University of Notre Dame
- http://www.nd.edu
- Different place, Notre Dame College (Ohio)
Background[]
The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842 by a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is an independent, national Catholic university located at Notre Dame, Indiana, adjacent to the city of South Bend and approximately 90 miles southeast of Chicago.
The University has become a highly respected center of learning dedicated to the threefold goal of contemporary higher education -- teaching, research, and service. Notre Dame is rated among the nation's top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger's and Kaplan/Newsweek. The University ranks in the top 20 among all American colleges and universities in size of endowment (approximately $3 billion).
Notre Dame ranks as one of the nation's most selective universities, joining Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Dartmouth, Brown, MIT and Rice as the only schools that admit fewer than half of their first-year applicants and enroll more than half of those who are admitted. Sixty-five percent of incoming first-year students were in the top 5 percent of their high school graduating classes.
With 1,250 acres containing two lakes and 136 buildings, Notre Dame is well known for the quality of its physical plant and the beauty of its campus. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the 14-story Hesburgh Library with its 132-feet-high mural depicting Christ the Teacher, and the University's newly renovated 124-year-old Main Building with its famed Golden Dome are among the most widely known university landmarks in the world.
REGION[]
The Michiana area has many amenities, woodlands and lakes, and enjoys a four-season climate. Few locations in the Midwest offer such ideal conditions for work, study and recreation. The greater South Bend and Mishawaka area offers an abundance of diverse cultural events, museums, movie theaters, shopping malls, coffee houses and parks. South Bend has its own symphony orchestra and a minor league baseball team, the Silver Hawks. There are great restaurants, the College Football Hall of Fame, and the East Race Waterway, just to name a few attractions. Chicago is a two hour drive to the west and Indianapolis is three hours to the south.