Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a small, private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, 14 miles west of Boston.

About Brandeis

As of 2003, the university had approximately 3000 undergraduates, 1300 graduate students and 500 faculty members.

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The schools of the University include:

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• The College of Arts and Sciences
• The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
• Lown School of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
• Rabb School of Summer and Continuing Studies
• Brandeis International Business School
• The Volen National Center for Complex Systems

The College of Arts and Sciences is comprised of 24 departments and 22 interdepartmental programs, which offer 38 majors and 42 minors.

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The current Provost of the university, Marty Krauss is an expert on disability policy and family-based caregiving.

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Brandeis is also known as home to the Rose Art Museum, a museum of modern and contemporary art.

Related Topics:
Rose Art Museum - Museum

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Fraternities and sororities are prohibited by Brandeis University, as they are contrary to a central tenet of the university, that student organizations be open to all students, with membership determined by competency or interest. "Exclusive or secret societies are inconsistent with the principles of openness to which the University is committed." http://www.brandeis.edu/studentlife/sdc/rr/html/rr_appendix.html

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The university boasts a very active student government, the Brandeis Student Union which can be found at http://union.brandeis.edu, as well as more than 200 student organizations, which are listed at http://my.brandeis.edu.

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The Brandeis University Press publishes books in a variety of scholarly and general interest fields.

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WBRS at 100.1 FM is the school's radio station.

Related Topics:
WBRS - FM - Radio station

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The university's athletic teams ("The Judges") compete in the University Athletic Association (UAA) conference of the NCAA Division III. The school's official colors are blue and white.

Related Topics:
University Athletic Association - NCAA - Division III

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Note that starting in 1997, the University of Louisville began calling its law school the Brandeis School of Law (Louis Brandeis was a Louisville native), but it is not affiliated with Brandeis University in any way. Brandeis University does not have a law school.

Related Topics:
1997 - University of Louisville - Law school - Louisville

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