Current location - Education and Training Encyclopedia - University rankings - A detailed introduction to the department setting of the University of Pittsburgh
A detailed introduction to the department setting of the University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh is one of the 65 member schools of the North American Academic Union in association of american universities, and is known as the "public Ivy League". 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 neuroscience. Let's take a look at the detailed introduction of various departments of the University of Pittsburgh with me!

? A detailed introduction to the department setting of the University of Pittsburgh

college of letters and science

Dietrich College of Arts and Sciences: It is the largest college in the school, including humanities, sciences and social sciences. In 20 1 1, we received a huge donation of 65,438+25 million dollars from our alumnus Mr. William Dietrich, and named the college after his surname. This is the largest donation ever received by Pangda, and it is also the highest 10 donation ever received by American public universities.

medical college

Medical college: one of the top medical colleges in the world. 2020 National Ranking of American School of Journalism and Medicine 13.

Women's health, pediatrics, geriatrics and neurosurgery are among the best, and they have a good interaction with UPMC.

Katz business school

The school of business administration is responsible for the undergraduate education part of the business school.

Joseph M. Katz Business School is responsible for the graduate education part of the business school. The University of Pittsburgh has a long history of business education. It is one of the member schools sponsored by AACSB16.

In 2020, American News ranked 43rd in MBA of China Business School.

In the global MBA ranking conducted by the Financial Times in 2009, Katz Business School ranked 53rd in the world, 25th in American universities and 9th in American public universities. In the "best value for money" project, it ranks 1 in the United States and 8th in the world. Katz's EMBA has branches in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Prague, Czech Republic. In 2008, Katz ranked 48th in the Financial Times' global EMBA ranking.

Swanson Institute of Technology

Swanson Institute of Technology: In 2008, it received a donation of US$ 4,654.38+0.3 million from its alumnus Mr. swanson, and named the Institute after his surname. In 20 18, the American School of Journalism and Engineering ranked 42nd in the United States, including Industrial and Systems Engineering 17 and Chemical Engineering ranked 33rd.

School of Computing and Information

School of Computing and Information: In 20 17, the Computer Department merged with the School of Information, and the newly designed School of Computing and Information offered undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree courses in computer science, information science, network and telecommunications science, and intelligent systems. The school plans to invest more than $35 million in the new college in the next five years, increase nearly 20 teaching staff, expand the scale of running a school, and build a new college building in the next five years or so. Top of perennial specialty of information science 10.

school of law

Law School: Founded in 1895, it is an old American law school, a member of ABA (American Bar Association) and AALS (American Law Association), and a member college of Coif (one of 80 law schools in the United States). Mark Nordenberg, the current president of the University of Pittsburgh, was the dean of the University of Pittsburgh Law School before becoming the president. The college has a number of certification programs in international intellectual property, international law, health law, disability law and so on, and has many authoritative professors in academic circles.

Famous alumni include six representatives of the US House of Representatives and three senators of the US Senate. They have trained a large number of judges and lawyers in Pennsylvania judicial circles and enjoyed a high reputation in the state. They are also the only nationally renowned law school in Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon University, another famous American university in the same city, also failed to enter the university).