Brown University
Work Box 1920
Providence, RI 02912
Work(401) 863-2378
Admissions E-mail: admission_undergraduate@brown.edu
Web site: http://www.brown.edu
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Tier 1
College Category:
National Universities
National Universities
Overview : Brown University
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Private |
| Year founded: | 1764 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 6,095 |
| Setting: | urban |
| Endowment: | $2,778,022,000 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 1/1 |
| Application fee: | $70 |
| Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: | 13.7% |
| Selectivity: | most selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,848 |
| Mission | |
| School mission: | Brown is the only major research university in the nation where undergraduates are the architects of their own course of study. The University's signature academic program for undergraduates encourages intellectual exploration and risk-taking and fosters rigorous multidisciplinary study in areas ranging from Brain Sciences and Planetary Geology to Creative Writing and Modern Culture and Media. Its unique, highly competitive Program in Liberal Medical Education provides the opportunity to receive an undergraduate degree and a Medical degree in an eight-year continuum. Brown students are distinguished by their academic excellence, creativity, self-direction, leadership, and collaborative style of learning, while Brown's outstanding faculty is known for its singular dedication to teaching. |
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