About Notre Dame
大学简介
美国圣母成立于1842年，是一所全美排名前20名的私立大学。多年来以其卓越鲜明的特色，屹立于美国高等教育之林。其教育方针集高水平的学识素养，高尚的道德取向，和强烈的社会责任感于一体。
圣母大学坐落于印第安纳州，毗邻以风景优美而闻名的密歇根湖，距全美第三大城市芝加哥约为一个半小时的车程。
申请圣母大学的竞争非常激烈，每年只有不到15%的申请者能被录取，且超过51%的大一新生是原高中全年级前2%的优秀毕业生。这个比率位列美国全国性大学第15名。与此同时，我校长期以来均为众多学生入学之首选，录取学生入学率高居全美前十。
圣母大学学生人口的多元化在过去20年增加了两倍达到约30 ％，在1972年圣母大学本科录取了第一个的女性。目前女性学生人数占本科生及总体招生人数的48 ％。
圣母大学有五个本科学院：文科学院、理学院、工程学院，商学院和建筑学院。其中商学院在2010--2014 连续五年在《商业周刊（彭博通讯）》的全美高校本科商学院排名中名列全美第一。大学还设有法学院、研究生院以及庞大的图书馆系统。2014-2015学年，全校共有12,179名注册学生，其中8,448名为本科生。
学生们在本科毕业后的学业成就是圣母大学的本科教育质量的佐证。我校申请其他大学医学院研究生的本科毕业生，最终有84%被成功录取，这几乎是全美平均录取率的两倍。我校申请其它大学法学院的本科毕业生，有90%被成功录取。我校本科毕业生中拿到博士学位的人数名列各天主教大学榜首，该记录保持了80年之久。
卓越的师资是我校教学和科研的质量保证。自1999年以来，我校教职员中有53人次获得国家人文基金会的研究奖金，高于任何其他美国大学。
圣母大学十分重视培养学生的国际化素质，在二十个国家为学生设有四十个项目，本校三年级的学生可选择去海外进行为期半年到一年的课程学习、交流研究、实习及社会服务等， 也使我校的毕业生以其丰富的全球化的教育经历及工作能力而受到诸多国际化大公司的青睐。目前美国金融机构100强的总裁CEO中，本科毕业于圣母大学的人数占最多，雄踞全美各大学榜首。
圣母大学另一个著名的特色是拥有全美极其强大且联系极其紧密的校友网络。大学设有专门机构，帮助历届毕业生建立起联系。目前有270个校友联络会，超过十三万名校友，遍布全球。校友会在世界范围内都相当活跃，历届毕业生们在生活和事业上相互支持，他们都把自己看作是大学的永久“家庭”成员。
圣母大学十分注重对学生价值观的培养，其方式之一就是鼓励学生关心社会和服务社会。80%的学生在校期间都曾参与各种形式的社区服务活动，10%的毕业生会自愿到在美国或全世界较为贫瘠的地方无偿工作一年甚至多年，每年圣母大学学生贡献的社会服务时间高达22万5千小时。这使圣母大学的学生获得美国各界的认可并享有盛誉。
目前，圣母大学的捐赠基金资产总额约为615亿人民币，位列全美大学第12名,天主教大学第1名。大学每年的财政预算约为95亿人民币，用于向全校师生提供各种资金支持。
圣母大学校园景色优美宁静，花草繁茂，享誉全美。校内有两个美丽的湖，湖中天鹅结伴。校园内海斯伯格图书馆、圣心大教堂和金色圆顶主楼是圣母大学驰名世界的地标性建筑。
University Profile
The University of Notre Dame provides a distinctive voice in higher education that is at once rigorously intellectual, deeply moral in focus, and firmly embracing of a service ethos.
Founded in 1842, Notre Dame is an independent, national Catholic research university located adjacent to the city of South Bend, Indiana and approximately 90 miles east of Chicago.
Admission to the University is highly competitive, with more than nine applicants for each freshman class position. Fifty-one percent of incoming freshmen were in the top 2 percent of their high school graduating class The academic profile for Notre Dame’s incoming freshman class ranks in the Top 15 among national research universities, and Notre Dame also ranks in the Top 10 for the percentage of admitted students who enroll for their fall semester, firmly establishing Notre Dame as a consistent “first-choice institution” for a high number of students each year.
The University's diversity student population has tripled in the past 20 years to some 30 percent, and women, first admitted to undergraduate studies at Notre Dame in 1972, now account for 48 percent of undergraduate and overall enrollment.
The University is organized into four undergraduate colleges — Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering, and the Mendoza College of Business — the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, 14 major research institutes, two dozen centers and special programs, and the University Library system. Enrollment for the 2014-2015 academic year was 12,179 students overall and 8,448 undergraduates.
One indicator of the quality of Notre Dame's undergraduate programs is the success of its students in postbaccalaureate studies. The medical school acceptance rate of the University's preprofessional studies graduates is 84 percent, almost twice the national average. 90% of Notre Dame undergraduates applying for law schools are accepted. Notre Dame ranks first among Catholic universities in the number of doctorates earned by its undergraduate alumni — a record compiled over some 80 years.
The source of the University's academic strength is its faculty. Notre Dame faculty members have won 53 fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1999, more than for any other university in the nation.
In today’s global society, the University of Notre Dame believes that international study is an integral part of the undergraduate experience. For this reason, the University is committed to providing international opportunities of the highest quality to each of its students. Choosing from more than 40 programs in over 20 nations, undergraduate students—typically, students in their third year—engage in intensive study, challenging research, internships and service around the globe each year. These opportunities for global enrichment equip Notre Dame students with cross-cultural skills and international experience, enabling them to excel in the world’s top corporations. Among the nation’s best universities, Notre Dame ranks #1 in the number of alumni who serve as CEOs in the top 100 financial institutions in the United States.
With over 135,000 alumni around the world, the University of Notre Dame is proud of our strong alumni network, often referred to as the “Notre Dame family”. Even decades after graduation, Notre Dame alumni feel a powerful connection to the University, and to their network of friends and classmates. The Notre Dame Alumni Association, a network of more than 270 alumni clubs worldwide, connects Notre Dame alumni in their local communities and across the globe. This close-knit alumni network facilitates professional networking, fosters career development and provides social opportunities for its alumni year-round.
At Notre Dame, education always has been linked to values, among them living in community and volunteering in community service. Residence hall life, shared by four of five undergraduates, is both the hallmark of the Notre Dame experience and the wellspring of the University's rich tradition. A younger tradition, the University's Center for Social Concerns, serves as a catalyst for student voluntarism. Over 80 percent of Notre Dame students engage in some form of voluntary social service during their years at the University, and at least 10 percent devote a year or more after graduation to serving the less fortunate in the U.S. and around the world. Notre Dame students contribute a total of 225,000 hours of volunteer work each year.
The University of Notre Dame Endowment, valued at $9.8 billion is one of the twelve largest university endowments in the nation, and is the largest endowment at a Catholic university. The University’s annual budget amounts to more than $1.5 billion, providing extensive funding for both professional and student endeavors across the University. Click here for detailed information.
With 1,250 acres containing two lakes and 143 buildings with a total property replacement value of $3.3 billion, Notre Dame is well known for the quality of its physical plant and the beauty of its campus. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the 14-story Hesburgh Library with its 132-feet-high mural depicting Christ the Teacher, and the University's historic Main Building with its famed Golden Dome are among the most widely known university landmarks in the world.
