Company Profile
Brown University
Company Overview
Founded in 1764 and located in historic Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. An Ivy-league institution, Brown is a leading private research university comprised of undergraduate and graduate programs, the Warren Alpert Medical School and School of Engineering.
Brown’s unique educational model makes anything possible for the talented students who walk through its gates. The university’s commitment to exceptional undergraduate instruction and freedom means students must take responsibility as architects of their courses of study.
As one of the most selective institutions in the world, Brown’s vibrant and diverse community consists of 6,000 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 400 medical school students, and nearly 700 faculty members. Brown has experienced a 50-percent surge in applicants over the last three years, attracting an increasingly broad segment of exceptional students throughout America and abroad representing all 50 states and more than 100 countries. For the class of 2015, Brown received 31,000 applications for an anticipated freshman enrollment of 1,485.