Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States (after new york and LA), the second largest commercial center, the largest futures center and one of the most important financial centers in the world. Located in the center of the North American continent and on the shore of Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes of North America, the city is one of the important railway and aviation hubs in the United States. The major governments and commercial organizations located in this city provide a large number of internship and employment opportunities for students of Zhida University.
The main campus of the University of Chicago is located in Hyde Park in the south of Chicago, adjacent to Jackson Park in the east and Washington Park in the west, with a distance of 1 1 km from downtown Chicago. The midway park built for 1893 Chicago World Expo divides the campus into two parts, including the famous Chicago Museum of Science and Industry in Hyde Park, which is the only building reserved for 1893 Chicago World Expo.
The campus of the University of Chicago covers an area of about 265,438+07 acres, which is dominated by Gothic buildings and surrounded by gardens. The old campus of the university is called the "main quadrangle", and the architectural conception is part of the "master plan" drawn by Henry Ivescob, director and architect of the University of Chicago. The main quadrangle consists of six quadrangles, each of which is surrounded by adjacent buildings. After the 1940s, the Gothic style of the campus began to give way to the modern style. 1955, Errol saarinen signed a contract to develop the second master plan to expand the campus to the south of the halfway park. The representative buildings in this period include Laird Bell Court (School of Law), School of Social Service Management, Harris Policy Institute and Regenstein Library of Fauvism. In 20 1 1 year, the University of Chicago completed a Joe and Lika Mansoto library with a giant glass dome.
In addition, the national historical sites of the United States owned by the University of Chicago include the nuclear energy sculpture built to commemorate the world's first controllable nuclear reactor "Chicago Reactor-1" and the masterpiece "Robbie's House" by the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Room 405 of george herbert Jones Laboratory, where plutonium was separated for the first time in the world, and the "Dormitory for Undergraduate Students of Hitchcock snell University", the full-length statue of Carl von Linnaeus, a famous Swedish biologist and founder of biological taxonomy. The tallest building on the campus of the University of Chicago is Rockefeller Auditorium, 1928, which was built in memory of john rockefeller, a school donor. Many colleges of the University of Chicago hold graduation ceremonies in this auditorium. The residence of the Obama family, the 44th president of the United States, is also located in Hyde Park where the University of Chicago is located.
2) satellite campus
Booth Business School has campuses in downtown Chicago, London and Singapore. In order to expand the North Asian market, Booth Business School moved its Asian branch to Hong Kong. On July 20 13, the Hong Kong SAR Government allocated a piece of land in Moxingling to Booth Business School to build a campus and offer EMBA courses.
The Paris Center of the University of Chicago is located on the left bank of the Seine River in Paris and holds many undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs. The Beijing Center of the University of Chicago is located in Haidian District, Beijing, with an area of 265,438+000 square meters. It is equipped with meeting rooms, classrooms, offices and venues for exchanges and group discussions. The center promotes academic research from three aspects: business, economy and policy; Science, medicine and public health; Culture, society and art ..
3) Student accommodation
The accommodation system of the University of Chicago includes 36 undergraduate dormitories, which are located in 10 dormitory building, with different locations, different environments and different traditions. Each dormitory has its own "living room" or lounge, and each dormitory has its own dormitory management committee, with a supervisor and a dormitory assistant. Each dormitory can also designate its own "dining table" in the campus dining area, so that every student in the dormitory system can find a place to sit and eat with friends at any time. The dormitory holds weekly meetings, and the dormitory management committee calls students to participate in cultural activities, fund-raising activities and sports activities in the dormitory. The six largest dormitory areas also have dormitory directors. The director of the dormitory is a lifelong teacher. They live in the dormitory area with their families and provide students in the dormitory area with knowledge, culture, social and leisure plans. In addition, there are dozens of apartment buildings of various schools in Hyde Park community for graduate students and visiting scholars to live in.