Rutgers University
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| motto | Sol Iustitiae et Occidentem Illustra |
| founding | November 10, 1766 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | New Brunswick , Piscataway , Newark and Camden , USA |
| president | Robert Barchi |
| Students | 52,471 (2008) |
| Employee | 6,414 (2008) |
| including professors | 1,017 (2008) |
| Foundation assets | $ 0.593 billion (2008) |
| University sports | Big Ten Conference |
| Networks | Association of American Universities |
| Website | www.rutgers.edu |
The Rutgers University , officially The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution of higher education in the State of New Jersey . The university's main campus is located in the cities of New Brunswick and Piscataway . There are two smaller campuses in Newark and Camden . Rutgers offers more than 100 undergraduate programs, 100 master’s programs, and 80 doctoral programs at 29 graduate schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs. The Rutgers University is one of the best public universities in the United States , the so-called Public Ivy , and is a member of the Association of American Universities , a since 1900 existing association of leading research-intensive universities of North American. In the 2013/14 academic year, 26 Fulbright scholars went to Rutgers University , which ranks 3rd among Research Universities behind Harvard University and the University of Michigan .
history
The current university emerged from Queen's College , founded in 1766, making it the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. It was originally affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church , but is no longer religiously oriented today. In 1825 it was given its current name in honor of its patron Henry Rutgers , a hero of the War of Independence . The university's main campus is located in the cities of New Brunswick and Piscataway . In 1946 the Rutgers merged with the University of Newark , now the Newark Campus , and in 1950 with the College of South Jersey and the South Jersey Law School , now the Camden Campus . By administrative acts of 1945 and 1956, Rutgers was declared a State University of New Jersey .
Organizational structure
New Brunswick / Piscataway Campus
- Applied and professional psychology
- Engineering
- Communication, information and library sciences
- Arts ( Mason Gross School of the Arts )
- Arts and sciences
- Douglass College
- Livingston College
- Rutgers College
- University College - New Brunswick
- Management and labor relations
- pedagogy
- Pharmacy ( Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy )
- maintenance
- Planning and Public Policy ( Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy )
- Social work
- Environment and biology
- Economics ( Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick)
- Graduate School - New Brunswick
Camden Campus
- Arts and sciences
- law Sciences
- Economics
- Graduate School - Camden
- University College - Camden
Newark campus
- Arts and sciences
- Criminal justice
- Public Affairs and Administration
- maintenance
- law Sciences
- Economics ( Rutgers Business School - Newark)
- Graduate School - Newark
- University College - Newark
Sports
Rutgers University's sports teams are the Scarlet Knights . The university has been a member of the Big Ten Conference since July 1, 2014.
Special research results
The Teoma search engine was developed there.
Famous professors
- Clayton P. Alderfer (1940-2015), psychologist
- John H. Dunning (1927–2009), British economist
- Jerry Fodor (1935–2017), philosopher and cognitive scientist
- Gary L. Francione (* 1954), law professor and animal rights activist
- Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg (1894–1968), German sociologist
- Robert Trivers (* 1943), anthropologist and biology
- Endre Szemerédi (* 1940), mathematician, Abel Prize 2012
- Melitta Schachner (* 1943), German neurobiologist
- Lionel Tiger (born 1937), anthropologist
- Ousseina Alidou (* 1963), linguist
- Gary Kuehn (* 1939), artist
- Helen Fisher (* 1945), anthropologist
- Geoffrey Hendricks , artist
- Allan Kaprow (1927-2006), artist
- Alexander J. Motyl (* 1953), political scientist and historian
Well-known graduates
- Kenny Britt (* 1988), American football player
- Deron Cherry (born 1959), American football player
- Carli Lloyd (* 1982), soccer player
- Judea Pearl (* 1936), computer scientist
- Ray Rice (born 1987), American football player
- Paul Robeson (1898–1976), American football player, actor, singer
- Sebastian Stan (* 1982), actor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://president.rutgers.edu/
- ↑ a b c d 2008–2009 Rutgers Fact Book ( Memento of February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 17, 2009)
- ↑ List of universities with the most Fulbright scholarship holders. (PDF) Fulbright Program, accessed February 13, 2014 .
- ^ Colonial colleges in the English language Wikipedia
- ^ Rutgers History. Rutgers University, accessed November 9, 2012 .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 29.9 " N , 74 ° 10 ′ 29.5" W.