Seton Hall University
| Seton Hall University Seton Hall University |
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| motto | Hazard Zet Forward |
| founding | 1856 |
| Sponsorship | Catholic Church |
| place | South Orange , New Jersey |
| president | Amado Gabriel Esteban |
| Students | 9745 (2009) |
| Employee | 860 |
| Website | www.shu.edu |
Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange , New Jersey .
history
It was founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley and is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. It is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the US state of New Jersey . The university is known for its programs in economics , education , law , nursing , theology, and diplomacy . The university was named after Bayley's aunt, Elisabeth Anna Bayley Seton .
The university has 5,200 undergraduate and approximately 4,500 graduate students. The law school, one of the most important law schools in the United States, has approximately 1,200 students. Seton Hall University is also the former home of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey , which was acquired by the state in 1965 .
Faculties
There are a total of eight faculties with 160 different subjects:
- Arts and sciences
- medicine
- Economics
- Nursing
- theology
- pedagogy
- diplomacy
- law Sciences
Sports
The college's sports teams are the Seton Hall Pirates and play in the Big East Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.shu.edu/academics/index.cfm
- ↑ http://www.shu.edu/academics/artsci/index.cfm
- ^ Graduate School of Medical Education
- ^ Stillman School of Business
- ^ College of Nursing
- ^ Immaculate Conception School of Theology
- ^ College of Education and Human Services
- ↑ Seton Hall Law School ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| State universities |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • New Jersey Institute of Technology • Rowan University • The College of New Jersey • Kean • Montclair State • New Jersey City • Ramapo • Richard Stockton • Thomas Edison State • William Paterson |
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| Private universities |
Bloomfield • Caldwell • Centenary • College of Saint Elizabeth • Drew • Fairleigh Dickinson • Felician • Georgian Court • Monmouth • Princeton • Rider • Saint Peter’s • Seton Hall • Stevens Institute of Technology |
Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 35.3 " N , 74 ° 14 ′ 47.9" W.