University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin, informally UT Austin, UT, University of Texas,or Texas in sports contexts,is a public research university and the flagship institution of The University of Texas System.Founded in 1883 as "The University of Texas," its campus is located in Austin—approximately 1 mile (1,600 m) from the Texas State Capitol. The institution has the fifth-largest single-campus enrollment in the nation, with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 24,000 faculty and staff.The university has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.
UT Austin was inducted into the American Association of Universities in 1929, becoming only the third university in the American South to be elected. It is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures exceeding $550 million for the 2013–2014 school year.The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory. Among university faculty are recipients of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, the Wolf Prize, and the National Medal of Science, as well as many other awards.

UT Austin student athletes compete as the Texas Longhorns and are members of the Big 12 Conference. Its Longhorn Network is unique in that it is the only sports network featuring the college sports of a single university. The Longhorns have won four NCAA Division I National Football Championships, six NCAA Division I National Baseball Championships and has claimed more titles in men's and women's sports than any other school in the Big 12 since the league was founded in 1996. Current and former UT Austin athletes have won 130 Olympic medals, including 14 in Beijing in 2008 and 13 in London in 2012. The university was recognized by Sports Illustrated as "America's Best Sports College" in 2002

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636. Its history, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard (its first benefactor), Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning,[14] and the Harvard Corporation (formally, the President and Fellows of Harvard College) is its first chartered corporation. Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, the early College primarily trained Congregation­alist and Unitarian clergy. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, and by the 19th century Harvard had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston elites. Following the American Civil War, President Charles W. Eliot's long tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern research university; Harvard was a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900.James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after the war. The undergraduate college became coeducational after its 1977 merger with Radcliffe College.

The University is organized into eleven separate academic units—ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—with campuses throughout the Boston metropolitan area:its 209-acre (85 ha) main campus is centered on Harvard Yard in Cambridge, approximately 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Boston; the business school and athletics facilities, including Harvard Stadium, are located across the Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston and the medical, dental, and public health schools are in the Longwood Medical Area.Harvard has the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world, standing at $32.3 billion as of June 2013.

Harvard is a large, highly residential research university. The nominal cost of attendance is high, but the University's large endowment allows it to offer generous financial aid packages. It operates several arts, cultural, and scientific museums, alongside the Harvard Library, which is the world's largest academic and private library system, comprising 79 individual libraries with over 18 million volumes. Harvard's alumni include eight U.S. presidents, several foreign heads of state, 62 living billionaires, and 335 Rhodes Scholars.To date, some 150 Nobel laureates and 5 Fields Medalists (when awarded) have been affiliated as students, faculty, or staff.

Cornell University

Cornell University  is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge — from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."

The university is broadly organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions at its main Ithaca campus, with each college and division defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university also administers two satellite medical campuses, one in New York City and one in Education City, Qatar.

Cornell is one of three private land grant universities in the nation and the only one in New York.Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges, including its agricultural and veterinary colleges. As a land grant college, it operates a cooperative extension outreach program in every county of New York and receives annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions. The Cornell University Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres, but is much larger when the Cornell Plantations (more than 4,300 acres) are considered, as well as the numerous university-owned lands in New York City.
Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian institution where admission has not been restricted by religion or race. Cornell counts more than 245,000 living alumni, and its former and present faculty and alumni include 34 Marshall Scholars, 29 Rhodes Scholars and 44 Nobel laureates. The student body consists of nearly 14,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students from all 50 American states and 122 countries

Michigan State University

Michigan State University started back at 1927 with the aim of providing world class education in hospitality.So far ,the university has launched the careers of thousands of leaders in hospitality and service professions .It has transformed the landscape of hospitality education as  the original hospitality business school and ranked among the top hospitality programs in the nation. The School celebrates nine decades of attracting the best and still stands as the brightest.

A Midwest icon, The School and its faculty and students share a remarkable work ethic and land-grant values that take the best thinking in the world, make it practical, and apply the rewards of outstanding higher education in the public realm that is the business of hospitality. The School’s eternal philosophy of relationship building and connectivity means the students, alumni and faculty are all part of an ongoing, influential network that has mentored, empowered, assisted, and influenced generations who have chosen the path of hospitality.

Vision

• is to be the recognized leader in Hospitality Business education, research, and service.

 Mission 

• to INSPIRE continuous learning by empowering present and future managers to ACQUIRE knowledge, skills, and global Hospitality Business leadership positions
• to CREATE knowledge by engaging in collaborative theoretical and applied research for the benefit of undergraduate and graduate students, Hospitality Businesses, and the community of hospitality management scholars
• to ENGAGE our Hospitality Business partners through outreach and service, and to ENHANCE global Hospitality Business economic, community, and academic development
• to CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE The School’s global leadership position in Hospitality Business operations, development, ownership, and manage

Barry University

Barry University is a private, Catholic university that was founded in 1940 in Miami Shores, Florida, United States, a suburb north of Downtown Miami. It is one of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast. Barry offers business, nursing, health sciences, teacher education, and liberal arts programs. It currently has more than 4,000 students, a campus of 54 buildings, and 40,000 alumni. Student to faculty ratio is 14:1.
Barry College was founded as a women's college by a pair of siblings: Rev. Patrick Barry, Bishop of St. Augustine, and his sister Rev. Mother Mary Gerald Barry, OP, then prioress of the Sisters. The construction of what was then the Barry College for Women began in 1940, in what had previously been "a tract of tropical vegetation. The empty lot was soon transformed into the main campus, in Miami Shores, FL. The original campus consisted of five buildings. Mother Barry served as president from 1940-1961.
Barry College became Barry University on November 13, 1981. Barry University continues to be sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan. It is an independent 501(c) (3) organization and has an independent Board of Trustees.

Location & Facilities

Barry University's main campus is in Miami Shores, Florida. While the main campus is in Miami Shores, Barry University offers several continuing adult education classes at other locations in Florida. Barry University has a campus in Orlando containing the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law and a campus in Saint Petersburg that has the second branch of its Physician Assistant Program. Barry University also has a campus on the island of St. Croix where a third branch of its Physician Assistant Program is located.
There are 40 buildings at the Miami Shores campus. These contain technology laboratories and indoor and outdoor sporting facilities.
The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library contains more than 710,000 items, including 2,600 periodical titles, 5,000 audiovisual items, 150 electronic databases, and an "excellent Catholic American collection." The library also contains a collection of documents pertaining to Operation Pedro Pan.

Saint Louis University

The Mission of Saint Louis University is the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of God and for the service of humanity.  The University seeks excellence in the fulfillment of its corporate purposes of teaching, research, 

health care and service to the community. It is dedicated to leadership in the continuing quest for understanding of God's creation and for the discovery, dissemination and integration of the values, knowledge and skills required to transform society in the spirit of the Gospels. As a Catholic, Jesuit university, this pursuit is motivated by the inspiration and values of the Judeo-Christian tradition and is guided by the spiritual and intellectual ideals of the Society of Jesus.In support of its mission, the University:

Encourages and supports innovative scholarship and effective teaching in all fields of the arts; the humanities; the natural, health and medical sciences; the social sciences; the law; business; aviation; and technology.

Creates an academic environment that values and promotes free, active and original intellectual inquiry among its faculty and students.

Fosters programs that link University resources to local, national and international communities in collaborative efforts to alleviate ignorance, poverty, injustice and hunger; extend compassionate care to the ill and needy; and maintain and improve the quality of life for all persons.

Strives continuously to seek means to build upon its Catholic, Jesuit identity and to promote activities that apply its intellectual and ethical heritage to work for the good of society as a whole.

Welcomes students, faculty and staff from all racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds and beliefs and creates a sense of community that facilitates their development as men and women for others.

Nurtures within its community an understanding of and commitment to the promotion of faith and justice in the spirit of the Gospels.Wisely allocates its resources to maintain efficiency and effectiveness in attaining its mission and goals.

Accrediation: 

As an institution, Saint Louis University is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. SLU has been continuously accredited since 1916.

Location & Facilities

Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Facilities: The mission of the Facilities Division is to proactively support Saint Louis University's mission of teaching, research, health care and service by anticipating customer needs and working innovatively and collaboratively with stakeholders in order to enhance and sustain the campus environment. 

The Facilities Services division constantly demonstrates a commitment to excellence in the planning and provision of services through teamwork, ongoing development of employees and identification and integration of best practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

University of Guelph

The University of Guelph (U of G) is a absolute accessible analysis university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was accustomed in 1964 afterwards the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College, and has back developed to an academy of added than 28,000 acceptance and bookish staff. It currently offers over 94 undergraduate degrees, 48 alum programs, and 6 accessory degrees in abounding altered disciplines.

The University of Guelph is consistently ranked as a top absolute university in Canada by Maclean's magazine, and accustomed top marks for apprentice achievement a part of medium-sized universities in Canada by The Globe and Mail. It has captivated these rankings with its reputation, avant-garde research-intensive programs, and active campus activity cited as accurate strengths. The University of Guelph has aswell been ranked 50th by Times Higher Education in their account of the top 100 universities beneath 50 years old.The university has a key focus on activity science and has ranked 76-100 in the apple by ARWU.

Currently, the adroitness at the University of Guelph authority 39 Canada Analysis Chair positions in the analysis areas of accustomed sciences, engineering, bloom sciences and amusing sciences. Recent bookish achievements cover the aboriginal accurate validation of baptize on Mars, Alpha atom X-ray spectrometer (APXS) on lath the Mars Exploration Rovers, and the Barcode of Activity activity for breed identification. University of Guelph assistant Mario Monteiro has been listed in the top 50th a lot of affecting humans in the apple for the development of vaccines alongside Bill Gates and added notable figures.

Our Campus:

• 412-hectare (1,017-acre) campus, plus 165-hectare (408-acre) Arboretum, and a 12-hectare (30-acre) research park
• five to seven minute walk from any residence to class 
• State-of-the-art facilities, such as The Summerlee Science Complex, North America's largest integrated science teaching and research facility; The School of Engineering, with its massive recent expansion that includes new labs and design studios, interactive outdoor teaching labs, and a green roof and rooftop windturbine; and Guelph Business, located in one of the oldest buildings on campus, is modernized to include collaborative learning spaces, multiple student lounges and study rooms.

Our Programs:

• 12 degree programs; the areas of arts, science, business, and engineering host the largest number of international students
• professional degrees: Veterinary Medicine; Engineering; Applied Human Nutrition; Landscape Architecture
• take advantage of our cross-disciplinary approach, tailoring your degree thorugh your choice of major, minor, and selection of elective courses

Our People:

• we are Guelph Gryphons
• our colours are red, gold, black
• 22,446 students call our campus home
• over 5,000 students live in residence 
• 99.9% of our faculty have a Ph.D (or equivalent)
• over 110,000 alumni from 145+ countries
• 17 intramurals, 17 varsity teams, 22 sports clubs, and more than 200 student clubs and organizations.

Our Pride:

• Consistently ranked as one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada and around the world (Maclean's Magazine).
• One of the 10 best cities to live in Canada (MoneySense magazine).
• Rated as one of the top five most sustainable cities in Ontario (Pembina Institute)
• Over 90% of our first year students return for their second year - that's 4% above the national average
• $125.3 million in annual research funding.

York University

The mission of York University is the pursuit, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. We promise excellence in research and teaching in pure, applied and professional fields. We test the boundaries and structures of knowledge. We cultivate the critical intellect. York University is part of Toronto: we are dynamic, metropolitan and multi-cultural. York University is part of Canada: we encourage bilingual study, we value diversity. York University is open to the world: we explore global concerns. A community of faculty, students, staff, alumni and volunteers committed to academic freedom, social justice, accessible education, and collegial self-governance, York University makes innovation its tradition.

York University is helping to shape the global thinkers and thinking that will define tomorrow. York is Canada’s third largest university, with a commitment to excellence which reflects a rich diversity of perspectives and a strong sense of social responsibility that sets us apart.

Our Faculties

Among the finest anywhere, York’s Faculties introduce students to a broad perspective of the world that results in original thought and theory. Our flexible interdisciplinary approach provides students with an amazing variety of academic opportunities where learning and debate are not only valued; they are encouraged. To complement interdisciplinary thinking, students can combine majors in completely different fields.

About York

• York U is the 2nd largest university in Ontario, 3rd largest in Canada
• 280+ university partnerships across the globe
• $1 billion operating budget

Academic Excellence

• 11 Faculties
• 5,000 courses, 200+ undergraduate and graduate degree programs
• 12,043 degrees granted in 2014
• The Schulich School of Business ranked first among Canadian schools in The Economist
• Home to Canada’s largest Liberal Arts program
• Offers the Greater Toronto Area’s only Digital Media program, incorporating performance
• Osgoode Hall Law School internationally renowned as one of Canada’s largest and most distinguished law schools
• Home to Canada’s only Space Engineering program
• Largest psychology program in North America
• The Disaster & Emergency Management program is the leading program of its kind in Canada
• Glendon campus is the only bilingual university campus in southern Ontario

James Madison University (JMU)

James Madison University (JMU) is a top ranking US state university offering excellent value for money on a beautiful campus with state-of-the-art facilities. JMU is ranked number 2 public university in the South by U.S.News & World Report, and in America's top 50 'Best Value' public universities by Princeton Review. Students experience an incredibly high level of involvement in the classroom, the lab, in campus activities and out in the community. Internships are an integral part of the curriculum.

James Madison University is advised "More Selective" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For the Chic of 2012, the university accustomed added than 22,648.applications, for an entering freshmen chic of 4,325 for the 2012–2013 bookish year.The assimilation amount for the 2011–2012 apprentice chic was 91.4%, and the arrangement of changeable to macho acceptance is 60/40. Approximately 28% of all acceptance are from out-of-state, apery all 50 states and 89 adopted countries.

Currently, James Madison University offers 115 amount programs on the bachelor's, master's, educational specialist and doctoral levels. The university comprises seven colleges and 78 bookish programs. The university includes the College of Arts and Letters; the College of Business; the College of Education; the College of Health and Behavioral Studies; the College of Integrated Science and Engineering; the College of Science and Mathematics; the College of Visual and Performing Arts; and The Alum School. Total acceptance alpha the Fall 2012 bookish year was 19,927; 18,392 undergraduates and 1,820 alum students. JMU accepted 4,908 degrees in 2012; 4,096 undergraduate degrees, and 812 alum degrees.

On October 2, 2009, James Madison University was accepted a affiliate by the Phi Beta Kappa bookish account society.Only about 10 percent of the country's colleges and universities accept Phi Beta Kappa chapters. James Madison University's Affiliate of Phi Kappa Phi was the aboriginal bookish account association accountant at JMU. The Account Association of Phi Kappa Phi (or artlessly Phi Kappa Phi or ΦΚΦ) is an account association accustomed in 1897 to admit and animate above scholarship after brake as to breadth of abstraction and to advance the "unity and capitalism of education".

Location:	Harrisonburg, Virginia
Institution type:	Public University
Student population:	19,434 (422 international)
Student/faculty ratio:	16:1
Campus setting:	Urban - small city
English requirement:	International Year One from equivalent of TOEFL iBT 45 (no official score required

Institution overview

• Year founded: 1908
• Nearest big city: Washington, DC (2 hours)
• Campus size: 712 acres
• Specialized accreditation: AACSB, ABET, ACS, APA, NASM, NASAD, National Association of Schools of Dance, National Association of Schools of Theatre, NASP, NCATE, CAATE, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, Association of University Health Programs in Health Administration, ARC-PA, CIDA, CACREP, CSWE, Society for Public Health Education, International Association of Counseling Services, NLNAC, American Dietetic Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Association for IT Professionals
• Regional accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Admission

• Degree admission is only through International Year One program
• Next start date: May 13, 2015 (application deadline: April 10, 2015)
• Intakes: every August, January and May
• Academic entry requirements: 'B' or GPA 3.0 
• (check grade equivalents chart to compare with academic grades in your country)
• Additional evidence: supporting documentsrequired from international student applicants.
• International student population
• 2.2%
• Countries represented: 99
• Most represented: Kazakhstan, South Korea, China, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UK

Royal Roads University (RRU)

Royal Roads University (RRU) is a highly regarded Canadian public university, located in beautiful Victoria. Built around an historic castle, the campus covers 565 landscaped acres and is a year-round tourist attraction. Offering innovative bachelor's and 12-month master's degrees in business and tourism, the University meets the needs of the global workplace and prepares graduates to take their place in a challenging and changing world. Competitive tuition fees and living expenses offer great value to students.Royal Roads University offers activated and able programs at the undergraduate, alum and doctoral levels, absorption on alum akin career development. The programs are primarily offered in a accomplice archetypal as a attenuated format, accumulation alternate on campus residencies for face to face accelerated sessions with on band courses. This architecture is advised to favour alive professionals, who may complete the programs at a ambit while advancement their career. The University offers three formats: on-site with 100% face to face learning, blended, with allotment of the affairs accomplished in a face to face address and the antithesis on line; and absolutely on-line. Address based programs ambit from one to three weeks, and are generally captivated on-campus, but baddest programs host their residencies in different locations about the world. Mature acceptance are welcome, and credits are accessible for above-mentioned acquaintance in the accountable area. The university aswell offers some full-time accelerated on-campus undergraduate programs.

Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 
Institution type: Public University
Student population: 3,500 (220 international)
Student/faculty ratio: 9:1
Campus setting: Suburban - city
English requirement: equivalent of IELTS 3.0 (no official score required - level can be determined by our English Test).

• Year founded: 1995
• Nearest big city: Vancouver (30 minutes by air)
• Campus size: 565 acres
• Accreditation: Province of British Columbia; Education Quality Assurance (EQA)
• Academics
• Full-time and part-time faculty: 390
• Degrees, certificates and diplomas awarded (2009): 740 graduate-level, 282 undergraduate-level
• Most popular majors: business, communications, leadership, tourism, environment and sustainability

Success after graduation

• Career services: hands-on career counseling services include internship plan development, career path advice, job search resources and postings, resume-building and interview skills.
• Companies frequently hiring interns and graduates: Disney Corporation, Fairmont Hotels, Research in Motion, Four Seasons Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, Grand Hyatt Hotel.
• Post-graduation work permit program: after graduation from Royal Roads University, international students can stay and work in Canada for up to 3 years.

Admission

• Next start date: May 4, 2015
• Intakes: every September, January and May
• Academic entry requirement: 75% / GPA 2.75 equivalent in previous study (Check qualification equivalents for your country)
• English level equivalents: entry to degree preparation programs from IELTS 3.0/TOEFL iBT 32; to bachelor's degree at IELTS 5.5/iBT 68; to master's degree at IELTS 6.5/iBT 88.
• Additional evidence: List of supporting documents required from international student applicants
• Graduate admission tests: No GMAT or GRE required for master's programs
• Conditional acceptance: Academic 'bridge' Pre-Master's Program for 3 master's degrees.

Albright College

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a selective, national liberal arts college enrolling 1,700 full-time undergraduates. Albright’s flexible interdisciplinary curriculum, strengthened by a close-knit residential learning environment, encourages students to combine majors and disciplines to create individualized academic programs. Close faculty mentorship, numerous experiential learning options, and a diverse, supportive community help students exceed their own expectations and graduate with a commitment to a lifetime of service and learning.

Albright's tree-lined residential campus is an intimate and down-to-earth place with individualized education, close interaction between students and faculty, and a diverse, welcoming student body actively involved in clubs, activities, athletics volunteerism and cultural life. Campus buildings date from 1773 to brand new with comfortable outdoor gathering spaces.

No matter where you are in your educational and life journey, chances are that Albright College has a degree program to fit your interests.As a national liberal arts college, we offer 50 programs of undergraduate study ranging from accounting to theatre. We are a national leader in interdisciplinary education. About two-thirds of Albright students graduate with a dual or triple major.

If you are a working adult, look into our Accelerated Degree Programs. You can fast-track a bachelor’s degree while working full-time.

Our master’s degree program in education offers four majors to meet a variety of interests. We emphasize research-based examination of best teaching practices.

Albright Advantages

Albright’s faculty-scholars love to teach and it shows. They put a lot of energy into the classroom to help you succeed. We keep class and lab sizes small so that you have ample opportunity to participate. That’s the best way to learn. Our recently re-envisioned General Education curriculum imparts a common set of skills guides you on the path to personal fulfillment, professional success and engaged citizenship.

Learning outside of the traditional classroom is a major focus and important benefit of an Albright education. Through ourExperiential Learning and Career Development Center, you will have access to career-building internships, research and creative opportunities, and study abroad or off-campus.

Albright’s Honors Program brings together high-achieving students who collaborate on special academic and service opportunities.

Virginia International University’s

Virginia International University’s mission is to educate students from all over the world through a highly qualified, equally diverse faculty and staff, while striving to provide academic programs at the graduate, undergraduate, and certificate levels that engender the intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity urgently needed in the global community and with a commitment to providing students with the knowledge to achieve excellence in research, scholarship, and creative endeavor.

A World of Benefits 

The Alumni Association at Virginia International University has become partners with local and international businesses and institutions which offer special benefits to former VIU students. Also, VIU alumni are eligible to receive a discount on tuition when they enroll in any of our graduate programs.

Admission Requirements

All submissions must be scanned, color copies of the original document. Photos are NOT considered acceptable documentation. If any document is issued in a language other than English, please provide both the original document and a translation of the document into English. Translated documents must be notarized. If transcripts are issued from the institution in English, students will not be required to submit the transcript in their native language. VIU has the right to request original documentation. Submission of fabricated or false documents will result in immediate dismissal of the application and will disqualify the individual from applying to VIU in the future. Applications and documents will not be processed until the $150 application fee has been paid. Documents submitted for admission purposes will not be returned to the applicant.