1. HARVARD UNIVERSITY

2.  Harvard University - one of the most famous universities in the U.S. and around the world, is located in Cambridge. Harvard - the oldest university in the U.S., was founded September 8, 1636. Named after the English missionary and benefactor John Harvard.

3. University includes 11 separate academic units - ten faculties.  Harvard College for students receiving a bachelor's degree  Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  Harvard Medical School  Harvard School of Dentistry  Harvard Institute of Theology  Harvard Law School  Harvard Business School  Graduate School of Design  Harvard Graduate School of Education Sciences Institute of Public Health  Harvard Institute of Government. John F. Kennedy

4.  2010 Harvard employs about 2,100 teachers and has about 6,700 students and 14,500 graduate students.

5.  Harvard University graduated eight U.S. presidents, 75 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as students, faculty or staff. -John Adams -John Quincy Adams -Rutherford B. Hayes -Theodore Roosevelt -Franklin Roosevelt -John F. Kennedy -George Bush -Barack Obama

6. Interesting facts  Among the students, there is a belief that if you rub the toe shoes sitting statue of John Harvard, you can easily pass the exams. That's why sock protruding shoes polished to a shine.

7.  Another belief is that students should not pass through the main gate of the University is more than twice: once at the beginning of training, the second time after graduation. As a result, the gate is usually closed for the entire semester.

8.  In honor of Harvard University named asteroid (736) Harvard, opened in 1912.

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