Imperial College London

IMPERIAL COLLAGE LONDON

INTRODUCTION ABOUT ICL

Imperial College London has been a public research university situated in the United Kingdom. Its royal patron and founder, Prince Albert, anticipated an area composed of the Natural History Museum, Science Museum,  Royal Albert Hall, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Imperial Institute. Imperial Institute was founded by his wife, Queen Victoria, who had laid the foundation stone. The college has outspread its coursework to medicine by merging with St Mary's Hospital. In the year 2004, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Imperial College Business School.

Imperial institute is organised into faculties such as science, engineering, medicine and business. The main campus is located near the Kensington Palace in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Imperial's contributions to the nation include the discovery of penicillin,  development of holography and fibre optics aswell. The university's focus is in science and technology and their applications for the industry.

Imperial has been ranked among the top universities in the world by university rankings. According to The New York Times; students are vastly recruited globally. The university is among the most innovative in Europe. Imperial's staff and alumni include fifteen Nobel laureates, two Fields Medalists, 70 Fellows of the Royal Society, eighty-two Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and seventy-eight Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Campus

South Kensington

Imperial's main campus is located in the South Kensington area of the central London. It is based in an area of South Kensington, known as Albertopolis, which has a high concentration of cultural institutions:  Science Museum,Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington Palace & Gardens,  Brompton Oratory, Royal College of Music, Hyde Park, Royal College of Art, National Art Library,  the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Geographical Society. Its location is also in a close proximity to international embassies.

The Imperial Institute was founded and created in  the year 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee with the intention of it being a scientific research organization for the development of the British Empire. The enlargement of the South Kensington campus in the year 1950s & 1960s absorbed the official Imperial Institute, it was designed by Thomas Collcutt, of which only  Queen's Tower remains among the  modern buildings.

White City Campus

A second main campus is currently going under construction in the White City area of central London. The White City Campus innovation hub will be housing new research facilities,bigger space for spin-off entreprenerurial companies and as well as student accommodation.


In addition to its original South Kensington campus Imperial has six small campuses

1. Charing Cross Campus, Hammersmith
2. Chelsea and Westminster Campus
3. Royal Brompton Campus, Chelsea
4. St Mary's Campus, Paddington
5. Silwood Park
6. Hammersmith Campus, East Acton

New York University

INTRODUCTION TO NYU

New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. Founded in THE YEAR  1831, NYU is one of the largest private non-profit institutions of American higher education. University rankings assembled by U.S. News and World Report, Times Higher Education and the Academic Ranking of World Universities all rank NYU among the top thirty- four universities in the world. NYU is organized into more than twenty schools,  institutes, and collages situated in 6 centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. NYU's main campus is located at Greenwich Village which is in Lower Manhattan with institutes and centers on the Upper East Side, academic buildings and accommodation down on Wall Street, and the Brooklyn campus located at MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. The University has also built NYU Shanghai, NYU Abu Dhabi and maintains eleven other Global Academic Centers in Accra, Tel Aviv , Sydney, Buenos Aires, London, Madrid, Paris, Florence, Prague,  Berlin, and Washington, D.C.
NYU's sports teams are called the Violets,as the colors being the trademarked hue "NYU Violet" and white; the school mascot is the bobcat. Almost all sporting teams take participation in the NCAA's Division III and the University Athletic Association.

CAMPUS AT NYU

Most of NYU's buildings in Manhattan are situated across a roughly 230 acre of  area bounded by Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south,  14th Street to the north, and Sixth Avenue (known as Avenue of the Americas) to the west. The core of NYU consists of buildings which  surrounds  the Washington Square Park.
With approximately 11,000 undergraduate and graduate residents.  New York university had the 7th largest university accommodation  system in the U.S. as of 2007, and one of the largest among private schools.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S ACADEMICS

New York University comprises the following schools and colleges:Arts & Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Science, College of Global Public Health, 
College of Arts and Science, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Liberal Studies, Center for Urban Science and Progress, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, College of Dentistry, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, 
Institute of Fine Arts, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service,Silver School of Social Work,NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai, School of Professional Studies, School of Law,  Leonard N. Stern School of Business, School of Medicine, Steinhardt School of Culture/ Education and Human Development, Tisch School of the Arts,  Tandon School of Engineering, etc.

Arts and Science is currently the largest academic division at  NYU's . It has three subdivisions:  the Graduate School of Arts and Science, the College of Arts and Science, and the Liberal Studies program. The College of Arts and Science and Liberal Studies program comes under undergraduate divisions, and the former has existed since the founding of NYU.
Undergraduate divisions are also seen in the College of Dentistry,Silver School of Social Work,  Gallatin School of Individualized Study, College of Nursing, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU Abu Dhabi, Tandon School of Engineering,  School of Professional Studies,  NYU Shanghai, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the Tisch School of the Arts. Whereas postgraduate divisions are found in all of NYU's schools and colleges.

ADMISSION

Admission at NYU's undergraduate programs has always been  highly selective, with 18,500 admitted from an applicant pool of 60,322 (31%) for the class of 2019.Total freshman enrollment is 5,917 for the 2015–2016 academic year, representing 49 states and ninety-one  countries, with nineteen percent as non-US citizens. Most freshmen have a typical unweighted GPA of 3.5/A (90–95%) and are in the top ten percent of the high school graduating class. The middle 50% of freshmen score between 1900 and 2150 on the SAT test  and between 29 to 32 on the ACT. The student-to-faculty ratio at the New York campus is 10:1, and less than that at the  Shanghai and Abu Dhabi campuses. The average scholarship amount awarded to freshmen is $29,528, and 21% of freshmen received Pell Grants.

ATHLETICS

NYU's sports teams are referred to as the NYU Violets, the colors being the trademarked hue "NYU Violet" and white. Since the year 1981, the school mascot has been a bobcat, whose origin can be traced back to the summary then was used by the Bobst Library computerized catalog—short: Bobcat. NYU's sports teams include baseball,both men's and women's varsity basketball,  softball,volleyball, fencing, golf, cross country,wrestling , swimming and diving, tennis, track and field,  and soccer. All of NYU's sports teams participate in the NCAA's Division III and the University Athletic Association, with the hope of fencing, which participates in Division I. While NYU has had All-American football players, it has not yet had a varsity football team since 1952.

NYU students also compete in club and intramural sports, including baseball, basketball ,  badminton, equestrianism, crew, cycling,, lacrosse, martial arts,  softball,  ice hockey squash, tennis, rugby, triathlon, and ultimate. The Coles Sports and Recreation Center serves as the home pillar for several of NYU's intercollegiate athletic teams. Many of NYU's varsity teams play their games at various facilities and fields all over Manhattan due to  the scarcity of space for playing fields near campus. In 2002, NYU established the Palladium Athletic Facility as the second on-campus recreational facility.

University of Phoenix

INTRODUCTION

The University of Phoenix (UOPX) is an American for-profit institution of higher learning, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. This university has an open-enrollment admission policy,requiring a GED,  high-school diploma,  or its substitute as its criterion for admissions. The university has 91 campuses worldwide and confers degrees in more than hundred degree programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree levels.  It is a wholly owned collateral of Apollo Education Group Inc., a publicly traded (NASDAQ: APOL) Phoenix-based corporation that owns several for-profit educational institutions.

The university was founded by John Sperling. Started in 1976, the first class comprised of 8 students. In 1980, the school expanded to San Jose, California, and in 1989, the university launched its online program.

Campuses

While the school specializes in online programs, the campuses offer supplementary programs and services. Online candidates are also able to use tutoring and social centers, which can  be used for  student social and meetings. The 1st center opened in 2007 in Plano, Texas.

Students also have access to subject-specific online resources, which include an electronic library, textbooks, and other ancillary material essential for a course. The university says that the electronic textbooks include search features and hyperlinks to glossary terms which make the books easier to use for research.

In 2016 the University of Phoenix indicated plans to shrink from ninety- one campuses and learning centers to sixty - seven.

ACADEMICS

The university offers degree programs through these schools and colleges College of Education, College of Health Professions, School of Advanced Studies, School of Health Services Administration, School of Business, College of Information Systems and Technology, College of Security and Criminal Justice, College of Humanities and Sciences
, College of Social Sciences, School of Nursing, etc.

In addition to its cultural education programs, the school also offers continuing education courses for teachers and practitioners, professional development courses for the companies, and also specialized courses of study for military personnel.

Students spend 20 to 24 hours with an instructor during every course, in comparision with about 40 hours at a traditional university. The university demands students to collaborate by working during the learning team projects, where in the class is divided into learning teams of 4 to 5 students. Each and every learning team is assigned a team forum where team members discuss the project and deliver their agreed upon portions of the team assignment for compilation by the nominated learning team leader.

Through its online platform( eCampus) students also have access to software required for coursework. Students have access to the virtual companies formed by the university to provide students with assignments, which Adam Honea, UOPX's dean and provost claims are much more practical and realistic than those available with case studies.[23] In August 2011, Apollo group announced that it would buy hundred percent of Carnegie Learning to advance its efforts to incorporate adaptive learning into its academic platform.

Some faculties and former students argue with the abbreviated courses and the use of learning teams resulting in an inferior education. The University of Phoenix has been criticized for lack of academic rigor. Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University, called its business degree an "MBA Lite",  saying "I have  viewed the course materials. It's a very low level of instruction."

Students

The University of Phoenix reached a peak enrollment of almost 600,000 students in 2010, but its numbers have declined to about 162,000 as of 2016. Many different reasons have been given for the enrollment drop (and more than 100 campus closings). An article which was attributed  in the Wall Street Journal explained the drop to operational changes amid criticism of high debt loads and very less job prospects for students of profit colleges, while an article in Buzzfeed attributed it to operational refinement inclusive of the implementation of student orientation, a free three week trial period and a new entrance exam.

The average age of an undergraduate student at University of  is 33. The average graduate student is 36. In the year 2007- 2008 the university declared that nearly 2/3 of its students were women and that a plurality of students who were attending the school studied business (undergraduate students representing 29.9% and graduate students 12.9%), followed side by side by those attending in Axia College for associate degrees (28.1%).

The university graduates the largest number of under-represented students with master's degrees in business, health care, and education of any U.S. school.[97][98]

In the year 2013, the United States Department of Defense closed its contract with University of Phoenix for military bases in Europe.

Faculty

The university depends heavily on contingent faculty: 95 percent of Phoenix instructors teach part-time, compared to an average of 47%  throughout the nation. This reliance on part-time faculty has been criticized by regulators and academic judges. Most of the classrooms are centrally crafted and standardized to ensure consistency and to maximize profits. Additionally, none of the faculty members get tenure.

According to a university officer, pre-screened instructional candidates engage in a training program under the discipline in which they teach, which has the effect of weeding out 40% to 50% of the "none-committed" or incapable applicants.

African-Americans make up 18.6% of the university's total of 22,000 faculty members, and 5.6% are Latino  Women make up 57% of the faculty.

Adjuncts make approximately $1000–$2000 per course.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

ABOUT - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Stanford University is one of the world's leading research universities. It has been known for its entrepreneurial character, drawn from the legacy of its founders, Jane and Leland Stanford, and its relation to Silicon Valley. Here areas of excellence range from the humanities to social sciences to engineering and the sciences. Stanford university is stationed in California's Bay Area, one of the most intellectually dynamic and culturally diverse areas of the state.

Stanford University, stationed between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is known as one of the world's leading research and teaching universities. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has always been dedicated at finding explanation to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.

THE STANFORD FACULTY

David Starr Jordan was appointed president in March 1891, and by June his first faculty - fifteen men of "youth and scholarly promise" - had accepted appointments. Jordan sought professors who combined the abilities for teaching and exploration, and he wrote, "Mr. Stanford wants me to get the best. He wants no ornamental or idle professors."

At this moment, Stanford has 2,153 members of the professoriate faculty. Faculty at Stanford are expected to be among the best est teachers and scientists in their fields. There are 562 faculty members appointed to endowed chairs.

Stanford university's present community of scholars includes twenty Nobel laureates, 4 Pulitzer Prize winners, 107 National Academy of Engineering members, 29 MacArthur Fellows, three National Humanities Medal recipients,18 National Medal of Science recipients, two National Medal of Technology recipients, five Wolf Foundation Prize winners, two Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, 

287 American Academy of Arts and Sciences members,163 National Academy of Sciences members,66 National Academy of Medicine members,29 National Academy of Education members, 48 American Philosophical Society members,1 National Medal of Arts winner, 6 Koret Foundation Prize winners and two Fields Medal winners

RESEARCH AT STANFORD

Stanford research is remarkable at both its breadth and depth. The research programs reflect the expertise, creativity and initiative of the faculty who determine, the research agenda. Stanford faculty have a long tradition of engaging with their colleagues and students within Stanford's 7 schools and operating across disciplines.

There are more than 5,500 externally sponsored projects all through the university, with the aggregate budget for sponsored projects at $1.22 billion during 2015-16, including the  National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC). Of these projects, the federal government sponsors approximately 81 percent, including SLAC. In addition, almost $260 million in support comes from non-federal funding sources.

National research programs carried out at Stanford:

• Departments of Plant Biology and Global Ecology of the Carnegie             Institution for Science
• National Bureau of Economic Research

STANFORD STUDENT HOUSING

Stanford is a residential teaching and research university. The Colonizing Grant of the university states the founders' wish: "It is desirable that the members of  both the faculty and students must generally reside upon the grounds of the University" Roble Hall, built back in 1918, is the oldest functioning residence which still houses students.

As of Autumn 2015, 6,509 undergraduates and 5,709 graduate students live within the university provided housing. Housing is made guaranteed for four years for entering freshmen. Approximately 97% of each and every undergraduates registered and residing at the home campus live within the on-campus housing.

FINANCES

In 2015-16, Stanford stood out as a $5.5 billion enterprise. This figure exhibits the university’s consolidated budget for operations, a compilation of all annual operation and restricted budgets which support teaching, scholarship and research, including the budgets of every schools and administrative areas with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It does not include the $774 million capital budget and the budgets for the Stanford Health Care and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

HARVARD UNIVERSITY 

INTRODUCTION ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard University is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts (US), established in the year 1636, whose history, influence and wealth have made it one of the world's most prestigious universities.

Established initially by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard , Harvard is the  oldest institution of higher learning, and the Harvard Corporation ( the President and Fellows from the  Harvard College) is its first chartered corporation in the United States.

CAMPUS AT HARVARD

Harvard’s campus creates a stunning backdrop for everything that happens within the University.Harvard offers unparalleled resources to the University community, including  laboratories, museums, libraries, and research centers to help scholarly work in nearly any field or discipline.

The experience  of Harvard student is characterized by unlimited possibilities. Opportunities abound inside the classroom and outside, with more than 8,000 courses from over 100 departments and countless research programs. Here, undergraduate students have got access to almost every extra-curricular program imaginable and the largest Division one Athletics Program in the country. And after their graduation, students join the Harvard Alumni Association, that includes nearly 360,000 alumni worldwide.

UNDERGRADUATE COST AND FINANCIAL AID

Those families with students on scholarship pay an average of only $11,500 annually toward the cost of a Harvard education. More than about 65% of Harvard College students receive scholarship aid, and the average grant this year is $46,000.  

Since the year 2007, Harvard university's investment in financial aid has climbed by more than 70%, from $96.6 million to $166 million every year.

During the academic year 2012-2013 , students from families with incomes below $65,000, and  assets that are typical for only that type of income level, will generally pay nothing toward the cost of attending Harvard College.  Those families with incomes ranging between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute only 0% to 10% of income, depending on their  individual circumstances. Also significant financial aid  is available for families above those income ranges.

Harvard College created a net price calculator into which applicants and their families can enter their financial data to estimate the exact net  price that they will are expected to pay for a year at Harvard. 

The total (2015-2016) average cost of attending Harvard College without any financial aid is approximatly $45,278 for tuition and $60,659 for tuition, room, board and fees combined.

LIBRARIES AND MUSEUM

Widener Library anchors the Harvard University Library system. Harvard University Library system is consolidated at Widener Library in Harvard Yard and comprises nearly eighty individual libraries that can hold over eighteen million volumes. According to the American Library Association, this makes it the biggest academic library in the whole United States, and also one of the largest in the world . Lamont Library, Cabot Science Library,  and Widener Library are 3 of the most popular libraries for undergraduates to use, with easy access and with central locations. There are rare manuscripts, book  and other special collections throughout Harvard's libraries. Houghton Library, the Harvard University Archives and  the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger's Library on the History of Women in America holds the  principally of rare and unique materials. America's oldest collection of maps, gazetteers, and atlases  old and new is stored in the Pusey Library and open to the public. The largest collection of East-Asian language material which is outside of East Asia is held in the Harvard-Yenching Library.

UNIVERSITY AND RANKING

Harvard has been highly ranked in many university rankings list. In particular, it has consistently topped the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) since the year 2003, and the The World Reputation Rankings since 2011, when the first time such league tables were published. The time when the QS and Times were published in partnership as the The - QS World University Rankings during the year 2004-2009, this university had also been regarded the first in every year. The University's undergraduate program has been continually among the top two in the U.S. News & World Report. In the year 2014, Harvard topped the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP). It was ranked eighth on the 2013-2014 Pay Scale College Salary Report and fourteenth on the year of 2013 Pay Scale College Education Value Rankings. From a poll done by The Princeton Review, Harvard is the second most commonly called "dream college", for students as well as for parents in the year 2013, and was the 1st university nominated by parents in 2009. In the year  2011, the Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities ranked Harvard first university in the world in contrast to the number of alumni holding CEO position in Fortune Global 500 companies.

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

INTRODUCTION OF UCLA

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university located in district named Westwood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named the Southern Branch of the University of California in the year 1919, making it the 2nd oldest undergraduate campus of the 10 campus system after the initial University of California campus located in Berkeley (1873). It offers more than 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a vast range of disciplines. UCLA has an approximate enrollment of 30,000 undergraduate and about 12,000 graduate students, and almost 119,000 applicants for Fall 2016, including transfer applicants, the most applicants for any American university.

CAMPUS AT UCLA

The new UCLA campus in 1929 had four buildings: Royce Hall and Haines Hall to the north, and Powell Library and Kinsey Hall ( Humanities Building) to the south. The Janss Steps were the initial eighty-seven step entrance to the university that lead directly to the quad of these four buildings. On this day, the campus includes about 163 buildings across 419 acres (1.7 km²) in the western part of Los Angeles, north of the Westwood  district and  south of Sunset Boulevard. In terms of acreage, it is the second smallest of the ten UC campuses. And also the campus is close but not adjacent to the 405 San Diego Freeway.

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AT UCLA

The campus sustains about 24,000 parking spaces and conducts an award-winning sustainable transportation program. Elements of the continuing transportation program include van pools, a campus shuttle system called BruinBus, discounted carpool permits with sponsored transit passes. In it one of the pass programs includes BruinGo!,[48] which allows students and staffs to buy discounted one-way or quarterly passes to ride Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus or the Culver CityBus. This type of pass program grants the facility for current student to ride the Big Blue Bus for 50 cents (each way). Additionally, UCLA also has a grocery shuttle which transports students between the dorms and Westwood, only on weekends in order to facilitate students' shopping needs.

ADMISSION AT UCLA

UNDERGRADUATE

UCLA is rated "Most Selective" by U.S. News & World Report and has an admissions selectivity rating of 98 out of 99 from the Princeton Review. For Fall of 2016, it received 9,064 freshman applications, the most number of any four-year university in the United States, and reached its record-low admission rate of 17.3% for Fall of 2015.Admission rates vary according to the residency of applicants. For Fall of 2015, the admission rate for California state residents was about 16%, while the admission rate for out-of-state U.S. residents was approximately  23% and the admission rate for internationals was 14%.

GRADUATE

The School of Dentistry had an average overall GPA of 3.75, an average science GPA of 3.71 and a standard  Dental Admissions Test (DAT) score of 22 for the enrolled class of the year 2018. The Graduate School of Nursing now currently has an acceptance rate of 3.9%. For Fall of  2015, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science(HSSEAS) had a graduate approval rate of 27.6%. For Fall of 2014, the David Geffen School of Medicine enrolled 3.2% of its candidates, making it the ninth most selective U.S. medical school. The School of Law had a median undergraduate GPA of 3.74 and median Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score of 166 for the enrolled class of the year 2018. The Anderson School of Management had a middle-80% GPA range of 3.2 - 3.8 and an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 714 for the enrolled MBA class of 2017.

ATHLETICS

The school's sports teams are called the Bruins, with colors True Blue and gold. The Bruins participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pac "12" Conference. Two notable sports facilities serve as home venues for UCLA sports. The Bruin men's football team plays home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; the team won a national title in the year 1954. The basketball and volleyball teams, and the women's gymnastics team compete at Pauley Pavilion on campus. The school also sponsors cross country, soccer, women's rowing, golf, tennis, water polo, track and field, and women's softball.

STUDENT LIFE

The campus is located near prominent entertainment venues such as the Getty Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),  Walt Disney Concert Hall. UCLA offers classical orchestras, intramural sports, and over eight hundred student organizations. UCLA is also home to more than seventy fraternities and sororities, which represent 13% of the undergraduate population. Phrateres, a non-exclusive social-service club for women was founded here in the year 1924 by the Dean of Women, Helen Matthewson Laughlin. Students and staff participate in dinghy sailing, surfing, rowing, and kayaking at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center in Marina del Rey.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The University of Arizona (U of A/ UA/ Arizona) is a public research institution located in Tucson  Arizona, United States. Established in 1885, UA was the 1st university in the  Territory of Arizona. The university entail the Banner University Medical Center Tucson, that operates a separate four year M.D. college in downtown Phoenix. In the  Fall of 2015, total entrance was more than 42,100 students, with the biggest freshmen class ever in the history  at 8,100 students. The University of Arizona is directed by the Arizona Board of Regents. The mission of the UA is to improve the prospects and standardize  the lives of the students of Arizona and the people of the world through education, creative expression, research, and community and business partnerships. Arizona is one of the voted in members of the Association of American Universities ( organization of North America's main research institute) and has been  the solo representative from the state of Arizona to this group.

Known as the Arizona Wildcats ("Cats" in short), the athletic teams are the members of the Pac -12 Conference at NCAA. UA's athletes have won titles in many sports, most notably men's basketball,  softball and baseball nationally. The official colors of the institution and its athletic members are UA Red and Arizona Blue.

ACADEMICS

The University of Arizona proposes 334 different fields of study leading to bachelor's, master's, doctoral as well as professional degrees. Academic departments and programs are categorized into colleges and schools. Right now, grades are given on a strict four-point scale with "A" equivalent to 4, "B" worth to 3, "C" equivalent to  2, "D" equivalent to 1 and "E" worth zero points. In the year 2004, there were discussions with the students and the faculty members that may lead the university towards eventual use of the plus-minus grading system in the coming future years. As of December 2015, the university has still been using the 4-points scale.

ADMISSION AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The UA is contemplated as "selective" university by the United States News & World Report.In the  academic year 2014-2015, 68 freshman students were rewarded with National Merit Scholars. UA students comes from all states in the U.S. But nearly 69% of students are from Arizona, about 11% are from California, and 8% are international students, supervened by a significant student presence from states like Washington, Texas, Illinois, Colorado and New York. 

TUITION

Tuition fee at the University of Arizona is $11,591 for full-time undergraduate residents and $30,745 for international and non residential students. For other states, the cost of tuition has always been rising due to the decline in  support from the government. Undergraduates who enrolled in the UA’s elective tuition guarantee program in the year 2015 will remain at $11,591 for residents and $30,745 for  international and non residential students through the 2018-19 academic year. Incoming students recruited in a bachelor's degree program are automatically qualified for the Guaranteed Tuition Program and will not be the subject to tuition fee increases for eight continuous semesters (4 years). The Guaranteed Tuition Program is  not applicable to rates for summer and winter sessions.

Fall Freshman Statistics

	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Applicants	32,723	26,481	26,329	26,871	26,626
Admits	24,417	20,546	20,251	19,175	20,065
% Admitted	74.6%	77.6%	76.9%	71.4%	75.4%
Enrolled	7,744	6,881	7,401	7,300	7,025
Avg GPA	3.37	3.40	3.42	3.39	3.36
SAT Range*	1000-1230	990-1220	990-1220	990-1220	980-1220
* SAT out of 1600

CAMPUS

The main campus area  sits on 380 acres  in central Tucson, it is about one mile (1.6 km) north-east of downtown. There are a total of 79 buildings on the main campus. Many of the initial buildings, which includes the Arizona State Museum buildings (one of them having 1927 main library) and Centennial Hall, was designed by Roy Place, a outstanding Tucson architect. It was the use of red brick by Roy Place that set the tone for the red brick facades which are a basic and universal part of nearly all UA buildings, even those built recently. Indeed, almost each and every UA building has red brick as a main component of the design, or at the very least, a stylist accent to adjust it with the other buildings on campus.

The campus is not quiet divided into quadrants. The north and south  of campus are delineated by a lawnlike expanse called the Mall, which goes  from Old Main eastward to the campus's eastern border at Campbell Avenue (a major street at north-south arterial). The west and east sides of campus are disjoint  roughly by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center .

The science and mathematics buildings seem to be clustered in the southwest quadrant, the inter-collegiate athletics proficiency to the southeast, the arts and humanities buildings are in the northwest , with the engineering buildings towards the north central area. The optical and space sciences buildings are accumulated on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums and the  main library.