According to the ranking provided by US News and World Report, the University of Southern California ranks 27th in the United States, among which the Film Academy ranks first and the Engineering College ranks seventh. The school mainly has a number of well-known scientific research and teaching facilities, such as art museum, institute of imaging process, information science research center, hydrocarbon research center, laser technology research center, disease research center and social science research center, as well as communication college, arts and sciences college, business administration college, accounting college, law school, dentistry college, education college, gerontology college, film and television college, engineering college, fine arts college, medical college, music college and public administration college. There are nearly 100 disciplines, most of which can be awarded master's and doctoral degrees, among which computer science, electrical engineering, sociology and other disciplines have strong strength and influence.
University park campus
The University Park Campus is located in West Adams District, south of Los Angeles, about 2 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The campus boundary consists of Jefferson Avenue in the north and northeast, Figueroa Street in the southeast, Expo Avenue in the south and Vermont Avenue in the west. At 1960, vehicles are prohibited from crossing the campus. The University Park campus is within walking distance of landmarks in Los Angeles, such as Temple Auditorium, Staples Center and Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. For producers, it is a very good campus scene, such as many scenes of Harvard University and UC Berkeley in movies and TV. Most buildings are in Romanesque style, although some buildings, such as dormitories, engineering colleges and physical science laboratories, are modern-style buildings (especially the two rough-style dormitories in the north of the campus), which are in sharp contrast with most red brick buildings on campus, and the beautiful campus scenery is also in contrast with the urban environment outside the campus.
In 2000, the University of Southern California was selected as the annual college by Time magazine and accepted a wide range of social service courses by Princeton Review. About half of college students voluntarily participate in the community service program, which extends from the surrounding environment to the whole of Los Angeles.
school organization
The University of Southern California is a private university, which is managed by the Board of Supervisors. It consists of about 50 directors, several managing directors, honorary directors and retired directors who do not vote. The voting members of the Supervisory Committee shall serve for five years, and one-fifth of the seats shall be re-elected every year. Only directors who do not stand for election can vote. Most directors are composed of executives from large institutions (including domestic and international), outstanding alumni and university administrators or a combination of the three.
The university administrative system includes a president, several vice presidents in charge of different departments, a financial supervisor, an information supervisor and a sports instructor. The current principal is Steven B. Thorpe, and the supervisor is C. L. Max Nikias.
The college of arts and sciences, research institute and 18 professional school are each headed by a college dean.
At present, there are six emeritus CEOs.
lustrum
The following are the data for the 2004-2005 school year.
USC*** enrolled 32 students160, including graduate students 15686, 350 postdoctoral students and 900 residents. At present, there are about 4,390 teaching and administrative staff, with 1.4 million employees. The existing alumni are roughly estimated to be about 6.5438+0.8 million. Over the years, this school has attracted more international students than any other American university. At present, about 10%USC students have representatives from more than 1 15 countries. The Alumni Association of the University of Southern California currently has more than 200,000 members.
The ratio of male to female is close to 1: 1, and 49% of the freshmen are from other states. The ethnic proportion of undergraduate departments is as follows:
47.0% white
2 1.0% Asians
13.6% Spain
5.8% of black Americans
0.8% of Indians
9. 1% international students
Other 2.7%
Graduate students include 5500 international students from 1 15 different countries.
3 1.9% white
20.2% Asians
Spain
4.2% of black Americans
0.4% of Indians
24.7% of international students
10.6% others
Admission conditions
In the 2007-2008 academic year, 33,754 students applied for admission to 8,550 students, and finally 2,964 students were admitted, with an average GPA of 3.7, an average SAT score of 2054 and an ACT writing score of 28-32. 2 1% of the students are descendants or their parents are related to USC. 9% of the students are first-generation college students. Among the admitted ethnic minorities, there are 220 outstanding national scholars.
University of Southern California Specialty Settings:
Biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, marine biology, biophysics, computational biology, biostatistics, biomedicine, environmental research, environmental sanitation, environmental biology, environmental analysis, border security, chemistry, sports/sports science, military exercises, physics, mechanics, science, astronomy, material science, geology, earth science, oceanography, geography, architecture. Policy/strategic planning, public relations, public management, international business research, computer science, information system, computer system, network/system management, software engineering, computer game design, multimedia (computing), computer security system, computer control, computer architecture, applied mathematics, statistics, probability theory, statistical data processing, multimedia.