Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) may be a non-public analysis university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, u.  s., yet as Bida, Qatar. Composed of twelve faculties and schools, Northwestern offers 124 undergrad degrees and one hundred forty five graduate and skilled degrees.

Northwestern was based in 1851 by John Evans, for whom the town of Evanston is called, and eight alternative lawyers, businessmen and Methodist leaders. Its start purpose was to serve the Northwest Territory, a part that these days includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and components of American state.Instruction began in 1855; girls were admitted in 1869. Today, the most field may be a 240-acre (97 ha) parcel in Evanston, on the shores of Lake Michigan simply twelve miles north of downtown Chicago. The university's law, medical, and skilled faculties area unit placed on a 25-acre (10 ha) field in Chicago's Streetervilleneighborhood. In 2008, the university opened a field in Education town, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication.

Northwestern may be a giant analysis university with a comprehensive degree program and attracts over $550 million in sponsored analysis annually. additionally, Northwestern has one amongst the biggest university endowments within the u.  s., presently valued at $9.78 billion. In 2015, the university accepted thirteen of undergrad candidates, creating Northwestern one amongst the foremost selective universities within the country.

Northwestern may be a start member of the massive 10 Conference and remains the sole non-public university within the conference. TheNorthwestern Wildcats contend in nineteen extramural sports within the NCAA's Division I huge 10 Conference.

Evanston

Northwestern's Evanston field is found on Lake Michigan.

Northwestern's Evanston field, wherever the undergrad faculties, the school, and also the W. K. Kellogg faculty of Management area unit placed, runs north-south from Lincoln Avenue to Clark Street west of Lake Michigan on Richard Brinsley Sheridan Road. North and South Campuses have perceptibly completely different atmospheres, thanks to the predominance of Science and Athletics within the one and Humanities and humanities within the alternative. North field is home to the fraternity quads, the Henry Crown Sports tent and Frank Norris Aquatics Center and alternative athletic facilities, the Technological Institute, Dearborn Observatory, and alternative science-related buildings together with Saint Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Hall for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, and also the Ford Motor Company Engineering style Center. South field is home to the University's humanities buildings, Pick-Staiger hall and alternative music buildings, the Blessed Virgin and Vivien Leigh Block deposit of Art, and also the lodge quads. within the Sixties, the University created an extra eighty four acres (34.0 ha) by means that of a lakefill in Lake Michigan. Among a number of the buildings placed on these broad new acres area unit University Library, Frank Norris University Center (the student union), and Pick-Staiger hall.

The Chicago Transit Authority's elevated train running through Evanston is termed the Purple Line, taking its name from Northwestern's faculty color. The Foster and Davisstations area unit among walking distance of the southern finish of the field, whereas the Noyes station is near the northern finish of the field. The Central station is near Ryan Field, Northwestern's stadium. The Evanston Davis Street Metra station serves the Northwestern field in downtown Evanston and also the Evanston Central Street Metra station is close to Ryan Field. Pace community utility and also the CTA have many bus routes that run through or close to the Evanston field.