德雷塞尔大学｜Drexel University

德雷塞尔大学是一所四年制私立大学，成立于1891年。德雷塞尔大学已经连续五年被《美国新闻与世界报道》评为 最佳美国大学 ，在2008年的综合排名位于108位。

该校所有科系之中，工程学院与商学院最强。工程科系被美国科学基金会任命为国家模范学校，供各校参考。全美有1%工科毕业生来自该大学，人数之多，可想而知。生物工程专业在全美同类专业中排名第37，材料工程专业排名第41，环境卫生工程专业排名第47名。江泽民的长子亦于该校获得电机工程博士学位学位。

此外，德雷塞尔大学有三分之一学生修读工商管理，还有时装设计、室内设计和摄影都很受欢迎。商学院的本科课程被《美国新闻与世界报道》评为全美第114位，MBA课程被《财经时代》评为全美前20位。

信息科学与技术学院的信息系统课程被专业杂志评为全美第5名，图书馆信息化专业被评为第6位，图书馆与信息科学专业被评为第11位。

学生在德雷塞尔大学受到极大的重视，师生比例为1:10，95%的全日制教职员工拥有博士学位或他们所在领域里的最高学位，从事研究工作与研究生教育的老师也要为本科生授课。

德雷塞尔大学与工商业界有长期联系的传统，使得课程设置与雇主的要求密切结合。许多本科课程的组成部分还包括在英国或外国工作实习一段时间，五年制的CO-OP课程很有名，使得学校教育与学生就业之间建立了良好的联系，学生有机会到美国各州、全球11个国家共超过2,400个公司及机构获得实习经验。

德雷塞尔大学下设13个学院, 分别是：文理学院，商学院，教育学院，工程学院，医治学院，护理健康学院，生物医学工程、理学与健康系统学院，公共健康学院，信息系统与技术学院，法学院，媒体艺术与设计学院，职业研究学院。

二、地理位置

德雷塞尔大学位于费城，费城全称 费拉德尔菲亚 ，是美国第五大城，也是宾西法尼亚州最大的城市。位于该州东南缘，特拉华河与斯库尔基尔河的交汇处，东距大西洋142公里。市区面积352平方公里，人口158.6万(1990)；大市区包括费城等5县和新泽西州的卡姆登等2县约140个城镇，总面积9,202平方公里。费城除了以其繁忙的都会步调著称之外，悠久的历史传统更是美国自由、平等的象征，1790-1800年曾是美国首都。作为全美最古老的城市，许多关于美国历史发展的重大历史事件与决策都是从这个城市发起的。如象征美国独立前哨的第一次和第二次大陆会议便是在费城召开，后来富兰克林的《独立宣言》和美国宪法草案也是在这里起草与签署，就连美国的国旗都是从费城设计出来的。

有学者分析费城之所以能兴起成为一个国际性大城，除了要归功于历史的因素外，其优良的地理位置是另一个致胜的关键。费城距离美国商业大城 纽约只有100公里，而距离华盛顿特区也只有133公里。在政治、商业资源都能够左右逢源的情况下，费城的居民轻而易举的便能得到来自政商界高层的第一手决策信息，无形中也塑造出了这个城市无可取代的中介地位。

三、英文补充

1.Student life

Activities

The university has a large variety of students organizations, including charity, fraternities and sororities, political, and academic groups.

Student Government

The Undergraduate Student Government Association of Drexel University works with administrators to solve student problems and tries to promote communication between the students and the administration.

Graduate Student Association

As stated on their website - Graduate Student Association advocates the interests and addresses concerns of graduate students at Drexel; strives to enhance graduate student life at the University in all aspects, from academic to campus security; and provides a formal means of communication between graduate students and the University community.

Campus Activities Board

The Campus Activities Board, or CAB for short, is in charge of organizing activities such as movies, trips to special events, and other on-campus entertainment such as the fall comedy show. CAB is funded through a student activities fee collected from each student.

Press and Radio

Main article: WKDU

WKDU is Drexel s student-run FM radio station, with membership open to all undergraduate students. Its status as an 800-watt non-commercial station in a major market city has given it a wider audience and a higher profile than many other college radio stations.

DUTV is Drexel s Philadelphia cable television station. The student operated station is part of the Paul F. Harron Studios at Drexel University.

Main article: Drexel University Publications

Drexel has a number of publications to its name by both the student body and the university. The Triangle has been the university s newspaper for over 80 years. Other publications include the campus yearbook, the Lexerd; D M Magazine, a magazine produced by Design Merchandising students, Maya, the undergraduate student literary and artistic magazine; and The Smart Set, the digital magazine.

Housing

Drexel requires all non-commuting freshmen to live in one of the seven residence halls. Kelly Hall, Myers Hall, Towers Hall, and Calhoun Hall are traditional dormitories, while North Hall, Anthony Caneris Hall, the new Race Street Dormitory, and Van Rensselaer Hall are arranged into suites of four to six residents. Portions of the new Race Street Dormitory are currently reserved for students of the Pennoni Honors College. However, during the 2007 spring term, the Race Street Dormitory housed Kelly Hall residents, while Kelly Hall underwent renovation. All dormitories except Anthony Caneris Hall are located on the north side of campus, north of Arch Street, in the Powelton Village area.

For upperclassmen: Anthony Caneris Hall, North Hall, and floors two through six of University Crossings are the only on-campus housing available. In recent years, the expanding freshman class has pushed most upperclass students out of on-campus housing. Most students find apartments within Powelton Village. Academic Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Drexel, offers apartments, and there are also non-Drexel-owned apartments in the upper floors of the University Crossings building, which was previously owned by Conrail and used as an office building.

2.Rankings

Drexel has been ranked among the Best National Universities-Top Schools by U.S. News World Report in its annual America s Best Colleges . The 2008 rankings placed Drexel 108th,whereas 2006 rankings had the school at 109th.Drexel and the University of Pennsylvania are the only Philadelphia colleges in this category. In the 2006 edition of U.S. News World Report, Drexel University is ranked the #109 university in the National Universities Doctoral category and the LeBow College of Business is ranked #99. The publication also ranked Drexel s College of Engineering s undergraduate program 57th among engineering schools that award doctoral degrees.In 2007, Business Week ranked the undergraduate business program among the top 30 private institutions in the country. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering was ranked 10th in the US in faculty scholarly productivity in 2006.

Drexel frequently ranks among the top 25 schools in the nation for technology use according to The Princeton Review and The Intel Corporation, and was ranked first for wireless access by Yahoo!. The Drexel College of Medicine and College of Nursing Health Professions also share accolades. The Physician s assistant program is in the nation s top 50, the CRNA program in the top 25.

Not all of its rankings are positive, however. The Princeton Review ranked Drexel 2nd for Campus Is Tiny, Unsightly, or Both, 12th for Professors Make Themselves Scarce, 7th for Long Lines and Red Tape, 14th for Least Happy Students, and 15th for Professors Get Low Marks .

The Math has been selected as one of the most usul websites by PC Magazine and Scientific American.

The university s endowment has grown to $640 million and is the 16th largest private university in the U.S., with an enrollment of over 20,000 students.

Drexel is the third largest private engineering college in the nation.

Drexel participates in the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) s University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN).