西北大学（Northwestern University, Evanston, IL ）

西北大学成立于1851年，是一所全球顶级的私立大学，位于中部都市芝加哥的郊区，校园面积是231英亩。同学们一定要明白这里的西北大学，其实并不位于美国的西北部，而是位于中东部的最北面。但美国位于西北部的华盛顿州也真的有一家“西北大学”，李鬼与李逵这里就不用多说了，但同学们一定要睁大双眼。目前共有8278名本科生入学，学校使用基于四分之一的学术日历。每年学费与其它费用共计54567美元（2018-19）。

在19世纪50年代开始的农田和沼泽地变成了伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿市的西北校园。西北大学是参加“十大运动会”的一级学校。西北女子曲棍球队多次获得NCAA全国冠军。学校有数百个校园组织来满足学生的各种兴趣。所有一年级学生都必须住在校园里两年。该校的10所住宿学院为社会和学术规划提供主题宿舍。西北部的主要校园位于埃文斯顿和芝加哥的密歇根湖畔。2008年，西北部在卡塔尔的多哈开设了第三家分公司。

在西北的十几所学校中，有九所学校提供本科课程，十所学校提供研究生和专业课程。西北大学排名靠前的研究生院包括凯洛格管理学院、教育和社会政策学院、法学院、芬伯格医学院、麦考密克工程和应用科学学院和跨部门生物科学计划。西北大学麦迪尔学院以其强大的新闻学研究生项目而闻名。西北舞蹈马拉松成立于1975年，是美国最大的学生慈善机构之一，为芝加哥地区的慈善机构筹集了2000多万美元。著名的校友包括芝加哥第55任市长拉姆·伊曼纽尔；退休的美国最高法院法官约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯；演员、作家和导演扎克·布拉夫；喜剧演员斯蒂芬·科尔伯特；以及托尼和格莱美获奖女演员希瑟·海德利。

Northwestern University is a private institution that was founded in 1851. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 8,278, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 231 acres. It utilizes a quarter-based academic calendar. Northwestern University’s ranking in the 2019 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 10. Its tuition and fees are $54,567 (2018-19).

What began as farmland and swampland in the 1850s became the Northwestern campus and the city of Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University is a Division I school in the Big Ten athletic conference. Northwestern’s women’s lacrosse team has won multiple NCAA national championships. The school has hundreds of campus organizations to fulfill students’ varied interests. All first-year students are required to live on campus for two years. The school’s 10 residential colleges offer thematic living quarters for social and academic programming. Northwestern’s main campuses are located along Lake Michigan in Evanston and Chicago. In 2008, Northwestern opened a third branch in Doha, Qatar.

Of Northwestern’s dozen schools, nine offer undergraduate programs and 10 offer graduate and professional programs. Northwestern’s highly-ranked graduate schools include the Kellogg School of Management, the School of Education and Social Policy, the School of Law, the Feinberg School of Medicine, the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program. Northwestern’s Medill School is known for its strong journalism graduate program. Northwestern’s Dance Marathon, created in 1975, is one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the country and has raised more than $20 million for Chicago-area charities. Notable alumni include the 55th mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel; retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens; actor, writer and director Zach Braff; comedian Stephen Colbert; and Tony and Grammy Award-winning actress Heather Headley.