About the Institution
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.
Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans, for whom Evanston is named, and eight other lawyers, businessmen and Methodist leaders to serve the people of a region that had once been known as the Northwest Territory. Instruction began in 1855; women were admitted in 1869. Today, the main campus is a 240-acre (97 ha) parcel in Evanston, along the shores of Lake Michigan. The university's law and medical schools are located on a 25-acre (10 ha) campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. In 2008, the University opened a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication. In academic year 2010-11, Northwestern enrolled 8,397 undergraduate and 7,870 graduate and professional students
Undergrad Programs / Areas offered :
African American Studies
African and Asian Languages
African Studies
American Studies
Animate Arts
Anthropology
Anthropology (through the School of Continuing Studies)
Applied Mathematics
Art History
Art Theory and Practice
Asian American Studies
Asian and Middle East Studies
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences: Human Body
Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Business Enterprise
Business Institutions
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chemistry
Chicago Field Studies
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Classics
Cognitive Science
Communication Studies
Communication Studies
Communication Systems
Comparative Literary Studies
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computing and Information Systems
Conducting and Ensembles
Creative Writing for the Media
Critical Theory
Dance
Drama
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Design
Engineering Design and Communication
English
English and American Literature
English Writing
Environmental Policy and Culture
Environmental Science
Engineering and Policy
Environmental Studies
Ethics and Civil Life
European Studies
Film and Media Studies
Financial Economics
Fine and Performing Arts
French and Italian
Gender Studies
German
Global Health Studies
History
Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME)
Human Communication Sciences
Human Development and Psychological Services
Humanities
Industrial Engineering
Information Systems
Integrated Marketing Communication Certificate
Integrated Science
International Studies
Jazz Studies
Jewish Studies
Journalism
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Learning and Organizational Change
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Managerial Analytics
Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE)
Materials Science
Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
Mathematics
Mathematics Experience for Undergraduates
Mechanical Engineering
Molecular Biosciences
Music Composition
Music Education
Music Technology
Music Theatre
Music Theory and Cognition
Musicology
Organization Behavior
Performance Studies
Piano Performance
Philosophy
Physics and Astronomy
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Radio/Television/Film
Science in Human Culture
Secondary Teaching
Service Learning
Slavic Language and Literatures
Social Policy
Sociology
Sound Design
Spanish and Portuguese
Statistics
Strings Performance
Theatre
Transportation and Logistics
Undergraduate Leadership
Undergraduate Premedical Scholars Program
Urban Studies
Voice and Opera Performance
Wind and Percussion Performance
Writing Program
Graduate Programs / Areas offered :
Accounting Information and Management PhD
African-American Studies
African Studies
Anthropology
Applied Mathematics
Applied Physics
Art History
Art Theory and Practice
Audiology PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology
Biotechnology Training Program
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clinical Investigation
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Research and Regulatory Administration
Cognitive Science Specialization
Communication Sciences and Disorders PhD
Communication Studies PhD
Communication
Comparative and Historical Social Sciences
Comparative Literary Studies
Computer Information Systems
Computer Science
Counseling Psychology
Creative Writing
Directing
DPT/PhD (Eng) Program
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Economics PhD
Education
Education Sciences
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Design and Innovation
Engineering Management
English
Environmental Engineering and Science
Environmental Geotechnics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Executive Masters of Laws (LLM) Programs
Executive MBA Program
Finance PhD
French and Italian
Gender Studies
Genetic Counseling
Geotechnical Engineering
German Literature and Critical Thought
Global Health Technology
Graduate Program in Law and Business
Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Health Services and Outcomes Research
History
Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP)
Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Information Technology
Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Integrated Marketing Communications
Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Graduate Program (IBiS)
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
International Executive MBA Programs
Italian Studies
JD (International Lawyers)
JD-LLM in International Human Rights
JD-LLM in Taxation
JD-MBA
JD-PhD
Journalism
Learning Disabilities
Learning and Organizational Change (MSLOC)
Learning Sciences Master's Program
Learning Sciences PhD
Liberal Studies (through the School of Continuing Studies)
Life and Biomedical Sciences
Life Sciences and Public Health
Linguistics
Literature (through the School of Continuing Studies)
LLM in International Human Rights
LLM in Taxation
Management and Organization PhD
Management and Organization and Sociology PhD
Management Program in Design and Operations
Managerial Communication
Managerial Economics and Strategy PhD
Marital and Family Therapy
Marketing PhD
Materials Science and Engineering
MBA (Full-Time): Two-Year Program
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Media
Technology and Society
Medical Anthropology
Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Medical Informantics
Medical Scientist Training Program: Combined MD and PhD
MMM Program: Combined MBA and MMM
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (MPES)
Music
Music Composition PhD
Music Education
Music Education and Piano Pedagogy
Music Technology
Music Theory and Cognition
Musicology
Neurobiology and Physiology
Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)
Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience (NUIN)
NU-TEACH Alternative Certification
Operations Management PhD
Performance Studies
Philosophy PhD
Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science
Physics and Astronomy
Piano Performance
Plant Biology and Conservation PhD
Political Science
Product Development
Prosthetics-Orthotics
Public Health: Combined MD/MPH
Public Health (MPH)
Public Policy and Administration (through the School of Continuing Studies)
Psychology
Quality Assurance and Regulatory Science (through the School of Continuing Studies)
Religion
Screen Cultures
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Sociology
Social Enterprises at Kellogg (SEEK)
Speech and Language Pathology
Sports Administration (through the School of Continuing Studies)
Stage Design
Statistics
String Performance
Structural Engineering and Materials
Technology Industry Management
Technology and Social Behavior
Theatre and Drama
Theoretical and Applied Mathematics
Transportation Systems Analysis and Planning
Voice and Opera Performance
Wind and Percussion Performance
Writing for the Screen and Stage