Founded in 1746, Princeton University is a private research university. The University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,391, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 600 acres. It provides a semester-based academic calendar. Princeton University's ranking in the 2016 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 1. The University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and the service of humanity. In the 2014–15 Times Higher Education assessment of the world's greatest universities, Princeton was ranked #7. In the 2014/15 QS World University Rankings, it was ranked 9th overall in the world and 5th among US universities.
Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. It is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.
Today, more than 1 thousand 1 hundred faculty members instruct approximately 5 thousand 2 hundred undergraduate students and 2 thousand 6 hundred graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.
Princeton has been associated with 41 Nobel laureates, 21 National Medal of Science winners, 14 Fields Medalists, the most Abel Prize winners and Fields Medalists (at the time of award) of any university (five and eight, respectively), 10 Turing Award laureates, five National Humanities Medal recipients, 209 Rhodes Scholars, and 126 Marshall Scholars. Two U.S. Presidents, 12 U.S. Supreme Court Justices (three of whom currently serve on the court), and numerous living billionaires and foreign heads of state are all counted among Princeton's alumni.
Academics:
Undergraduates fulfill general education requirements, choose among a wide variety of elective courses, and pursue departmental concentrations and interdisciplinary certificate programs. Required independent work is a hallmark of undergraduate education at Princeton.
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.
The Graduate School offers advanced degrees spanning the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.



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