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Wisconsin, University of

(Encyclopedia) Wisconsin, University of, main campus at Madison; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1848, opened 1849. Its history was disturbed by storms over the policies of Glenn Frank and o...

New Brunswick, University of

(Encyclopedia) New Brunswick, University of, at Fredericton, N.B., Canada; nondenominational; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1800 as the College of New Brunswick, called King's College b...

Hong Kong, University of

(Encyclopedia) Hong Kong, University of, at Hong Kong, China; founded 1912. There are undergraduate faculties of architecture, liberal arts, business and economics, dentistry, education, engineering, law, medicine, ...

Catholic University of America

(Encyclopedia) Catholic University of America, at Washington, D.C.; the national university of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States; coeducational; founded 1887 and opened 1889. It includes a college of ar...

Texas, University of

(Encyclopedia) Texas, University of, main campus at Austin; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1881, opened 1883. Medical facilities include health science centers with medical schools at Houston and San Anto...

New Hampshire, University of

(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire, University of, main campus at Durham; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1866, opened 1868 as the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, a division of Dar...

Notre Dame, University of

(Encyclopedia) Notre Dame, University of nōˈtər dām, nōˈtrə [key], at Notre Dame, Ind., near South Bend; Roman Catholic; coeducational; est. and opened 1842, chartered 1844. It has a noted law school and comp...

Southern California, University of

(Encyclopedia) Southern California, University of, at Los Angeles; coeducational; chartered and opened 1880. The university has a liberal arts college and a graduate school as well as schools of architecture, urban ...

Detroit Mercy, University of

(Encyclopedia) Detroit Mercy, University of, at Detroit; coeducational; Jesuit; est. 1877 as a college, inc. 1881, became a university 1911. The present school was formed with the 1990 merger of the Univ. of Detroit...
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