Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island · ★ 4.0 / 5 Overall (2 Student Reviews)

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Private not-for-profit · 4-year · Doctoral

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It includes the College, Graduate School, Alpert Medical School, School of Engineering, School of Public Health, and School of Professional Studies, and is noted for its Open Curriculum, oldest applied mathematics program in the United States, and oldest engineering program in the Ivy League.

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One Prospect Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912

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