New York University

More than 175 years ago, Albert Gallatin, the distinguished statesman who served as secretary of the treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, declared his intention to establish "in this immense and fast-growing city ... a system of rational and practical education fitting for all and graciously opened to all." Founded in 1831, New York University is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities.


The center of NYU is its Washington Square campus in the heart of Greenwich Village. One of the city's most creative and energetic communities, the Village is a historic neighborhood that has attracted generations of writers, musicians, artists, and intellectuals. NYU, in keeping with its founder’s vision, is “in and of the city”: the University – which has no walls and no gates – is deeply intertwined with New York City, drawing inspiration from its vitality.



And NYU has established itself as the first global network university, with a comprehensive liberal arts campus in Abu Dhabi – the first to be operated abroad by a major U.S. research university – and other sites for study and research in Accra, Ghana; Berlin, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Florence, Italy; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; Prague, the Czech Republic; Shanghai, China; and Tel Aviv, Israel, among other locations.


New York University’s mission is to be a top quality international center of scholarship, teaching and research. This involves retaining and attracting outstanding faculty who are leaders in their fields, encouraging them to create programs that draw outstanding students, and providing an intellectually rich environment. NYU seeks to take academic and cultural advantage of its location and to embrace diversity among faculty, staff and students to ensure a wide range of perspectives, including international perspectives, in the educational experience.


NYU is the largest private research university in America - and now a university with a global influence like no other. Three degree-granting portal campuses comprise NYU's global network: one in the heart of New York City, a second in Abu Dhabi, and a third in Shanghai.

Yale University

 Yale University comprises three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the professional schools. In addition, Yale encompasses a wide array of centers and programs, libraries, museums, and administrative support offices. Approximately 11,250 students attend Yale.

• Yale is home to a world-class medical center comprising more than a dozen institutions, including the School of Medicine (chartered in 1810), which has been educating leaders, caring for patients, and investigating the scientific basis of health and disease for nearly 200 years. 
• Among its 27 departments are one of the nation’s oldest schools of public health and the internationally recognized Child Study Center, founded in 1911.
•  The School of Nursing trains outstanding leaders in nursing practice, research, and education. 
• Affiliated institutions include the 944-bed Yale-New Haven Hospital—flagship of the Yale New Haven Health System—and the Yale Cancer Center, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Pierce Laboratory, and VA Connecticut Healthcare System in nearby West Haven. Yale HEALTH provides campus medical services to students, faculty, and employees of Yale.
• Yale blends its Ivy tradition of excellence with a modern work culture that values different points of view and thrives on respect and innovation. 
• The University offers challenging, exciting, and rewarding careers to those who seek opportunities to grow and excel. 
• Regardless of role, Yale values each person’s contribution and nurtures his or her professional development through tuition reimbursement programs and numerous opportunities for on-campus learning. The diversity of Yale is reflected in a vibrant and stimulating work environment.

• Along with exceptional benefits such as health care, pension plans, competitive pay, generous paid time off, tuition assistance, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance, faculty and staff enjoy Yale’s world-class museums, performing arts, libraries, and sporting events.

• Yale University has been a part of the New Haven community for three centuries. Today, more than 2,500 undergraduates—nearly one-half of all Yale College students—volunteer in community service activities in New Haven, many of them in New Haven Public Schools.

• With 20% of the student body coming from abroad, Yale University offers a diverse and exciting global environment in which to study. Yale’s history of including international students is a long one, starting back in the 1800s. Today, Yale welcomes the largest international community in its history, with a current enrollment of 2,477 international students from 117 countries.

• Yale offers significant financial assistance to international students to cover tuition costs as it does with students from the U.S. Each school at Yale has its own procedures for applying for financial assistance or fellowships. Please contact directly the school to which you are applying for their list of fellowships and financial aid opportunities.

Columbia University

Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States.

• For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world. 
• At the core of our wide range of academic inquiry is the commitment to attract and engage the best minds in pursuit of greater human understanding, pioneering new discoveries and service to society.
• Controversy preceded the founding of the College, with various groups competing to determine its location and religious affiliation. 
• Advocates of New York City met with success on the first point, while the Anglicans prevailed on the latter. 
• However, all constituencies agreed to commit themselves to principles of religious liberty in establishing the policies of the College.
• Columbia became, in the words of College alumnus Herman Wouk, a place of "doubled magic," where "the best things of the moment were outside the rectangle of Columbia; the best things of all human history and thought were inside the rectangle."
• The study of the sciences flourished along with the liberal arts. Franz Boas founded the modern science of anthropology here in the early decades of the twentieth century, even as Thomas Hunt Morgan set the course for modern genetics.
• In 1928, Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center, the first such center to combine teaching, research, and patient care, was officially opened as a joint project between the medical school and The Presbyterian Hospital.
• The University also continued to develop the Audubon Biotechnology and Research Park, securing Columbia's place at the forefront of medical research.
• As New York City's only university-related research park, it also is contributing to economic growth through the creation of private-sector research collaborations and the generation of new biomedically related business.
• Columbia’s natural science departments, among the strongest in the world, have launched the Science Initiative to guide their development over the next 10 years.
• It identifies key scientific priorities, sets forth opportunities for collaboration, and ensures an outstanding faculty with the resources needed to make the next generation of scientific breakthroughs.

Princeton University

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.

• Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. 
• The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.
• Undergraduate students at Princeton benefit from the extraordinary resources of a world-class research institution dedicated to undergraduate teaching. 
• Princeton faculty have an unparalleled reputation for balancing excellence in their fields with a dedication to their students, through both classroom instruction and independent study advising.

• The Graduate School offers advanced degrees spanning the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.

• Doctoral education available in all disciplines emphasizes original and independent scholarship, while master's degree programs in architecture, engineering, finance, public affairs and public policy prepare candidates for careers in public life and professional practice.
• A  vast range of cultural, educational, athletic and social activities are available to Princeton students, faculty and staff. Getting involved in campus life is the quickest way to become a part of the University community, and to create one's own Princeton experience. 
• Campus life activities are built around the concepts of encouraging each community member to express his or her talents and to respect all members of our pluralistic community.

• One of the University's most distinctive characteristics is its closely knit and integrated residential community. Housing is guaranteed for undergraduates, and nearly all students live on campus.
•  The residential experience is central to Princeton's educational program, and the residential colleges offer students a supportive and enriching environment full of opportunities for personal growth.

Stanford University

Stanford University, located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. 

• Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.

• Stanford welcomes more than 150,000 visitors to campus annually. Whether you live in the neighborhood or are coming from far away, we look forward to seeing you here on the Farm.

• Stanford is a thriving residential campus and community sitting on 8,000 acres of foothills and flatlands – once a horse farm belonging to Jane and Leland Stanford and still fondly known as "the Farm." Living at Stanford brings surprises and new experiences every day, in an extraordinary community of creative and accomplished people from around the world.

• From Nobel Prize winners to undergraduates, all members of the Stanford community are engaged in creating new knowledge, and Stanford brings an innovative, entrepreneurial spirit to this work of discovery. Stanford people take on audacious problems, bring imaginative new approaches to solving them, and work collaboratively to advance knowledge and make meaningful contributions to our world.

• Stanford offers the kind of education needed for leadership in a rapidly changing world. Its seven schools – Humanities & Sciences, Engineering, Business, Law, Medicine, Education and Earth Sciences – offer a breadth of highly regarded degree programs that allow students the freedom to explore their intellectual and personal passions.

 Stanford Admissions at a Glance

Student Enrollment

•     Undergraduates: 7,018

•     Graduates: 9,118

Class of 2018

•     42,167 applicants

•     1,678 students

•     From 50 states and 62 countries

Undergraduate admission

•  A holistic review process evaluates academic excellence, intellectual vitality and personal context of each applicant.
• Restrictive Early Action application deadline is November 1.
• Regular Decision application deadline is January 3.

Graduate admission

    More than 65 departments and programs offer graduate study.   Business, Law and Medicine have separate admission procedures. Application deadlines vary by program.

Financial Aid

•     U.S. undergraduates are admitted on a need-blind basis; 100% of need is met for all admitted domestic students.

•     For undergraduates from households with incomes below $100,000, tuition is fully covered by scholarship and/or grant aid.

•     Undergraduate parents with incomes below $60,000 are expected to pay nothing toward tuition, room or board.

•     Nearly 70% of undergraduate students receive assistance toward tuition costs.

•     Graduate study aid is based on availability of funds and academic merit.About 85% of graduate students receive financial aid.

University of California LosAngles

Diverse, progressive and centered in one of the most influential cities in the world, UCLA is a truly international university that offers a world of opportunity.

Consistently ranked among the world's top-tier universities and powered by extensive resources, a renowned reputation and—most importantly—the will to make a real difference in the world — the result is clearly in the numbers.

The top five most popular undergraduate majors are:
political science, psychology, biology, business economics and history.

Majors offered: 125; minors offered: 80+.

• UCLA offers graduate degrees in nearly 150 departments, including an extensive selection of business and medical programs.

• The Times of London ranks UCLA 10th in its Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings (2014) and 12th in its THE World University Rankings (2014-15).

•   UCLA also ranks 12th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, based on faculty publications and citations and the number of alumni and faculty who have won Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals.

 Our Mission

•  UCLA's primary purpose as a public research university is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. 

• To fulfill this mission, UCLA is committed to academic freedom in its fullest terms:

• We value open access to information, free and lively debate conducted with mutual respect for individuals, and freedom from intolerance. 

• In all of our pursuits, we strive at once for excellence and diversity, recognizing that openness and inclusion produce true quality. These values underlie our three institutional responsibilities.

•   Learning and teaching at UCLA are guided by the belief that undergraduate, graduate and professional school students and their teachers belong to a community of scholars.

• Discovery, creativity and innovation are hallmarks of UCLA. As one of the world's great research universities, we are committed to ensuring excellence across a wide range of disciplines, professions and arts while also encouraging investigation across disciplinary boundaries.

• Civic engagement is fundamental to our mission as a public university. Located on the Pacific Rim in one of the world's most diverse and vibrant cities, UCLA reaches beyond campus boundaries to establish partnerships locally and globally.