On-campus
activities at the University of Chicago are limited. Classes are being taught
on campus and online. Currently, applicants cannot visit the university in
person. Visit collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit to register for virtual visit activities and see
updates about on-campus visiting opportunities.
Established in
1856, the University of Chicago is a private research university based in the
urban center of Chicago, the third most populous city in the United States.
Outside of the Ivy League, Chicago is one of America’s top universities, and
holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings.
Beyond the arts
and sciences, Chicago has a glowing reputation for its professional schools,
including the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Booth School of Business, and
the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. University of Chicago alumni are
responsible for the development of many academic disciplines, such as
sociology, economics, law, and literary criticism.
The college’s
crest sees a phoenix rising from the ashes, a reference to the fire,
foreclosure, and demolition of the Old University of Chicago campus, with the
current University of Chicago emerging triumphantly in its place in 1890. The
old university was founded through a land endowment from the controversial
senator Stephen Douglas, a supporter of slavery who authored the
Kansas-Nebraska act. By contrast, the new University of Chicago was
co-educational and funded through donations from wealthy Chicagoans and the oil
magnet John D. Rockefeller.
Today, the
University of Chicago has approximately 16,000 students enrolled, with a male
to female ratio of 56:44. A quarter of all students hail from overseas, a nod
to the institution’s progressive credentials.
Students run
more than 400 clubs and societies, which consist of a typical mix of sports
teams, arts, cultural and religious groups, academic and political groupings,
and societies that promote eclectic common interests. Among the more famous
examples are the University of Chicago bowl team, which has won 118 tournaments
and 15 national championships, while the university's competitive Model United
Nations team was the top ranked team in North America in 2013–14 and 2014–2015.
If you have an
interest in media and film, then you’re well catered for: the university is
home to the longest continuously running student film society Doc Films and
publishes several newspapers and magazines. Budding thespians can join renowned
improvisational theater troupe Off-Off Campus or learn how to broadcast at the
university-owned radio station WHPK.
Notable faculty
members past and present include 29 Nobel laureates and former US president
Barack Obama. Illustrious alumni come in practically every field, including the
novelists Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, political movers and shakers such as
pollster Nate Silver and Obama strategist David Axelrod, pioneering balloonist
Jeannette Piccard, and the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones.
About
COVID-19
Information:
On-campus
activities at the University of Chicago are limited. Classes are being taught
on campus and online. Currently, applicants cannot visit the university in
person. Visit collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit to register for virtual visit activities and see
updates about on-campus visiting opportunities.
Established in
1856, the University of Chicago is a private research university based in the
urban center of Chicago, the third most populous city in the United States.
Outside of the Ivy League, Chicago is one of America’s top universities, and
holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings.
Beyond the arts
and sciences, Chicago has a glowing reputation for its professional schools,
including the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Booth School of Business, and
the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. University of Chicago alumni are
responsible for the development of many academic disciplines, such as
sociology, economics, law, and literary criticism.
The college’s
crest sees a phoenix rising from the ashes, a reference to the fire,
foreclosure, and demolition of the Old University of Chicago campus, with the
current University of Chicago emerging triumphantly in its place in 1890. The
old university was founded through a land endowment from the controversial
senator Stephen Douglas, a supporter of slavery who authored the
Kansas-Nebraska act. By contrast, the new University of Chicago was
co-educational and funded through donations from wealthy Chicagoans and the oil
magnet John D. Rockefeller.
Today, the
University of Chicago has approximately 16,000 students enrolled, with a male
to female ratio of 56:44. A quarter of all students hail from overseas, a nod
to the institution’s progressive credentials.
Students run
more than 400 clubs and societies, which consist of a typical mix of sports
teams, arts, cultural and religious groups, academic and political groupings,
and societies that promote eclectic common interests. Among the more famous
examples are the University of Chicago bowl team, which has won 118 tournaments
and 15 national championships, while the university's competitive Model United
Nations team was the top ranked team in North America in 2013–14 and 2014–2015.
If you have an
interest in media and film, then you’re well catered for: the university is
home to the longest continuously running student film society Doc Films and
publishes several newspapers and magazines. Budding thespians can join renowned
improvisational theater troupe Off-Off Campus or learn how to broadcast at the
university-owned radio station WHPK.
Notable faculty
members past and present include 29 Nobel laureates and former US president
Barack Obama. Illustrious alumni come in practically every field, including the
novelists Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, political movers and shakers such as
pollster Nate Silver and Obama strategist David Axelrod, pioneering balloonist
Jeannette Piccard, and the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones.
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About
COVID-19 Information:
On-campus activities at the University of Chicago are limited. Classes are being taught on campus and online. Currently, applicants cannot visit the university in person. Visit collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit to register for virtual visit activities and see updates about on-campus visiting opportunities.
Established in 1856, the University of Chicago is a private research university based in the urban center of Chicago, the third most populous city in the United States. Outside of the Ivy League, Chicago is one of America’s top universities, and holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings.
Beyond the arts and sciences, Chicago has a glowing reputation for its professional schools, including the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Booth School of Business, and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. University of Chicago alumni are responsible for the development of many academic disciplines, such as sociology, economics, law, and literary criticism.
The college’s crest sees a phoenix rising from the ashes, a reference to the fire, foreclosure, and demolition of the Old University of Chicago campus, with the current University of Chicago emerging triumphantly in its place in 1890. The old university was founded through a land endowment from the controversial senator Stephen Douglas, a supporter of slavery who authored the Kansas-Nebraska act. By contrast, the new University of Chicago was co-educational and funded through donations from wealthy Chicagoans and the oil magnet John D. Rockefeller.
Today, the University of Chicago has approximately 16,000 students enrolled, with a male to female ratio of 56:44. A quarter of all students hail from overseas, a nod to the institution’s progressive credentials.
Students run more than 400 clubs and societies, which consist of a typical mix of sports teams, arts, cultural and religious groups, academic and political groupings, and societies that promote eclectic common interests. Among the more famous examples are the University of Chicago bowl team, which has won 118 tournaments and 15 national championships, while the university's competitive Model United Nations team was the top ranked team in North America in 2013–14 and 2014–2015.
If you have an interest in media and film, then you’re well catered for: the university is home to the longest continuously running student film society Doc Films and publishes several newspapers and magazines. Budding thespians can join renowned improvisational theater troupe Off-Off Campus or learn how to broadcast at the university-owned radio station WHPK.
Notable faculty members past and present include 29 Nobel laureates and former US president Barack Obama. Illustrious alumni come in practically every field, including the novelists Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, political movers and shakers such as pollster Nate Silver and Obama strategist David Axelrod, pioneering balloonist Jeannette Piccard, and the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones.
About
COVID-19 Information:
On-campus activities at the University of Chicago are limited. Classes are being taught on campus and online. Currently, applicants cannot visit the university in person. Visit collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit to register for virtual visit activities and see updates about on-campus visiting opportunities.
Established in 1856, the University of Chicago is a private research university based in the urban center of Chicago, the third most populous city in the United States. Outside of the Ivy League, Chicago is one of America’s top universities, and holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings.
Beyond the arts and sciences, Chicago has a glowing reputation for its professional schools, including the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Booth School of Business, and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. University of Chicago alumni are responsible for the development of many academic disciplines, such as sociology, economics, law, and literary criticism.
The college’s crest sees a phoenix rising from the ashes, a reference to the fire, foreclosure, and demolition of the Old University of Chicago campus, with the current University of Chicago emerging triumphantly in its place in 1890. The old university was founded through a land endowment from the controversial senator Stephen Douglas, a supporter of slavery who authored the Kansas-Nebraska act. By contrast, the new University of Chicago was co-educational and funded through donations from wealthy Chicagoans and the oil magnet John D. Rockefeller.
Today, the University of Chicago has approximately 16,000 students enrolled, with a male to female ratio of 56:44. A quarter of all students hail from overseas, a nod to the institution’s progressive credentials.
Students run more than 400 clubs and societies, which consist of a typical mix of sports teams, arts, cultural and religious groups, academic and political groupings, and societies that promote eclectic common interests. Among the more famous examples are the University of Chicago bowl team, which has won 118 tournaments and 15 national championships, while the university's competitive Model United Nations team was the top ranked team in North America in 2013–14 and 2014–2015.
If you have an interest in media and film, then you’re well catered for: the university is home to the longest continuously running student film society Doc Films and publishes several newspapers and magazines. Budding thespians can join renowned improvisational theater troupe Off-Off Campus or learn how to broadcast at the university-owned radio station WHPK.
Notable faculty members past and present include 29 Nobel laureates and former US president Barack Obama. Illustrious alumni come in practically every field, including the novelists Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, political movers and shakers such as pollster Nate Silver and Obama strategist David Axelrod, pioneering balloonist Jeannette Piccard, and the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones.
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