Marquette University

Profileuniversity.com - Marquette University is a Jesuit, private Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. University which was founded in 1881 by John Martin Henni, first Bishop of Milwaukee was originally a school for boys, but since 1909 Marquette University accept female students for the first time. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

Through colleges and schools today, including Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication, College of Business Administration, College of Nursing, College of Professional Studies, School of Dentistry, School of Law, Graduate School and Faculty of Engineering, Marquette University offers 84 majors and 79 minors and pre-professional programs in the field of dentistry, law and medicine.

As for the graduate degree program, Marquette University also offers about 60 doctoral and master's degree programs, 25 graduate certificate programs, and the School of Dentistry and the Faculty of Law. According to data from the university in the fall of 2012, students who study at Marquette University is estimated at more than 8,400 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students and professionals; where all students, representing virtually every state and 70 countries.

Besides being a student academic center, Marquette University has also become home to 17,000 cubic feet of archival material, with over 11,000 volumes Including a number of JRR Tolkien's original manuscripts. Marquette University is the largest university in Wisconsin and is also one of the largest Jesuit universities in the United States.

Of athletic activities, Marquette University has several varsity sports teams are comprised of a team of men and women teams competing with sports teams from other universities in the NCAA Division I competition, with the mascot, dubbed the Golden Eagle.


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