Harvard University

                                                              Harvard University

The University was founded on 8 September 1636 and is the oldest college in the United States. Originally called New College, and renamed the Harvard College on March 13, 1639 in honor of its largest contributors, John Harvard, a former Cambridge University student.

Earliest references are calling Harvard as a "university" and not "college" occurred in 1780.

Harvard University is one of the most prestigious universities in the world and has the largest revenues among universities around the world (U.S. $ 22.6 billion in 2004), almost double the Yale University, its nearest competitor).

USA university rankings output in 2005 U.S. News puts Harvard University and Princeton University together in the first place. Harvard University also won first place in 2004, after five years in the second and third positions. Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings also put Harvard in the first place.

 

Harvard University now has nine faculties, sorted below according to the established:

     * Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and sub faculty, Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which together include:
           o Harvard College, which is the graduate of this University (1636)
           o Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1872)
           o The Harvard Division of Continuing Education, including Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School
     * Faculty of Medicine, including Harvard Medical School (1782) and Harvard School of Dental Medicine (1867)
     * Harvard Divinity School (1816)
     * Harvard Law School (1817)
     * Harvard Business School (1908)
     * Harvard Graduate School of Design (1914)
     * Harvard Graduate School of Education (1920)
     * Harvard School of Public Health (1922)
     * Kennedy School of Government (1936)