Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. The University is one of the world's best universities.

The University was founded on 8 September 1636 and is the oldest college in the United States. Originally named New College, and renamed Harvard College on March 13, 1639 to honor the biggest contributor, John Harvard, a former student of the University of Cambridge.

The earliest references to call Harvard as "university" and not a "college" occurred in 1780.

Harvard University is one of the most prestigious universities in the world and has the largest revenue among universities around the world (US $ 22.6 billion in 2004), almost double the Yale University, its nearest competitor).

USA universities rank the output US News in 2005 put Harvard University and Princeton University together in the first place. [1] Harvard University also won first place in 2004, after five years in the second and third positions. Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings also placed first in the Harvard University [2].

Harvard University now has 9 faculties, sorted below according to the set :
* Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences and its sub-faculty, the Harvard Division of Engineering and    Applied Sciences, which together include: Harvard College, which is part of the University's graduate (1636)
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1872)
Harvard Division of Continuing Education, including Harvard Extension School and
Harvard Summer School
 
* Faculty of Medicine, including Harvard Medical School (1782) and Harvard School of Dental       Medicine (1867)
 
* Harvard Divinity School (1816)
 
* Harvard Law School (1817)
 
* Harvard Business School (1908)
 
* Harvard Graduate School of Design (1914)
 
* Harvard Graduate School of Education (1920)
 
* Harvard School of Public Health (1922)
 
* Kennedy School of Government (1936)

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