University of Rochester
252 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642

Founded in 1850, The University of Rochester is one of the country's leading private universities. For the student interested in a personal relationship with faculty, boundless resources, and an impeccable academic reputation, this Rochester college is the institution of choice.

The university boasts a rich and diverse curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate studies, and students in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering have full access to nationally recognized facilities and faculty at the Eastman School of Music, the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the School of Nursing. Students are also privy to special opportunities like the Take Five program, which allows selected undergraduates a tuition-free fifth year or semester of academic study, Rochester Early Medical Scholars (REMS), an eight-year combined B.A. or B.S./M.D. program, study abroad programs, and more. The school even offers employment opportunities that include a national summer jobs program and paid internship experiences.

Most undergrads at this Rochester college live on the River Campus, located on the Genesee River. Between residence halls, fraternity houses, and special-interest housing, the student body is welcomed with plenty of diversity when it comes to choosing the backdrop for their studies. The student experience at University of Rochester is equipped with conveniences like wireless access in all academic building, and wireless Internet and cable television routed through every residence hall. Between the institution.s 20 varsity teams, 36 intramural and club sports,18 fraternities and 10 sororities, multiple performing arts groups, and radio, TV, and newspaper offerings, there is no shortage of extracurricular possibilities.

Quick Facts:

• The university has a full-time enrollment of 4,342 undergraduates and 2,732 graduate students.
• The school offers over 200 student organizations.
• Rochester faculty and alumni have included eight Nobel Prize winners and 12 Pulitzer Prize winners.
• The Eastman School of Music ranks first in graduate music programs in the country in the latest survey by U.S. News & World Report.
• Rochester has been rated one of the most liveable cities in the entire country.
• The school offers something called the Quest program, which provides first-year students the advantages of small classes, student/teacher collaboration, and original research.
• Intimacy is a given . The University of Rochester is one of the smallest of the 151 American universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as offering an extensive range of doctoral programs.