Вашингтонский университет

UW offers many services for its students and alumni, even beyond the standard offered by most colleges and universities. Hundreds of Registered Student Organizations dedicated to a wide variety of interest exist on campus through the Associated Student of the University of Washington. Some of them interest areas include: academic, cultural/international, environmental, Greek life, political/social action, religious, sports, and science.

UW students, sports teams, and alumni are called Washington Huskies, they participate in many national games and are traditionally competitive.

The student newspaper is The Daily of the University of Washington, usually referred to as The Daily. It is the second largest daily in Seattle and is published every day classes are in session during fall, winter and spring quarters, and weekly during summer quarter.

Living apartments include 28 buildings, which can be grouped: North Campus Halls, West Campus Halls and 12-Month Apartments. Each of them offers 100 percent smoke-free environment (all resident rooms, balconies and public spaces in the residence halls are smoke-free, including outside areas or locations that are near the air supply of residential buildings), cable TV service (a satellite master antenna TV with a variety of channels), high-speed connection Ethernet, Wi-Fi. All rooms are fully furnished and equipped.

Besides, there are other options like Gender-Neutral Rooms, Living Learning Communities or Off-campus Housing Resources.

The UW Career Center actively helps students to find internships, full-time or any other kind of job according to their need. Also the Center organizes On-Campus Interview programs, different Workshops and labs, Career fairs and events for students and their potential employers. 86% of students are employed, freelancing, or continuing their education six months after graduation in 2016.

In 2016, Tuition & Mandatory Fees for full-time students in degree programs is about $35,000 per year. Books & Supplies costs are about $800. Living expenses including Housing & Food, Personal Expenses and Local Transportation are about $50,000 per year.

The University of Washington, is one of the world’s preeminent public flagship research universities based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded 4 November 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the Pacific coast.

Ranked No. 10 in the world in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s 2015 rankings, the UW educates more than 54,000 students annually.

Notable alumni of the University of Washington include U.S. Olympic rower Joe Rantz; architect Minoru Yamasaki; US Senator Henry M. Jackson; Baskin & Robbins co-founder Irv Robbins; former actor, Hollywood Reporter columnist and TCM host Robert Osborne; glass artist Dale Chihuly and many others.

The University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees through its 140 departments, themselves organized into various colleges and schools.

The academic core of the University of Washington Seattle campus is its College of Arts and Sciences; the teaching and research of the University's many professional schools provide essential complements to these programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and mathematical sciences. Programs in law, medicine, forest resources, oceanography and fisheries, library science, and aeronautics are offered exclusively by the University of Washington.

The schools and colleges of built environments, business, education, engineering, environment, information, nursing, pharmacy, public affairs, and social work have a long tradition of educating students for service to the region and the nation.

It is worth to mention that the University’s admissions process is "more selective" according to U.S. News & World Report. For students entering Fall 2014, acceptance rate was about 55%.