Harvard University

Harvard University is the oldest American university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded by John Harvard in 1636 to correspond with the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in Britain. Obtaining a degree from this university is considered the magic key to wealth and sensitive government positions.[6] And one of the most prestigious universities in the world.[7]

Massachusetts’ colonial legislature, the General Court, authorized the establishment of Harvard University. In its early years, Harvard College trained mainly Congregational and Unitarian clergy, although it was not formally affiliated with any denomination. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the eighteenth century, and by the nineteenth century, Harvard had emerged as a central cultural institution among Boston’s elite. In the wake of the American Civil War, President Charles William Eliot (1869-1909) transformed the college and its professional schools into a modern research university;

Harvard University then became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900.[10] Led by James B. Conant University during the Great Depression and World War II; He liberalized the admission requirements after the war.

The university consists of ten academic colleges in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The College of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of academic disciplines for undergraduate and graduate students, while other colleges offer only graduate degrees, most of which are professional degrees.

Harvard also has three main campuses: [11] the 209-acre (85 ha)* Cambridge Campus centered on Harvard Yard; It is an adjacent campus directly across the Charles River in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. The medical campus is also located in Boston’s Longwood Medical District.[12] Harvard University’s endowment is worth $41.9 billion, making it the largest academic institution.[3] Endowment revenues and donations also help enable the university college to accept students regardless of their financial need and provide generous financial aid without loans.[13] The Harvard Library is the largest academic library system in the world, with 79 individual libraries containing approximately 20.4 million items.[14][15][16][17]

Harvard University has more alumni, faculty, and researchers who have received Nobel Prizes (161) and Fields Medals (18), more than any other university in the world who have won these awards, and more alumni who have been members of the U.S. Congress. It has 375 recipients of MacArthur Foundation fellowships, Rhodes Scholarships, and Marshall Scholarships (255), which is also more than any other university in the United States. Its alumni also include eight US presidents and 188 living billionaires, the most of any university. In addition, fourteen of the Turing Award winners were affiliated with Harvard University. Students and alumni have also won 10 Academy Awards, 48 Pulitzer Prizes, 108 Olympic medals (46 gold), and have also founded several notable companies.