Institution Details

Northeastern University is a private university based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1896 as the Evening Institute for Younger Men by the Boston YMCA. It became the Northeastern University in 1922 and began admitting women after World War II before separating from the YMCA in 1948. It features a ‘co-op’ education program with a mixture of classroom and professional experience through partnerships with businesses around the world.

It has more than 27,000 students including 20,000 international students, making it one of the biggest universities for students from more than 147 countries to come and study. Northeastern University has ranked in the top 100 national universities in lists from Forbes, Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report and Washington Monthly. It’s also in the top 200 global universities according to the Times Higher Education list and US News & World Report.

The university is based in the Fenway Cultural District in Boston, near the Museum of Fine Arts, Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory, and Christian Science Center. It has a lot of green spaces and has twice won the American Institute of Architects's "Most Beautiful New or Renovated Exterior Space" award. It also has campuses in San Francisco, Portland, Silicon Valley and London, amongst others.

Research Excellence
Northeastern University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It has ranked at the highest level of research activity in the USA according to Carnegie Classications and earns more than $180m in external research funding a year.

Partnership Learning
Northeastern University’s co-operative learning program is one of the largest of its kind in the world and has been in place for more than 100 years. It involves working with over 3,100 partners across all seven continents as well as study abroad program with over 170 universities and colleges.

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