University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. Over a century old, it is renowned for its contributions to teaching and research, and recognized as one of the world's leading research institutions. Known as the "teacher of teachers", scholars and researchers affiliated with the University of Chicago have earned more Nobel Prizes than any other institution besides Cambridge University. The academic home of leading intellectuals like Allan Bloom, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Ronald Coase, Milton Friedman, Richard Posner, and Leo Strauss, the University of Chicago is often considered the most intellectual and rigorous of American universities.

Divisions and schools

The University currently maintains twelve units, grouped into divisions for graduate research, professional schools, the undergraduate College, the Library, the Press, the Lab Schools, and the Hospitals.

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The Divisions: Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Humanities,

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The Professional Schools: the Divinity School, the Law School, the Graduate School of Business, the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Harris School of Public Policy and the School of Social Service Administration.

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The Graham School of General Studies is administrative rather than a formal school within the University, and administers a variety of degree and non-degree extension work for high school students through postgraduates.

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The University furthermore features the Laboratory Schools (day care through high school, founded by John Dewey and considered one of the leading preparatory schools in the United States), the Hyde Park Day Schools (ages 6-15, for the learning disabled of otherwise exceptional ability) and the Orthogenic School (a residential treatment program for ages 5-20 with behavioral and emotional problems). The University also administers two public charter schools on the South Side of Chicago, although these schools are not considered a true part of the University community (see also Argonne National Laboratory).

Related Topics:
John Dewey - Charter schools - Argonne National Laboratory

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The Princeton Review in 2004 rated the University as having the "Best Overall Educational Experience" for undergraduates among all American universities and colleges (the student-to-faculty ratio of 4:1, ranked the second lowest amongst top 50 American Universities, allows for small class sizes and exceptional faculty interaction).

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The University's professional schools also rank highly. The

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Graduate School of Business is consistently ranked by numerous publications http://businessmajors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=businessmajors&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bschool.com%2Fussbys.html as part of the leading cohort of business schools.

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Likewise, the Law School ranks 6th (US News) and 2nd (Leiter), having received special accolades for its teaching quality (a distinction not given to other top ranked faculties), while the

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School of Social Service Administration School ranks 3rd (US News)and 1st (Gourman Report). Moreover, the

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Divinity School ranks 2nd (National Research Council), with the

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Pritzker School of Medicine ranking 19th (US News). The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies ranks 17th (US News).

Related Topics:
Pritzker School of Medicine - The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies

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The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the country and publishes The Chicago Manual of Style, the definitive guide to American English usage. The University also operates a number of off-campus scientific research institutions, the best known of which is probably Fermilab, or the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, managed by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy. The University also operates the Argonne National Laboratory, owns and operates Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, the Oriental Institute, and has a stake in Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. The University is also a founding member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Related Topics:
University of Chicago Press - The Chicago Manual of Style - American English - Fermilab - Department of Energy - Argonne National Laboratory - Yerkes Observatory - Williams Bay - Wisconsin - Oriental Institute - Apache Point Observatory - New Mexico - Committee on Institutional Cooperation

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The economics department is particularly well-known, so much so that an entire school of economics thought ("The Chicago School") bears its name. Characterized by conservative thinkers and Nobel Prize winners like Milton Friedman, Gary Becker and Robert Lucas, the department has played an important part in shaping thought on the efficacy of the free market. Rather infamously, Chicago economists, the "Chicago Boys", assisted Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in planning out his country's finances.

Related Topics:
The Chicago School - Nobel Prize - Milton Friedman - Gary Becker - Robert Lucas - Chicago Boys - Augusto Pinochet

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The school is also known for the creation of the first Department of Sociology in the United States, which founded its own Chicago school of sociology. Scholars affiliated with this first school are considered widely important to the field and include Albion Small, George Herbert Mead, Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, and Ernest Burgess. The school's sociology program remains among the nation's highest ranked.

Related Topics:
Sociology - Chicago school - Albion Small - George Herbert Mead - Robert E. Park - W. I. Thomas

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