Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, a world-renowned private research university and a member of the famous Ivy League school. It is regarded as one of the top higher education and research institutions in the world today.

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First, the basic information of Harvard University:

Harvard University was founded in 1636. It was first founded by the colonial legislature in Massachusetts, and its original name was "New Citizen College". 1780 was officially renamed as "Harvard University". Today, Harvard University consists of ten colleges and an advanced research institute, and has the largest university library system in the world. In the academic year of 20 18, there were more than 6,699 undergraduates and 20 master students 13 and 120.

Harvard University has a lofty academic status and extensive influence in the fields of literature, medicine, law and commerce. At the same time, the school is also responsible for the management and operation of Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and other institutions. Therefore, it is a world-famous private research university and a member of the famous Ivy League school.

Second, the strength of Harvard University:

The main campus of Harvard University in Cambridge has 18 academic units and 1 advanced research institutes, among which undergraduate education is undertaken by Harvard College, and these 1 1 academic units are Harvard College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard College of Continuing Education, Harvard School of Design, Harvard Theological Seminary, Harvard College of Education, Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School of Political Science and Harvard University. In addition, the Alston Campus and Longwood Campus of Harvard University also have the following four academic units, including 46 undergraduate majors and 134 graduate majors.

Its teaching staff is also quite strong, with about 2,400 teachers in the school, including many winners of Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Pritzker Prize and Fields Prize. The school has more than 300 academicians from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Medical College (IOM), among which the National Academy of Sciences and the National Medical College rank first in the United States. Harvard University's facilities are located in more than 20 places, with a total area of 4,882 acres and a building area of 2 1 565,000 square feet. The main campus of Cambridge covers an area of 224 acres with a building area of 65,438+03,202,000 square feet.

Over the years, Harvard University has made great achievements in running schools, including eight American presidents and hundreds of Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winners. In addition, a large number of famous academic founders, world-class academic leaders, writers and thinkers have been trained, such as Norbert Dana, ralph emerson, henry thoreau, Henry James, Charles Peirce, Robert Frost, william james, Jerome Bruner and george mayo. Famous diplomats, former US Secretary of State Kissinger and former Mongolian President Sakhiagiin Elbegdorj are also from Harvard. Many scientists, writers and scholars in modern China studied at Harvard University, such as Hu, Zhu Kezhen, Chen Yinque, Lin Yutang, Liang Shiqiu, Liang Sicheng,,, and Leo Oufan Lee.