- School Name: Tufts University
- Street Address:
- Locality: Medford
- Region: MA
- Postal Code:
- Tel: (617) 627-3170
- email: admissions.inquiry@ase.tufts.edu
- url: http://www.tufts.edu
- College Category: National Universities
- Rank: 28
- Score: 70
- Tier: 1
- Institutional Control: Private
- Year Found: 1852
- Religious Affiliation: N/A
- Academic Calendar: semester
- Total Number Of Undergraduates: 5,035
- Setting: suburban
- Application Deadline: 1/1
- Application Fee: $70
- Fall 2007 Acceptance Rate: 27.5 %
- Selectivity: most selective
- Cost: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,840
- Majors:
AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS, AND RELATED SCIENCES: agricultural business and management AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND GENDER STUDIES: American/United States studies/civilization, Asian studies/civilization, East Asian studies, Central/Middle and Eastern European studies, European studies/civilization, Latin American studies, Near and Middle Eastern studies, Russian studies, Western European studies, African-American/black studies, women's studies COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES: computer and information sciences, computer programming, computer science; EDUCATION: early childhood education and teaching; ENGINEERING: engineering, architectural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical, electronics, and communications engineering, engineering physics, engineering science, environmental/environmental health engineering, mechanical engineering FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS: comparative literature, Chinese language and literature, Japanese language and literature, Russian language and literature, German language and literature, French language and literature, Italian language and literature, Spanish language and literature, ancient/classical Greek language and literature, Latin language and literature, classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics, foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS: American literature (United States and Canadian), English literature (British and Commonwealth), English language and literature/letters; LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES STUDIES, AND HUMANITIES: liberal arts and sciences studies, and humanities BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES: biology, ecology, evolution, systematics, and population biology; MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS: mathematics, applied mathematics; MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: peace studies and conflict resolution, biopsychology, multi/interdisciplinary studies PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES: philosophy, religion/religious studies; PHYSICAL SCIENCES: astronomy, chemistry, geological and earth sciences/geosciences, physics PSYCHOLOGY: psychology, clinical psychology, developmental and child psychology, experimental psychology, social psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCES: anthropology, archaeology, economics, international relations and affairs, sociology VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: theater literature, history, and criticism, fine/studio arts, art history, criticism, and conservation, music, music history, literature, and theory, music theory and composition, musicology and ethnomusicology HISTORY: history - Mission: Located seven miles outside Boston, Tufts is a university of 8,000 students that uses the intellectual framework of the liberal arts and engineering to serve the common good. Globalism, active citizenship and environmentalism are multidisciplinary themes that link over 60 academic programs in the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering, the University???s two undergraduate programs. With a 7:1 student-faculty ratio and an average class size of 20, the undergraduate curriculum at Tufts is writing and discussion-intensive.Tufts??? prepares leaders who will address the great intellectual and social challenges of the new century, people who want to interpret new information and make a difference in people???s lives. An emphasis on critical reasoning, a creative approach to problem-solving, and emotional and social intelligence enables students to question, appreciate, and understand information and trends in a fast-paced, multicultural environment. Tufts offers rigorous, cutting-edge programs in fields as diverse as international relations, biomedical engineering, community health, environmental studies, neuroscience and cognitive studies, to name a few. Liberal arts candidates gain broad academic proficiency as well as proficiency in second language while engineers are trained to be technically-skilled as well as highly literate as they examine the societal impact of technology.
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