Университет Джорджа Мейсона

George Mason recognizes hundreds of clubs and organizations including fraternities, sororities, international student organizations, religious organizations, a student programming board, student government, club sports, debate team, and student media.

George Mason University has four campuses in the United States, all within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Three are within the Northern Virginia section of the Piedmont, and one in the Blue Ridge Mountains region. The university has one campus in South Korea, within the Incheon Free Economic Zone of the Songdo region. Most administrative functions occur at the Fairfax, Virginia Campus.

The University's main Fairfax Campus is situated on 677 acres landscaped land with a large pond in a suburban environment in the City of Fairfax. Off-campus amenities are within walking distance and Washington, D.C. is approximately 32 km from campus.

There are many things to do at Mason, depending on what students are interested in. The recreation center is also another nice place to go for working out. In terms of hanging out with friends, the Johnson Center is the central building of the campus, made for students to gather and get together. The campus holds many different events, whether it is a student organization hosting the event or outside businesses using the Eagle Bank Arena. Flyers are posted all over campus for many events held on campus.

Moreover, when students want a break from campus, they can always hop on a shuttle and take it to the mall or to a train station and head to DC. The best thing to do is definitely gather a bunch of friends and explore. There's obviously a lot to do in the city - and other which goes to Fair Oaks mall, Fairfax Corner (movie theater, Chipotle, and a few other places), and Fair Lakes (Walmart, Target, and other big, well-known stores). 

More than 6,000 George Mason students reside on campus in over 40 residence halls. Student housing consists of traditional-style halls, suite-style halls, and apartment-style halls. The majority of freshmen live in traditional-style halls though some have the opportunity to live in suites. All upper-class students live in suite-style or apartment-style halls. Some of Mason's Fairfax residences are grouped into three neighborhoods – Aquia, Rappahannock, and Shenandoah.

University Career Services is George Mason University's centralized career center. It takes an industry-focused approach to serving the students and employers. 

This team serves students who have identified their industry of interest and want to build a strategy for breaking into an internship or full-time position. It also works with employers who want to build a recruitment strategy at Mason. 

Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $50,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $33,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,500, room and board - $12,000, personal and transportation costs - $3,000.

George Mason University has expanded rapidly in less than 50 years of existence to become the largest public research university in the southeastern US state of Virginia.

Established in 1957 with just 17 students, as a branch of the University of Virginia, the university gained its independence in 1972 and today has tens of thousands of students from around 130 countries.

It offers 76 undergraduate majors and was the first university in the US to introduce doctoral programs in conflict resolution, information technology, bioinformatics and computational social science. 

The undergraduate-focused campus in the city of Fairfax boasts 677 acres of woodland and is located just 15 miles away from Washington DC, with all the internship opportunities that exist there for students with organizations including National Geographic and the US government.

Many graduates go on to work in Washington. Virginia State Council of Higher Education ranks George Mason as the university with the highest average starting salaries of any in Virginia.

The university also has an urban campus in Arlington, mostly for graduate and professional degree programs in law, policy, government and international affairs, and conflict analysis and resolution, and a campus in Prince William County, which focuses on life sciences.

Mason provides international students with a community and support network for those coming to study from abroad, helping them to integrate into American university life and offering help with English Language skills and work.

George Mason University has produced the first Muslim woman in space, a Poet Laureate of Virginia and a treasurer of the United States.

U.S. News National University Rankings 2016 placed the university the 143rd nationally. Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016 ranked it the 201st worldwide.

The university has very wide program selection with about 146 programs of study. The most popular majors by the number of registered students are psychology, accounting, biological sciences, business/marketing, social sciences, and health professions.

In recent years, George Mason faculty have twice won the Nobel Prize in Economics.