Rutgers Highlights Fall 2013
Quick Points Founded in Became New Jersey’s State University in 1956 One of the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada comprising the Association of American Universities (AAU) Member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the nation’s premier higher education consortium Joins the Big Ten Conference, one of the most prestigious conferences in intercollegiate sports, in 2014
Fast Facts 33 schools Approximately 24,400 faculty and staff More than 65,000 matriculated students from all 50 states and more than 115 countries Nearly 450,000 alumni, one of the nation’s largest alumni networks Campuses in New Brunswick/Piscataway, Newark, and Camden, with additional locations throughout New Jersey
A Top 25 Public Research University (U.S. News & World Report) Philosophy department #2 in the U.S. and #3 in the English-speaking world (Philosophical Gourmet) Women’s history program #1 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report) Computer science #20 in the world (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Academic Ranking of World Universities) 60 graduate programs in the nation’s top 50, including English (#17), history (#20), mathematics (#20), and industrial engineering (#21) (U.S. News & World Report)
Our Faculty 37 Rutgers faculty have achieved membership in the National Academies: National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine 57 are elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 22 are elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
29 students won Fulbrights for 2013–2014, an all-time high for the university 2 students won Gates Cambridge Scholarships in 2013, making Rutgers the only state university to have two of its students selected this year 2 students earned 2013 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded for excellence in mathematics, science, and engineering Our Students
A Leader in Academic Health Care With the establishment of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) in 2013, Rutgers now stands as one of America’s largest, most comprehensive academic centers for studying and improving human health and health care.
Patient Care RBHS includes two medical schools, a dental school, other health-related schools, research centers and institutes, and leading faculty practices Rutgers’ patient care practices log 1.7 million patient visits annually Rutgers’ Cancer Institute of New Jersey is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in New Jersey and one of only 41 in the nation
Research & Development R&D expenditure rankings: –More than $702 million in annual research and development expenditures, top 25 in the U.S. –#1 in the nation for chemistry –#4 in the nation for social sciences –#6 in the nation for mathematics Home to the Protein Data Bank, the single worldwide repository for three-dimensional protein structures Home to RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world’s largest university-based biorepository and key to studying genetic diseases
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