Profiles of US Universities: Alabama State University, Purdue University, and Cornell University
December 10th, 2008
Alabama State University
Alabama State University or ASU was established 1867 in Montgomery, Alabama. Among the country’s historically black schools and universities, ASU was put up as a Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund member. It has seven colleges and schools offering baccalaureate programs in arts and sciences, business administration, health sciences, education, and visual and performing arts. It also boasts of its graduate school aerospace studies division. ASU offers PhD and master’s degree programs in microbiology, educational leadership, physical therapy, policy, and law. Its studentry is a mix of indivisuals from over 40 states and 6 countries.
For more information on ASU, visit www.alasu.edu. Applicatoin requirements and procedures can be founds at its admissions page.
Purdue University
Since its inception in 1869, Purdue University stood up as the flagship campus among the six schools of the Purdue University System. Being one of the largest university systems in the country, Purdue takes pride in its state-of-the-art College of Engineering and School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The college offers highly competitive curriculum in its engineering, aviation and aerospace programs. In Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, there are over 200 degree programs for students who are interested in pursuing careers in the areas of agriculture, health sciences, liberal arts, management, education, nursing, science and technology, veterinary medicine, and consumer and family sciences.
Ore information on Purdue’s offered course, as well as application information are available at www.purdue.edu and its admissions page.
Cornell University
Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell University is a private academic institution dedicated to providing quality education to students in various disciplines. A member of the Ivy League higher, Cornell University has seven undergraduate schools specializing in agriculture and life sciences, architecture, art and planning, engineering, arts and sciences, hotel administration, labor and industrial relations, and human ecology. It offers not only undergraduate programs, but also interdisciplinary and dual programs. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York.
Moredetailed information on Cornell University and its programs are available at www.cornell.edu. To apply, check out the school’s web admissions page.














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