丹佛大学 简介
丹佛大学位于美国科罗拉多州 Denver 大学公园的中心 ,那里是丹佛市历史上非常有名的地区, 同时也是一个安全的居住区。作为美国科洛多拉州的首府 , Denver 也是该州最大的城市 , 有人口二百三十多万。 而且 Denver 是整个落基山地区企业 , 文化, 金融和娱乐活动的聚集地。 Denver 市全年有三百天阳光明媚的日子 , 天气宜人，适合旅游。
丹佛大学是洛基山区 (Rocky Mountain) 最老也最大的 四年制 私立大学， 成立于 1864年。它作为二级国家级大学，入选《纽约时报大学指南》的“二百大”，并获得三颗星的学术评分。 丹佛大学的学生来自全美和将近 100 个国家。学校拥有将近9000 名学生, 包括3500 名大学生以及5500 名研究生。该校的体育设施相当完备 , 你可在先进的健身中心健身,在奥林匹克级的游泳池游泳, 并享受滑冰与冰上竞技。
学校拥有 5 所学院，65 种学科供学生研读，丹佛大学获得美国中美部大学协会（ North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ）的认证，是美国大学中的佼佼者。 专业推荐：工程学系，商学院，酒店及餐室专业管理，国际研究都是该校的招牌专业。化学、物理、音乐、计算机科学、心理学和大众传播也广获大家好评。就业含金量：美国国务卿赖斯 (Condoleezza Rice) 曾是丹佛大学的学生，可想该校的就业前景和学术能力。
Background
The University was founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Governor of Colorado Territory, who had been appointed by President Abraham Lincoln. Evans, who also founded Northwestern University prior to founding DU, is the namesake of the town in Illinois named “Evanston” (the site of the Northwestern campus) as well as Mount Evans, a 14,000+ foot mountain visible from the DU campus.
As a co-educational institution, according to College Board, under a competitive standard, the average admitted applicant is at his or her top 25% of their graduating class.
The reverse initials “DU” are used as the University's shorthand moniker (rather than the more intuitive “UD”) as part of a Rocky Mountain and midwestern tradition of initial reversal, similar to the University of Colorado's “CU”, the University of Tulsa's “TU”, the University of Oklahoma's “OU”, the University of Nebraska's “NU”, and the University of Kansas' “KU.”
The 'Colorado Seminary' was founded as a Methodist institution, and struggled in the very early years of its existence. By 1880, the Colorado Seminary had been renamed the University of Denver. Although doing business as the University of Denver, DU is still legally named Colorado Seminary. The first buildings of the University were located in downtown Denver in the 1860s and 1870s, but concerns that Denver's rough-and-tumble frontier town (the city was founded in 1858) atmosphere was not conducive to education prompted a new campus (today's campus) to be built on the donated land of potato farmer Rufus Clark, some seven miles (11 km) south of the downtown core. The University grew and prospered alongside the city's growth, appealing primarily to a regional student body prior to World War II. After the war, the large surge in GI bill students pushed DU's enrollment to over 15,000 students, the largest the university has ever been, and helped to spread the university's reputation to a national audience. In 2005, Denver selected former provost Robert Coombe as its new Chancellor, succeeding Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie.
School Type
Independent, Coed
Setting
Suburban 125-acre campus
Degrees Offered
Certificates, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral, First Professional, Post-Master's, and Postbachelor's Certificates
Comprehensive Costs
$45,382 includes full-time tuition ($34,596), mandatory fees ($886), and room and board ($9900). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time, course load, and program. Part-time tuition: $961 per quarter hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time, course load, and program
(Cost includes full-time tuition plus additional fees such as room and board and mandatory fees)
Entrance Difficulty
Moderately difficult , 64% of applicants were admitted