Introduction to the University of Maryland: The University of Maryland is the world's top comprehensive institution of higher learning located in Maryland, USA. The University of Maryland was founded in 1856, located in the university town of Prince George County, Maryland, 3 kilometers away from Washington, D.C. 13. The area is located in the metropolitan area of Washington, DC, USA. This university has four Nobel Prize winners, seven Pulitzer Prize winners, 49 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences and dozens of Fulbright scholars. As one of the top 20 public universities in the United States, the University of Maryland is one of the top ten well-known alliance member universities in the Midwest of the United States. Known as the "public Ivy League" university, it is a member of the North American University Association 6 1 and a symbol of world-class universities.