practical ability.
UIC East Campus is home to most schools, such as Business School and Engineering College. Judging from the professional ranking, although the major of East Campus is not very high in the United States, in recent years, the school has vigorously hired scholars who graduated from famous universities such as Zhida University to study and teach in UIC, which has made the school's popularity increasingly improved.
6. loyola loyola University and Debao University.
Both schools are four-year private Catholic universities. In Loyola University Chicago, 97% of full-time teachers have doctorates or the highest degree in this field, and both of them graduated from famous American universities, such as Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Northwest, Princeton, Berkeley, Chicago, Yale and so on.
Many students don't know the difference between missionary universities and ordinary universities. In general, there is no obvious difference. Most of them are engaged in research-oriented teaching, but students have compulsory religious courses related to religious background. For many China students who have no religious beliefs, what kind of feelings such courses will bring to students varies from person to person. Many students find it interesting, and many students find it boring. In class, students are often asked to discuss their religious life. Maybe for those students who have no religious beliefs.
The number of overseas students in Loyola University is relatively low, only 2%, which may also be due to their religious background. However, due to its good reputation and teaching quality, the application competition is fierce. In terms of college setting, loyola University includes political science, philosophy, criminal law, mass communication, biology, nursing and drama, and business management.
Depaul University focuses on humanities and arts. In the ranking of USNEWS, loyola ranks 1 12, which is a first-class university in the United States, while Depaul ranks 13 1, which is a third-rate university in the United States.