University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university, part of the University System of New Hampshire. The university is located in Durham, NH, and in 2004 enrolled more than 10,000 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, in more than 100 majors.

Academics

UNH is composed of six colleges and the Graduate School, offering a variety of study for students. These are the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS), College of Liberal Arts (COLA), College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA), School of Health and Human Services (SHHS), Whittemore School of Business and Economics (WSBE), and UNH at Manchester. The Thompson School of Applied Science, first established in 1895 and now a division of COLSA, provides seven different associate degrees in applied science.

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Colleges - Engineering - Physical Sciences - Liberal Arts - Life Sciences - Agriculture - Health - Business - Economics - UNH at Manchester - Applied Science - Associate degrees

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The coastal proximity of the university affords excellent programs in Marine biology and Oceanography. Facilities include the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory at Adam's Point in Durham, and the Shoals Marine Laboratory at Appledore Island on the Isles of Shoals.

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Marine biology - Oceanography - Isles of Shoals

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The University also organizes an annual summer abroad program at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge at Cambridge University, which is restricted to American students with exceptional academic qualifications.

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Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge - Cambridge University

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