BROWN

Brown was founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (more commonly known as Rhode Island College) in Providence, Rhode Island. A private, research university, it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and a distinguished member of the Ivy League. It was founded, at the outset, as a university unlike many of their peer schools who were initially preparatory schools which became colleges. Brown its charter to Ezra Stiles who would go on to become one of Yale’s most famous Presidents and to the Baptist community of Rhode Island who sought an institution at which its members could study and practice their faith free from persecution. Whilst Brown was established explicitly as a school which would admit students regardless of their religious background (which at the time was a rather a reference to whichever Protestant church a student may hail from), the Baptists of the Rhode Island were concerned that they did not have a tertiary level institution of their own, or at the very least, one which would not discriminate against admitting them. Thus, Brown had a reputation as being a Baptist school although the school is very much non-sectarian today. The university was initially based in Warren, a town south of Providence, before Moses Brown donated some of his family’s lands to the college to support its relocation in 1770. It is for him and his family that the college was renamed in 1804 following a further donation to support the school’s endowment.

The Gilded Age brought great prosperity to Providence and nearby Newport with many of the nation’s most famous industrialist families establishing themselves in the area. Brown University would benefit too from this boom, with many illustrious graduates whose family names are well known across America, a combination of established old money names and new money wealth. Founded as a men’s college, Brown opened its own constituent women’s college, Pembroke College, in 1891. The college merged into the co-educational Brown University in 1971.

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Brown is famed for its commitment to intellectual freedom, embodied in its Open Curriculum, which allows Brunonian students to be the architects of their own education by eschewing traditional core requirements. This spirit of “free inquiry” has cultivated a culture that is uniquely collaborative rather than competitive, attracting independent thinkers who prioritise social impact and interdisciplinary exploration. Students may also cross-register with the neighbouring Rhode Island School of Design.

As one of the most selective universities in the world, Brown’s acceptance rate frequently hovers around 5%. It is globally recognized not just for academic rigor, but for producing 29 Pulitzer Prize winners, 12 Nobel laureates, and numerous Rhodes Scholars. It’s alumni also includes notable royals and aristocrats from across the world, Secretaries of State and leaders of industry. The school’s varsity athletic teams are known as the Brown bears and has fielded noteworthy players including John Heisman (the namesake of the Heisman Trophy) and Fritz Pollard, who led Brown to the first-ever Rose Bowl in 1916 and became one of the first African American players and coaches in the NFL.

Accreditations and Affiliations

Brown is a top-tier research university, recognised as one of the world’s pre-eminent academic institutions and classified as an R1: Doctoral University in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education signifiying very high levels of peer-reviewed research output. A member of the Ivy League and the Ivy+ consortia (Ivy Plus Alumni Relations Conference (IPARC), Ivy Plus Exchange Scholar Program (IPES), Ivy Plus Libraries Consortium (IPLC), Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium (IPSC), the Ivy Plus Writing Consortium (IPWC) and the Faculty Advancement Network (FAN)), Brown is accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE) and has been a member of the American Association for Universities (AAU) since 1933. Brown’s various degree programs and constituent schools are appropriately accredited, including recognition from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the American Psychology Association (APA), the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP), the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). In addition, Brown is a mmber of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) and the Universities Research Association (URA). Brown participates in a number of local purchasing and administration consortia, particularly for recruitment roadshows, including the Boston Consortium for Higher Education, the Fall Recruiting Consortium (FRC), the New York Recruiting Consortium (NYRC), the Graduate Careers Consortium (GCC), the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) and the Liberal Arts Undergrad Network for Careers & Hiring (LAUNCH). The university further supports initiatives to advance standards in American education and to promote American colleges and universities through organisations like the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) and the 568 Presidents Group. Brown is a member of the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (The Centro / ICCS), the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA) and the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) and is a member of the Questbridge funding group. Brown is one of a select group of leading global universities that participate in The New School’s New University in Exile Consortium, a program that supports artists and academics in exile. Brown is also a member of the American Council of Learned Societies Research University Consortium (ACLS RUC), the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), the Consortium of Humanties Centers and Institutes (CHCI) and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Athletically, whilst Brown’s primary varsity conference is the Ivy League, the university also fields Bears teams in a variety of other competitions including the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) and the Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges (EAWRC). Brown has a reputation as an elite competitor in rowing sports across the world with an impressive legacy in American competition and also at the invitational Henley Royal Regatta. Indeed, the school is one of the so-called Leander Schools, institutions with such a record of success at the world’s premier crew regatta, that they famous Leander Club has named a room after them. The college also takes part in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA), the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey (ECAC Hockey) league, the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) under the auspices of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) and, the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) and the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA).

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FULL NAME

BROWN UNIVERSITY

NICKNAME

BROWN

FORMER NAMES

COLLEGE IN THE ENGLISH COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

CATEGORY

PRIVATE UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

ESTABLISHED

1764

GENDER

CO-EDUCATIONAL

ADMISSIONS

UNDERGRADUATES ARE REQUIRED TO RESIDE IN ON-CAMPUS HOUSING

AGES

18+

GRADES

UNDERGRADUATE – POST-DOCTORAL

ENTRANCE CRITERIA

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ACCOMMODATED

CURRICULUM

OPEN CURRICULUM
LIBERAL ARTS

INSPECTION AUTHORITY

NEW ENGLAND COMMISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

ENGLISH

FAITH / ETHOS

NON-RELIGIOUS
(FOUNDED WITH BAPTIST ETHOS)

PEDAGOGY / PHILOSOPHY

LIBERAL ARTS

CAMPUS

SUBURBAN / URBAN

RESIDENCE HALLS

ANDREWS HALL
ARCHIBALD-BRONSON
CHAMPLIN
EMERY
EVERETT-POLAND
JAMESON-MEAD
METCALF
MILLER HALL
MORRISS HALL
NEW PEMBROKE (1, 2, 3 & 4)
WOOLLEY HALL

CO-CURRICULAR

A CAPELLA
ACROBATICS
AIKIDO
ASTRONOMY
BEEKEEPING
BOOK CLUB
BOWLING
BUSINESS & FINANCE
CAMPAIGN ORGANISATIONS
CAMPUS MINISTRY
CAMPUS RADIO
CARD GAMES
CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS
CHESS
CHOIR
CLIMBING
COMEDY
COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
DANCE (BALLET / BALLROOM / CONTEMPORARY / SALSA)
DEBATE
DRAMA
ESPORTS
FILM
FISHING
GREEK LIFE (FRATERNITIES & SORORITIES)
GYM
LITERARY SOCIETIES
MAGIC
MOCK TRIAL
MODEL UNITED NATIONS
MUSIC
OPERA
ORCHESTRA
POLITICS
ROBOTICS
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
STUDENT COUNCIL
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
TABLE TENNIS
THEATRE

SPORTS

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (SOCCER)
ATHLETICS (TRACK & FIELD)
BASEBALL
BASKETBALL
CROSS COUNTRY
EQUESTRIAN
FENCING
FOOTBALL (GRIDIRON)
GYMNASTICS
HOCKEY (FIELD)
HOCKEY (ICE)
LACROSSE
ROWING (CREW)
RUGBY (UNION)
SAILING
SOFTBALL
SWIMMING & DIVING
TENNIS
VOLLEYBALL
WATER POLO
WRESTLING

OPERATOR

BROWN CORPORATION

PATRON / VISITOR

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PRESIDENT

CHRISTINA H. PAXSON

HEAD OF SCHOOL

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ENROLLMENT

11,005 STUDENTS
7,272 UNDERGRADUATES
3,130 POSTGRADUATES

FACULTY

848 STAFF

RATIO

6:1

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE

20 STUDENTS

TUITION FEES

US$74,568 (ADDITIONAL FEES APPLY)

SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES & FINANCIAL AID

BROWN OPERATES A NEEDS-BLIND ADMISSIONS POLICY. BROWN DOES NOT OFFER ACADEMIC OR ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS. NONETHELESS, BROWN DOES SUPPORT APPLICATIONS TO OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIPS INCLUDING:
BROWN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP (INTERNATIONAL)
THE GATES SCHOLARSHIP
QUESTBRIDGE
SIDNEY E. FRANK SCHOLARSHIPS
UNITED WORLD COLLEGE – DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP

ENDOWMENT

US$8 BILLION

FEEDER SCHOOLS

BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL
THE BREARLEY SCHOOL
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
THE CHAPIN SCHOOL
CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
THE DALTON SCHOOL
DEERFIELD ACADEMY
FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
GROTON SCHOOL
HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL
HORACE MANN SCHOOL
THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL
HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL
LINCOLN SCHOOL
LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL
MILTON ACADEMY
MOSES BROWN SCHOOL
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON
THE PENNFIELD SCHOOL
PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY
RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL
THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
SAINT ANN’S SCHOOL
ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL
ST. MARK’S SCHOOL
ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL
THE SPENCE SCHOOL
STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL
TRINITY SCHOOL
UNITED WORLD COLLEGES
THE WHEELER SCHOOL
THE WINDSOR SCHOOL

LEAVERS DESTINATIONS

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UNIFORM

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SCHOOL TIE

SCHOOL COLOURS

BOAT CLUB COLOURS

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ACCREDITATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES RESEARCH UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
THE BOSTON CONSORTIUM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
CONSORTIUM FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ABROAD
CONSORTIUM ON FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION
CONSORTIUM FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
CONSORTIUM OF HUMANITIES CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
FACULTY ADVANCEMENT NETWORK
FALL RECRUITING CONSORTIUM
GRADUATE CAREER CONSORTIUM
HIGHER EDUCATION RECRUITMENT CONSORTIUM
INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
INTERCOLLEGIATE CENTER FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES IN ROME
IVY+
IVY PLUS ALUMNI RELATIONS CONFERENCE
IVY PLUS EXCHANGE SCHOLAR PROGRAM
IVY PLUS LIBRARIES CONSORTIUM
IVY PLUS SUSTAINABILITY CONSORTIUM
IVY PLUS WRITING CONSORTIUM
KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
LIAISON COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION
LIBERAL ARTS UNDERGRAD NETWORK FOR CAREERS & HIRING
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NEW ENGLAND COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
THE NEW UNIVERSITY IN EXILE CONSORTIUM
NEW YORK RECRUITING CONSORTIUM
QUESTBRIDGE
UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
568 PRESIDENTS GROUP

ATHLETIC CONFERENCES & SPORTS LEAGUES

IVY LEAGUE
COLLEGIATE WATER POLO ASSOCIATION
EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF ROWING COLLEGES
EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S ROWING COLLEGES
EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HOCKEY
EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION
INTERCOLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION
NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION
NORTHEAST WATER POLO CONFERENCE

RIVAL SCHOOLS

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
IVY LEAGUE
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
YALE UNIVERSITY

SISTER SCHOOLS & PARTNER SCHOOLS

PEMBROKE COLLEGE
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

SCHOOL MOTTO

IN DEO SPERAMUS
(“IN GOD WE HOPE”)

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