Northwestern University is a private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is known for its highly ranked School of Law and Kellogg School of Management.
The school was founded in 1851 by John Evans, who was the first president of the Town of Evanston. The school’s seal shows an open book with “Northwestern University” written on its front cover above the seal, which sits on a shield. The shield has three vertical stripes: blue and white on top, red on bottom with a gold star in its center.
Northwestern University has an undergraduate enrollment of about 20,000 students and 7 graduate and professional schools. According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 rankings, it is ranked as the 19th best public university in America, and 8th best among research universities. In 2016, Forbes ranked it as the 15th best value among all American colleges and universities. Northwestern is also noted for its Kellogg School of Management and Feinberg School of Medicine (formerly named “School of Medicine”), which are consistently ranked among the top 10 business schools and medical schools respectively by U.S. News & World Report.
The school also offers undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, engineering, journalism, communication, music, theatre arts, psychology, business and economics. Northwestern has a total undergraduate enrollment of about 20,000 students and an alumni base of over 200,000 graduates worldwide.
