Princeton University: Gives a brief description of the college itself;what degrees it offers, scholarships,degrees, etc...

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Located within the boundaries Borough Princeton, Princeton Township, and West Windsor lays Princeton University, one of the eight universities that compromise the Ivy League (an athletic conference compromising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States.) Princeton University was founded in 1746 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey. In 1756 it was moved to Princeton and renamed "Princeton University". It has no religious affiliation; it closed ties with the Presbyterian Church and today is nonsectarian. Although, the university has ties with Princeton Theological Seminary, Institute for Advanced Study, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Thus making Princeton University an extraordinary school to emphasize the studies of the majors offered. Furthermore, Princeton University offers the basic academic proportion as well as majors beyond the numbers of any ordinary college. In addition the requirements that Princeton University request are simple but not easy to meet.

Though Princeton University is recognized for focusing on undergraduate education, it has almost two thousand five hundred graduate students. Princeton undergraduates pursue either the Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) or the Bachelor of Science in engineering (B.S.E.). Student in the A.B. program degree choose a major in one of 29 departments in the arts, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences including undergraduate programs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the School of Architecture. Students in the B.S.E degree program are granted by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which has six engineering apartments. Princeton offers doctoral programs in a variety of subjects in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, School of Architecture, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Students are encouraged to enroll in certificate programs, which offer diverse fields of study...