MS in Biotechnology - Life Sciences

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, there is a private Ivy League research university called Harvard University. The oldest university in the United States and one of the most prominent in the world, Harvard College was established in 1636 and named for its first donor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard. Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, in its early years Harvard College primarily trained Congregational clergy. The Massachusetts colonial legislature authorised Harvard's founding, "dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust." In the 18th century, its curriculum and student body steadily became more secular, and by the 19th century, it had become the primary cultural institution for Boston's elite. The institution and its affiliated professional schools were turned into a cutting-edge research university following the American Civil War during the long presidency of Charles William Eliot (1869–1909); Harvard joined the Association of American Universities as a founding member in 1900. James B. Conant oversaw the university's operations during both the Great Depression and World War II, and after the war, he liberalised admissions. The Harvard Radcliffe Institute is one of the university's eleven academic faculties. While the other faculties only provide graduate degrees, usually professional ones, Arts and Sciences offers study in a broad range of academic topics for undergraduates and graduates. The 209-acre (85 ha) Cambridge campus, centred on Harvard Yard, a neighbouring site directly over the Charles River in the Boston district of Allston, and the medical campus in the city's Longwood Medical Area make up Harvard's three primary campuses. With a $53.2 billion endowment, Harvard has the greatest one of all academic institutions. The undergraduate college's ability to admit students regardless of their ability to pay and to offer considerable financial aid with no loans is made possible in part by endowment income. The Harvard Library, which consists of 79 separate libraries and holds roughly 20.4 million items, is the largest academic library system in the world. Depending on the metrics a list uses, the number of Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, U.S. Congressmen, MacArthur Fellows, Rhodes Scholars, Marshall Scholars, and Fulbright Scholars among Harvard alumni, faculty, and researchers is arguably the highest among all higher education institutions worldwide. Eight US presidents and 188 living billionaires, the most of any university, are among its graduates. There have been fourteen Harvard-affiliated Turing Award winners. In addition to founding numerous renowned businesses, students and graduates have won 110 Olympic medals, including 46 gold, 48 Pulitzer Prizes, and 10 Academy Awards.

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Students at Harvard paid $10,927 for accommodation and $6,755 for the dining plan in 2020.

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(NEASC) Commission on Institutions of Higher Education accredits Harvard University.

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