Harvard University

Introduction to Harvard University

Harvard University, or Harvard for short, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is a world-renowned private research university and a member of the famous Ivy League school. Eight presidents of the United States of America have emerged here, and hundreds of Nobel laureates have worked and studied here. It has a high academic status and extensive influence in many fields such as literature, medicine, law, and business. It is recognized as one of the top higher education institutions in the world today.

Harvard is also the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It was born in 1636 and was first established by the Massachusetts Colonial Legislature. It was originally named the New Citizens College in memory of John Harvard, who gave generous support to the college in its early days. The school was renamed Harvard College in March 1639. In 1780, Harvard College was officially renamed Harvard University. As of 2014, the school has more than 6700 undergraduate students and more than 14500 master's and doctoral students.

As of 2014, Harvard University has 13 colleges, namely Harvard School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, Harvard School of Design, Dental Medicine, Harvard Divinity School, School of Education, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Public Health School, Harvard Kennedy School of Political Science, Harvard Graduate School, Harvard College, and Radcliffe School for Advanced Study, with a total of 46 undergraduate majors, 134 postgraduate majors are enrolled; the main body of undergraduate education is undertaken by Harvard College.

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Harvard University has produced eight American presidents and dozens of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. In addition, it has also cultivated a large number of well-known academic founders, world-class academic leaders, litterateurs, and thinkers, such as Norbert Dner, Ralph Emerson, Henry Thoreau, Henry James, Charles Peirce, Robert Frost, William James, Jerome Bruner, George Mayo, etc.; Henry Kissinger, a famous diplomat and former U.S. Secretary of State, also came from Harvard.

In modern China, there are also many scientists, writers, and scholars who studied at Harvard University, such as Hu Gangfu, Zhu Kezhen, Yang Xingfo, Zhao Yuanren, Chen Yinke, Lin Yutang, Liang Shiqiu, Liang Sicheng, Jiang Zehan, etc.

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are well-known dropouts from the school.