Вермонтский университет

The University of Vermont is nestled between the Adirondack and Green Mountains.

The university campus offers a variety of services for students. In addition to traditional classrooms on campus the University of Vermont has the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, a waterfront campus with a floating classroom on Lake Champlain. Students can study lake ecology aboard the Melosira, a research vessel. The university also owns four farms where students can research agricultural topics.

Student clubs and organizations, totaling more than 100, span student interests and receive sponsorship from the Student Government Association. Clubs with longstanding history and the largest memberships include: Volunteers in Action, the UVM Outing Club, Ski & Snowboard Club. 

The University of Vermont Greek Community is one of the oldest in the nation with the first fraternal organization starting in 1836. The 5 pillar values of the University of Vermont Greek community are citizenship, leadership, lifelong learning, friendship and social justice.

Students who want to take advantage of the surrounding nature in Burlington can rent skis, snowshoes, canoes and camping equipment on campus. Students do not have to go far for an adventure, though; UVM has an adventure ropes course and an indoor rock climbing wall. 

For a more urban experience, Montreal and Boston are about 100 and 220 miles away, respectively.

UVM houses about 5,500 undergraduate students on four residential campuses and at two nearby locations, the Sheraton and Quarry Hill. In its halls most students live in doubles; some live in triples or singles. Students are offered co-ed and single-sex floors, suites, semi-suites and columns, along with Residential Learning Communities and special interest communities.

Freshmen and sophomores must live on campus.

The UVM Career Center actively supports all persons on their individual paths to finding meaningful, rewarding and safe work. To that end, they are committed to constant learning, comprehensive service, active advocacy, supportive counseling and affirmative hiring. 

They help students to choose their major to be and access how it will affect their career, answer questions about internships or seeking summer or part–time work, prepare for a job search, offer resources for graduate students and organize career events. 

Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $57,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $40,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,500, room and board - $12,000, personal and transportation costs - $3,500.

The University of Vermont (UVM) is a public research university in the city of Burlington, to the northwest of the state. Founded in 1791, UVM is among the oldest universities in the United States and is the fifth institution of higher education established in the New England region of the northeastern U.S. 

The University of Vermont is one of the eight original Public Ivies – publicly funded universities considered to be providing a quality of education comparable to the Ivy League.

There are ten academic colleges at UVM offering a wide range of studies in liberal arts, life scenes, engineering, and pre-professional degrees. The largest medical complex in Vermont, the UVM Medical Centre, has a main facility on campus affiliated with the College of Medicine. The university also provides 50 master’s programs and more than twenty doctorate courses.

The UVM Department of Theatre was ranked the eighth in the ‘Top BA Theatre Programs in the Country’ by OnStage website and Tyler Theatre hosts four full productions a season. The Vermont Mozart Festival began at UVM in 1976 and still performs on campus and in south Burlington. The UVM’s Fleming Museum of Art contains over 25,000 anthropological artefacts.

UVM academic program combines faculty-student relationships most commonly found in a small liberal arts college with the resources of a major research institution. 

In the 2017 edition of the Best Colleges - National Universities University of Vermont is ranked the 92nd. In 2016 Forbes "America's Top Colleges" list ranks UVM the 138th overall out of 660 private and public colleges and universities in America, and also ranks it the 28th in the "Public Colleges" category and the 64th among "Research Universities."

Among UVM distinguished alumni are Jody Williams, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for her campaign against land mines; Henry Jarvis Raymond, the founder of the New York Times ,Martin St. Louis, a hockey player and many others.

The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college and a college of medicine. Bachelors, masters, and doctoral programs are offered through:

• the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 
• the College of Arts and Sciences, 
• the College of Education and Social Services, 
• the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, 
• the College of Medicine, 
• the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 
• the Graduate College, 
• the School of Business Administration, 
• the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. 

The most popular majors by the number of registered students are social sciences, biology, business/marketing, environmental science, health professions, engineering.

Among the university's programs for graduate students are theirs in the highly ranked College of Medicine, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Grossman School of Business.