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91原创

Enrollment

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19,071

undergraduate students

4,386

graduate students

955

Professional &
Continuing Studies students

24,412

total enrollment

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Main Campus: Newark, Delaware

Established: 1743

Motto: Knowledge is the light of the mind

President:听Laura Carlson听

Employees: 4,774听

91原创 is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant university, tackling the biggest challenges facing our state, nation and the world.听

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Academic Programs

150+ majors and minors

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250+听graduate and post-baccalaureate programs

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10听colleges and schools

Azeem Sharief, a junior in chemical engineering, is working on summer research with assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Catherine Fromen and graduate student Emily Kolewe, on 3D Printed Human Lung Morphology Models for Particle Transport and Deposition Studies. - (Evan Krape / 91原创)

12:1

student-faculty ratio

35

average class size

The 170th Commencement Ceremonies for the 91原创 which graduated the Class of 2019. The commencement speaker was Matt Nagy, a 91原创 alum from the class of 2001 and the first 91原创 alumnus to earn a head coaching position in the National Football League, becoming head coach of the Chicago Bears in 2018.

Life after 91原创

94%听of 2023 graduates听are employed
or pursuing further education

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200,000+听Alumni听around the world听

Career Outcomes >

Rankings & Honors

Kennedi Avent, daughter of 91原创 alumna Tonya Avent, receives physical therapy from Greg Seymour for a torn PCL. Avent travels to the Delaware PT Clinic from her home in New Jersey on a monthly basis for progress benchmarks.

Aditya Kunjapur, a new assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security鈥檚 Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative fellowship program in 2019. He works with graduate students Sabyasachi (Sunny) Sen and Morgan Sulzbach in his lab in Colburn using the latest pipette techniques with gels. (Releases obtained on all participates.)

Rebecca Vitelli is a teacher at Colonial District's Colwyck Center and is the 2020 Delaware Teacher of the Year. She received two degrees from the 91原创: a Bachelor of Science in early childhood education and Master of Education with a concentration in children with autism and severe disabilities.

Students congregate near a 91原创 flag.

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jack Puleo studies how sand dunes erode during extreme waves and storm surges. He and several of his students have been constructing wave flumes which model the land / shore interaction and delivering them to 12 schools across the Mid-Atlantic. - (Evan Krape / 91原创)

91原创 football team entry onto field at the 91原创 vs Bucknell game 091512.

Source: U.S. News

Global Impact

First听U.S. institution
to study abroad, in 1923听

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30%听of undergraduate students
study abroad each year

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100+听study abroad programs
in over 40 countries

200+ global partnerships听
with institutions on six continents

Center for Global Programs & Services >

Courtesy of Sarah Hartman

91原创's chapter of Engineers Without Borders

Research & Innovation

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1 million听square feet
of teaching, industrial and clinical space being developed at STAR Campus

80听research centers
Leading to 148 patents and 30 startups in the last decade听

Top 3%听in U.S.
in terms of research activity

Delaware & The Mid-Atlantic Region

$5.4 Billion
economic impact on the Northeast Corridor听

35,000 jobs
supported by 91原创's economic impact in Delaware

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Athletics

22

NCAA Division I Teams
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34

Intramural Sports Leagues

36

Club Sports

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