Tufts University

Tufts University was founded in 1852 by Christian Universalist is a private research university located near Boston, precisely in Medford / Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. The university is also known as "Little Ivy", famous for having Internationalism and study abroad programs.

Tufts University comprises ten schools, Including :

Both undergraduate and graduate students

• The School of Arts and Sciences (1898 or 1903)
• The School of Engineering (1898)
• The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service (2000) - a non-degree-granting

Exclusively undergraduate students

• The College of Special Studies (1939), the which awards the degree of bachelor of fine arts through a cooperative arrangement with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Exclusively graduate students

• The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (1933), America's oldest graduate school for international relations and foreign affairs
• The School of Dental Medicine (1899)
• The School of Medicine (1893), Whose primary affiliated hospitals are the Tufts Medical Center and the Baystate Medical Center
• The Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences (1981)
• The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (1981), the only graduate school of nutrition in North America, with the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
• The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (1978), the only veterinary school in New England

Former schools

• The Crane Theological School opened in 1869 and closed in 1968

Each school has its own faculty, and is led by a dean appointed by the president and the provost with the consent of the Board of Trustees. In addition, the university is affiliated with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the New England Conservatory.

Almost 90% of students enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences and some 10% are in the School of Engineering. And almost 50% of students are abroad to follow a study abroad program that has also been offered by the university, the program sponsored in Chile, China, Ghana, Oxford and Paris, among other places.

There is a pride of the university when the university flag 127 times the Earth-orbiting astronauts aboard the space shuttle and alumnus with Frederick Hauck, which occurred in 1984.

In addition to offering academic programs, students can also join and participate in academic activities through the organization and sororities, especially sports activities. With mascot, nicknamed Jumbo the elephant, Tufts University has a university sports teams that compete with sports teams from other universities in the NCAA Division III.