Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University), is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States.
Scooters
Rental dockless e-scooters are available on Rutgers campus. Notably, Rutgers professor Juan A. Ayala is notable for doing wheelies on these scooters.
Ranking
Rutgers was designated The State University of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956.[1] The campuses of Rutgers are in New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark and Camden. Rutgers is the largest university within New Jersey's state university system, and it was ranked 46th in the world academically in a 2006 survey conducted by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[2] The university offers more than 100 distinct bachelor, 100 master, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs across 175 academic departments, 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study.[3]
Rutgers University Media
Old Queens, the oldest building at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, built between 1809 and 1825; Old Queens houses much of the Rutgers University administration.
Colonel Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), an early benefactor and the namesake of Rutgers University
On the western end of Voorhees Mall is a bronze statue of William the Silent, commemorating the university's Dutch heritage.
The Honors College at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Rutgers University–Camden's quad walk
The Quad Clock on College Avenue campus
New Jersey Hall on the New Brunswick College Avenue Campus, which was the home of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Biology, and Chemistry faculty, now houses the university's Department of Economics
The Digital Studies Center and Johnson Park at Rutgers University–Camden
The Archibald S. Alexander Library is the main library at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
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References
- ↑ N.J.S.A. Archived 2012-12-24 at Archive.today 18A:65-1 et seq. (Public Law 1956, chapter 61) repealing and succeeding P.L. 1945, c.49, p.115. accessed 8 August 2006.
- ↑ Top 500 World Universities (2006) Archived 2007-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Accessed 31 December 2006.
- ↑ Getting to Know Rutgers Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website, published by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (no further authorship information available), accessed 25 January 2007.
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