三、教研优势
Benson Science Hall, one of the first campus buildings, houses the English and history departments.As of 2015, Vanderbilt had an enrollment of 6,851 undergraduate and 5,874 graduate and professional students, for a total of 12,725 students. Students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries attend Vanderbilt, with 66% of the total student body coming from outside the Southeast. Moreover, 53.5% of the class of 2018 classified as Caucasian, 9.3% Hispanic/Latino, 9.5% Black or African American, 12.6% Asian, and 8.0% other/two or more races; 7.0% of the class is international. As of 2014, the incoming class was 50% male and 50% female.Vanderbilt lets undergraduates choose between 70 majors, or create their own, in its four undergraduate schools and colleges: the College of Arts and Science, the School of Engineering, Peabody College of Education and Human Development, and Blair School of Music.The university also has six graduate and professional schools, including the Divinity School, Graduate School, Law School, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Owen Graduate School of Management.The university's undergraduate programs are highly selective: in 2017, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions accepted 8.6% of its 27,841 Regular Decision applicants, thus making Vanderbilt one of the most selective universities in the United States and the most selective university in the state of Tennessee. In its most recent annual comparison of admissions selectivity, The Princeton Review gave Vanderbilt a rating of 99 out of 99. The admitted first-year class of 2021 had standardized test scores that were well above average: the interquartile range (25th percentile – 75th percentile) of SAT scores was 740-800 for Critical Reading, 770-800 for Math, and 680-770 for Writing, while the interquartile range of ACT scores was 33–35.For students of the class of 2016 whose schools reported exact class rankings, 96.21% ranked in the top 10% of their class, with an average rank of 3.39%.
本森科学馆是最早的校园建筑之一,是英国和历史系的学生。截至2015年,范德堡大学招收了6851名本科生和5874名研究生和专业学生,共计12725名学生。来自50个州和100多个国家的学生参加了范德堡大学,66%的学生来自于东南地区。此外,2018届的53.5%的学生为白种人,9.3%的拉丁裔美国人,9.5%的黑人或非裔美国人,12.6%的亚洲人,以及8.0%或以上的种族。该课程的7%是国际的。到2014年,新生的班级人数是男性的50%,女性是50%。
范德堡大学让本科生在自己的四所本科院校中选择70个专业,或者创建自己的专业:艺术与科学学院、工程学院、博地大学教育与人类发展学院以及布莱尔音乐学院。这所大学还拥有6所研究生和专业学校,包括神学院、研究生院、法学院、医学院、护理学院和欧文管理学院。
这所大学的本科课程是非常有选择性的:2017年,本科生招生办公室接受了27841名常规申请者中的8.6%,从而使范德堡大学成为美国最具选择性的大学之一,也是田纳西州最具选择性的大学。在最近一次对录取率的年度比较中,普林斯顿大学的评估给了范德堡大学99分99分。在2021年的一年级新生中,他们的考试成绩比平均水平要高:四分位数(25百分位,第75百分位)的SAT分数为740-800分,数学成绩为770-800,写作成绩为680-770,而ACT成绩的四位数是33-35。对于2016届的学生来说,他们的学校报告了准确的班级排名,96.21%的学生在班级前10%的排名中,平均排名为3.39%。
Vanderbilt investigators work in a broad range of disciplines, and the university consistently ranks among the top 20 research institutions in the United States.In 2013, Vanderbilt University was ranked 9th in the country in funding from the National Institutes of Health. Its Institute for Space and Defense Electronics, housed in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, includes the largest academic facility in the world involved in radiation-effects research.Peabody Library, Vanderbilt University,Among its more unusual activities, the university has institutes devoted to the study of coffee and of bridge.Indeed, the modern form of the latter was developed by Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, a former president of the university's Board of Trust and a great-grandson of the Commodore.In addition, in mid-2004 it was announced that Vanderbilt's chemical biology research may have serendipitously opened the door to the breeding of a blue rose, something that has long been coveted by horticulturalists and rose lovers.Vanderbilt scholars have played a significant role in the development of writing. The Fugitives and Southern Agrarians, both based at the university, are responsible for reviving literature in the South and making Vanderbilt a fountainhead for literary excellence in the first half of the 20th century.In 2013, Vanderbilt University participated in the SEC Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia, which was organized and led by the University of Georgia and its Bioenergy Systems Research Institute. The topic of the symposium was titled "The Impact of the Southeast in the World's Renewable Energy Future".
范德堡大学的研究人员在各个学科领域工作,而这所大学一直是美国顶尖的20所研究机构之一。2013年,范德堡大学在美国国家卫生研究院的资助下排名第九。它位于电子工程和计算机科学部,拥有世界上最大的学术设施,涉及辐射效应研究。皮博迪图书馆,范德堡大学,该大学有专门研究咖啡和桥梁的研究机构。事实上,现代的形式是由Harold Stirling Vanderbilt,他是大学信托委员会的前主席,也是Commodore的曾孙。此外,在2004年中期,人们宣布范德堡大学的化学生物学研究可能偶然地为蓝玫瑰的培育打开了大门,这是园艺爱好者和玫瑰爱好者长久以来梦寐以求的东西。范德堡堡学者在写作的发展中发挥了重要作用。这些逃亡者和南部的农民都是大学的学生,他们的职责是振兴南方的文学,使范德堡堡成为20世纪上半叶文学卓越的源头。然而,范德堡大学的研究记录却被一所大学的研究人员所发现,他们与田纳西卫生部合作,在上世纪40年代的怀孕期间对铁代谢进行了研究。1945年至1949年间,超过800名孕妇得到了放射性铁元素。当时,研究对象的知情同意标准并没有得到严格执行,而且许多妇女没有被告知潜在的风险。这些注射后来被怀疑导致了至少3名母亲的孩子患上了癌症。1998年,该大学以1030万美元的价格与母亲和幸存的孩子们达成了集体诉讼。这所大学被卡内基基金会划分为一所拥有最高研究活动的博士大学。这所大学有一个综合性的研究生项目,提供科学、工程、数学、人文、社会科学和宗教的博士课程以及医学、商业、法律、护理和教育的专业学位。范德堡大学是美国证券交易委员会学术联盟的成员。现在更名为自由之国,这项倡议是一项旨在促进东南地区各成员大学研究、学术和成就的合作努力。该公司的目标包括突出证交会的教职员工、学生和大学的努力和成就,以及提高美国证交会大学的学术声誉。2013年,范德堡大学参加了在乔治亚州亚特兰大举行的美国证券交易委员会的研讨会,该研讨会由佐治亚大学和其生物能源系统研究所牵头。本次研讨会的主题是东南地区对世界可再生能源未来的影响。
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