学校简介

爱荷华大学

学校创建于1847年2月25日——爱荷华州刚刚成立59天后，是爱荷华州的第一所公立高等教育机构。其后，凭借其在艺术，科学，人文等领域的杰出成就赢得了良好的世界声誉。学校是美国最早接受男女同校的公立大学，也是最早授予戏剧、写作、音乐、艺术等领域的高等学位的美国高校。它也是密西西比河以西第一个建立法学院，以及开办教育广播电台的高校，并且广播了世界第一套教育电视节目，也一直在发展教育考试方面保持领先。

2008年，爱荷华城被联合国教科文组织（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization）评选为文学之城（City of Literature），成为世界上第三座文学之城.

The University of Iowa is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City in southeast Iowa, on the Iowa River near the intersection of U.S. Interstate Highways 80 and 380. Iowa is composed of 11 colleges, the largest of which is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, enrolling most of Iowa's undergraduates. The Henry B. Tippie College of Business, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and the Colleges of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, enroll undergraduates, and with the Colleges of Dentistry and Public Health provide graduate education in conjunction with the Graduate College.

Some Numbers

More than 29,000 students enroll at Iowa each year. Some 64 percent come from Iowa, 21 percent from adjoining states, and 8 percent from the remaining states. International students from 109 countries make up 7 percent of the University's enrollment. The faculty numbers about 1,700 and there are about 13,000 staff. The total annual operating budget is about $2.1 billion, and there are more than 120 major buildings, most of them within walking distance of one another. Adding to the population are more than a million visitors each year who come to enjoy cultural events and art exhibits, to attend Big Ten athletic events, and to participate in the many conferences and educational programs scheduled at the University year-round.

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Community

The Iowa City area community includes Coralville, North Liberty, Solon, and other small towns with a total population of about 100,000. The University both provides and attracts a wide variety of cultural opportunities, Big Ten athletic events, and a number of business endeavors resulting from scientific and educational research that originated at Iowa. In the summers, Iowa City sponsors weekly downtown jazz and pop concerts, and all through the year major poets, writers, artists, historians, scientists, and others speak or perform in University venues or to read at local bookstores. Excellent public schools, close, safe, and comfortable neighborhoods, and a highly educated population mean that Iowa City frequently appears high on “best-place-to-live” listings in national magazines. The nearby countryside, good state parks, and the Iowa River provide many opportunities for walking, biking, and boating. Twenty miles to the north is Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s second-largest city, home to the Eastern Iowa Airport and a population of about 120,000.

History

Established in 1847, Iowa has won international recognition for its wealth of achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Iowa was the first U.S. public university to admit men and women on an equal basis and the first institution of higher education in the nation to accept creative work in theater, writing, music, and art as theses for advanced degrees. It established the first law school and the first educational radio station west of the Mississippi, broadcast the world's first educational television programs, and developed and continues to hold preeminence in educational testing.

Strengths

The University has world renowned research programs in genetics, hydraulics, and speech and hearing, and has recorded major innovations in agricultural medicine, biocatalysis, biomedical engineering, biomedical sciences, and pharmacology education. Its graduate programs in audiology, printmaking, creative writing, speech-language pathology, and nursing service administration are first-ranked. Iowa scientists, including JamesVan Allen, have been pioneers in space research, designing and building research instruments for more than 50 successful U.S. satellites and space probes. The University of Iowa operates one of the nation's most advanced and comprehensive university-owned teaching hospitals. It also has developed the most technically advanced driving simulator in the world.

学校排名

爱荷华大学

在《美国新闻与世界报道2007》的美国大学综合排名中，爱荷华大学排第65位，有21个研究生专业排全国前十。法学院排第24，教育学院排第28。爱荷华大学的工程方向也很好，工程和生物工程专业都排第34，建筑工程排第41，机械工程排第50，拥有全世界最复杂的美国高级汽车驾驶模拟实验室。

爱荷华大学Tippie商学院是世界顶尖商学院之一。爱荷华大学是一所历史悠久，驰名国际的大学，学校成立于1847年，具有一百五十多年的历史，是美国最著名的州立大学之一，学校的教职员超过16000人，长期被美国新闻与世界报道评为全最佳二十所州立大学之一。爱荷华大学商学院的MBA课程被美国新闻与世界报道(U.S. News & World Report)评为全美排名29，英国的经济学人(The Economists)将其评为全美22及全球33，并被美国的的商业周刊 Business Week和英国的Financial Time评为全球50所顶尖商学院之一。在2013年的福布斯美国最佳商学院排名中名列20。其MBA在整个亚太地区地排名和名气，仅次于在新加坡开办课程的芝加哥大学。

爱荷华大学在《美国新闻与世界报道》(U.S. News & World Report)的全美大学排名中排名前50名的学科与项目有：