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Tulane University
New Orleans,
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Website: www.tulane.edu
Phone : (504) 865-5000
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Tulane University Information
Founded in 1834 in New Orleans, Tulane offers degrees in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, public health and tropical medicine, the sciences and engineering, and social work. It is is one of the country’s leading private research institutions. Tulane’s campus includes 110 acres and 80 buildings, housing the majority of its schools and colleges. University has 1,132-faculty members and 2194 administrative and other staff members. Presently (October 2006) 6,533 Undergraduate, 4,073, Graduate and Professional students are enrolled.
Tulane University campus consist of The F. Edward Hebert Research Center, near Belle Chasse, La., provides research facilities in medicine and environmental, behavioral and computer sciences. The Tulane University Health Sciences Center has four divisions: the School of Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, all in downtown New Orleans, and the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Covington, La. The A.B. Freeman School of Business offers Executive and Professional MBA programs at its satellite campus in Houston, Texas. Apart from that the University College has satellite campuses in Elmwood Business Park in Jefferson Parish, La., and in Biloxi, Miss.
According to U.S. News and World Report, Tulane University ranks 44th out of among the top 50 national universities in the United States. Its A.B. Freeman School of Business has been highly ranked by Forbes magazine. Tulane University ranked 27th overall and 11th among private universities in income received from technology transfer. The School of Medicine ranked 50th among the nation's top research schools in U.S. In its most recent report, the Gourman Report of Undergraduate and Professional Programs in American and International Universities ranked Tulane’s Latin American studies program second in the United States.
Tulane University also offers financial aids to their students.
Tulane University’s Master Certificate Tracks are a comprehensive professional development series covering the most critical MBA subject areas with a special emphasis in management and marketing. Courses you can complete in as little as eight weeks include Business Essentials I, Business Essentials II, Advanced Management Strategy and Advanced Marketing Strategy.
* Academic Support Fees - $1,800
The University fee entitles a student to use the supplementary services of the university library and the language and science laboratories. It also covers certain computer services and data and voice hookups, the Educational Resources and Counseling Center and other academic support services.
* Student Activity and Reily Recreation Fee - $360
The Student Activity fee entitles students to participate in or attend supported activities, readership of a weekly student newspaper, and admission to many intercollegiate athletic contests, movies and lectures. Students are also assessed for membership to the Reily Recreation Center.
Students :
While much can be said about the faculty, curriculum, research programs, facilities and other components of the Medical Center, there can be no doubt that what has made Tulane University School of Medicine special is its student body, arguably the most diverse of all the nation's medical schools. The diversity of students, combined with an open and cooperative faculty, has led to the development of a true academic community - a community in which students learn in a non-hostile environment, with the help of friends and colleagues. |
