Brown University

Brown University is a leading research university with a world-renowned faculty and an innovative educational institution where students curiosity, creativity and thirst for knowledge drive academic excellence.

Brown University is a private research university located in Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, USA. It is the seventh oldest university in the United States and one of the eight Ivy League schools.

Brown University was founded in 1764. It was formerly the Baptist school Rhode Island College, which only accepted boys. In 1804, it was renamed Brown University after accepting a donation from Nicholas Brown. In 1971, it merged with the Pembroke College, which only accepted girls, to become a coeducational university.
As of July 2023, the campus covers an area of ​​0.607 square kilometers and consists of 230 buildings. The school has 7,043 undergraduates, 2,629 graduate students, and 816 full-time teachers. The school has 6 colleges, 44 departments and divisions, nearly 80 majors, and more than 200 academic departments.

Brown University has a rich professional setting, covering biological sciences, computer and information sciences, engineering, art, mathematics, foreign languages, literature, psychology, natural sciences and social sciences, and interdisciplinary courses. The school has many excellent majors, such as psychology, biology, mathematics, engineering, history, etc.

In terms of faculty, as of July 2023, the school has 6 Nobel Prize winners (2 Nobel Prize winners in physics, 1 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, 1 Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine, and 2 Nobel Prize winners in economics).

It also ranks relatively high internationally. In the "2025QS World University Rankings" released on June 5, 2024, Brown University ranked 79th; in the 2024 U.S. News American University Comprehensive Ranking, it ranked 9th.