About Northeastern University, USA:

Northeastern University (NU, formerly NEU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 1898. It is categorized as an R1 institution (Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus in the Fenway-Kenmore, Roxbury, South End, and Back Bay neighborhoods of Boston. The university has satellite campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina; Seattle, Washington; and San Jose, California that exclusively offer graduate degrees. An additional satellite campus opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in late 2016. The university's enrollment is approximately 18,000 undergraduate students and 7,000 graduate students. Northeastern features a cooperative education program, more commonly known as "co-op", that integrates classroom study with professional experience and contains over 3,100 partners across all seven continents. The program has been a key part of Northeastern's curriculum of experiential learning for more than a hundred years and is one of the largest co-op/internship programs in the world. While it is not required for students to participate in the co-op program, generally the program is a vital experience for Northeastern students and has helped distinguish the university from other universities in the academic world. Also, Northeastern is currently ranked 1st on the "Best Schools for Internships" list by the Princeton Review and has consistently ranked in the top five for over a decade. In addition to the co-op program Northeastern has a comprehensive study abroadprogram that spans more than 170 universities and colleges. Northeastern is a large, highly residential university. Most students choose to live on campus but upperclassmen have the option to live off campus. More than 75% of Northeastern students receive some form of financial aid. In the 2016–17 school year, the university offered $253.8 million in grant and scholarship assistance. The university's sports teams, the Northeastern Huskies, compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 18 varsity sports. The men's and women's hockey teams compete in Hockey East, while the men's and women's rowing teams compete in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) and Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC), respectively. Men's Track and Field has won the CAA back to back years in 2015 and 2016. In 2013, men's basketball won its first CAA regular season championship, men's soccer won the CAA title for the first time, and women's ice hockey won a record 16th Beanpot championship. The Northeastern men's hockey team won the 2018 Beanpot beating out Boston University, Boston College, and Harvard.



World University Rankings

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By Fields

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Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Engineering 236 236 - 259 262 279 - - - 301-350 301-350 289 279 301-350 301-350 149 162 181
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 351-400 351-400 351-400 301-350 351-400 401-450 301-350
Medicine - - - - - - - - - 351-400 301-350 301-350 274 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400
Natural Sciences - - 294 - 283 255 253 - 251 261 282 286 274 282 288 276 301-350 351-400
Social Sciences 214 224 199 223 201 218 259 248 228 184 154 159 135 135 141 153 191 176

By Subjects

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Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - 269 271 - - 289
Chemistry - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400 351-400 161 151 167
Chemical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - 142 150
Civil Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 276 253 171 99 108
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 301-350 296 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400
Computer Science 269 229 - - - - 301-350 270 222 216 273 287 109 80 94
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 113 88 122 115 127 169 175
Electrical Engineering 210 118 144 164 234 242 182 212 159 152 213 238 88 78 83
Environment / Ecology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Materials Science 257 - 273 - 252 252 251 245 226 231 255 259 135 125 135
Mathematics 276 - - - - 271 286 301-350 351-400 401-450 - 401-450 285 301-350 351-400
Mechanical Engineering 290 285 252 250 272 - - 275 - 278 292 - 144 129 133
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 298 223 222 223 220 233 210
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 99 69 82 102 78 109 126 141 152 139 122 148 201 191
Physics 244 205 184 185 219 188 187 213 185 200 206 214 211 251 280
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 217 189 184 169 160 133 145
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 176 161 171 165 192 228 204
Space Science - - - - - - - - 261 256 234 - - 269 297
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - 194 164 178
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - 140 141