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　　康涅狄格大学简介

　　康涅狄格大学创建于1881年，前身是斯多斯农学院(Storrs Agricultural School)，1939年被正式命名为康涅狄格大学。

　　现在，康涅狄格大学的主校区仍位于斯托斯(Storrs)，占地4104英亩。大学下设13个学院，分别是：农业与自然资源学院、商学院、牙科学院、教育学院、工程学院、美术学院、法学院、人文与科学学院、医学院、护理学院、药学院、农学院、社会工作学院。其中有10个学院位于主校区，法律和社会工作学院位于州首府哈特福德(Hartford)，医学院与牙科学院位于法明顿(Farmington)，还有5个分校园遍及州内多个城市。大学共设有101个本科专业和80个研究方向。

　　康涅狄格大学(1903年)　康涅狄格大学是一个注重研究的学校，是卡耐基基金会指定的Ⅰ类研究性公立大学之一，除了院系之外，大学还下设70多个研究中心，2.3万名在校生当中, 研究生近7000人。

　　康涅狄格大学的教学与研究实力很强，已经连续九年被评为新英格兰地区的最好的大学，每年接到的新生申请比十年前翻了一番。康涅狄格大学向学生提供高质量的课程, 学生的满意度很高。新生一年以后的继续入读率也很高, 2005年入学的新生92都继续在读，这一比例在美国公立大学中排第25。校友毕业以后向学校捐助的比率在全美大学中排第七。

　　康涅狄格大学一角　2007年《美国新闻与世界报道》的美国大学综合排名，康涅狄格大学排第67名。该校的教育专业具有很高的教学科研水平，教育类排第21位，其中初级教育专业排第18名，特殊教育专业排第21名。此外，热门专业还有社会科学，商业、管理、营销、医疗保健，心理学工程等。

　　近年来，康涅狄格大学正由州政府注资大力发展学校的硬件设施，兴建了多栋新建筑物和学术设施，并计划建一个以它为中心的大学城，全部计划要到2013年才会完成。

　　康涅狄格大学创建于 1881年，位于康涅狄格州的斯多斯农学院，1939年正式改名为康涅狄格大学，在Avery Point、Greater Hartford、Stamford、Torrington、Waterbury等地还设有8个分校区。

　　康涅狄格大学是卡耐基基金会指定的1类研究性公立大学之一。有8个本科学生学位授予点和12个研究生学位授予点，共设有101个本科专业和80个研究方向;此外，该校还有4个职业学位项目。(J.D , M.D , D.M.D, PharmD.)

　　学校环境

　　康涅狄格州是新英格兰六州中最偏南的一州，州府是哈特福(Hartford)。 康涅狄格州之名称来自印地安语Quinnethtukqut, 意义是“受海潮影响的一条长河流经之地”, 简称“长河之地”。全州人口约300多万。

　　康涅狄格州共有50多所大专院校，其中最著名的有耶鲁大学、哈特福大学(University of Hartford)及康涅狄格大学等。康涅狄格州是新英格兰六州中工业最盛的一州，主要有制造核子潜艇、喷射飞机引擎、直升飞机引擎、球承轴、塑胶、钟表、电业、电气器材及打字机等。州府哈特福还被称为美国的“保险业都市”(Insurance City)，市内有四十家美国大保险公司的总部。

　　康涅狄格大学所在的斯多斯是一个小镇，正在兴建的大学城将从根本上改变它的面貌。

　　专业设置

　　该校共有农业与自然资源学院、联合卫生学院、商学院、工程学院、家庭研究学院、美术学院、研究生院、法学院、人文与科学学院、医学院、护理学院、药学院、 Ratcliffe Hicks 农学院、社会工作学院等17个学院和研究生院。现有在校学生23000多人，其中研究生近7000人。教职员工共有4184人，其中教师 1121人。

　　School Type

　　State-supported, Coed

　　Setting

　　Rural 4104-acre campus

　　Degrees Offered

　　Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral, First Professional, Post-Master's, and Postbachelor's Certificates

　　Entrance Difficulty

　　Moderately difficult , 54% of applicants were admitted

　　Application Deadlines

　　4/1 (transfers)

　　Admissions

　　Freshman

　　Admission: 21,058 applied; 11,474 admitted; 3,604 enrolled

　　Test Scores

　　SAT critical reading scores over 500 90%

　　SAT math scores over 500 94%

　　SAT writing scores over 500 91%

　　ACT scores over 18 99%

　　SAT critical reading scores over 600 45%

　　SAT math scores over 600 61%

　　SAT writing scores over 600 48%

　　ACT scores over 24 78%

　　SAT critical reading scores over 700 7%

　　SAT math scores over 700 13%

　　SAT writing scores over 700 7%

　　ACT scores over 30 13%

　　Applying

　　Options: electronic application, early action, deferred entrance

　　Application fee: $70

　　Required: essay or personal statement, high school transcript

　　Recommended: 1 letter of recommendation

　　Application deadlines: 2/1 (freshmen), 4/1 (transfers)

　　Notification: 1/1 (freshmen), 2/1 (early action), continuous (transfers)

　　Cost and Financial Aid

　　Costs (2009-10)

　　Tuition: State resident $7632 full-time, $318 per credit part-time; nonresident $23,232 full-time, $968 per credit part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load

　　Required fees: $2254 full-time

　　Room and board: $10,120; room only: $5396. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility

　　Payment plans: Installment, deferred payment

　　Waivers: Senior citizens and employees or children of employees

　　Financial Aid

　　Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2008, 10,944 applied for aid, 7,867 were judged to have need, 1,513 had their need fully met. 1,603 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $1747). 5,423 state and other part-time jobs (averaging $2189)

　　In 2008, 1284 non-need-based awards were made

　　Average percent of need met: 67%

　　Average financial aid package: $11,048

　　Average need-based loan: $4305

　　Average need-based gift aid: $6649

　　Average non-need-based aid: $6080

　　Average indebtedness upon graduation: $21,521

　　Student Body

　　Undergraduate Student Population

　　16,765 undergraduate students, 50% women, 50% men, 4% transferred in, 5% African American, 8% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% Hispanic American, 0.3% Native American

　　International Population

　　1% representing 62 other countries

　　Housing Info

　　71% live on campus

　　Campus Life

　　Options: Coed, men-only, women-only, disabled students, Campus housing is university owned and is provided by a third party. Freshman campus housing is guaranteed

　　Activities: Drama/theater group, student-run newspaper, radio and television station, choral group, marching band, national fraternities, national sororities

　　Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late-night transport/escort service

　　Student services: Health clinic, personal/psychological counseling, women's center

　　Academic Programs

　　Special study options: Accelerated degree program, adult/continuing education programs, advanced placement credit, cooperative education, distance learning, double majors, English as a second language, honors programs, independent study, internships, off-campus study, part-time degree program, services for LD students, student-designed majors, study abroad, summer session for credit

　　ROTC: Army (b), Air Force (b)

　　Unusual degree programs: 3-2 education, pharmacy

　　School Calendar: Semesters

　　Faculty

　　Total: 1,360

　　Full-time: 76% full-time

　　Student/faculty ratio: 17:1

　　Athletics

　　Member: NCAA, Division: All Division I, except: Football (Division I-A)

　　Scholarship sports

　　Baseball (m), basketball, cross-country running, field hockey (w), football (m), golf (m), ice hockey, soccer, softball (w), swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball (w)

　　Nonscholarship sports

　　Crew (w), lacrosse (w)

　　Intramural sports

　　Badminton M/W, baseball M, basketball M/W, bowling M(c)/W(c), crew M(c), cross-country running M/W, equestrian sports M(c)/W(c), fencing M(c)/W(c), football M, gymnastics W(c), ice hockey M(c)/W(c), lacrosse M(c)/W(c), racquetball M/W, rugby M(c)/W(c), sailing M(c)/W(c), skiing (downhill) M(c)/W(c), soccer M/W, softball M/W, squash M/W, swimming and diving M/W, table tennis M/W, tennis M/W, track and field M/W, volleyball M/W, water polo W, weight lifting M(c), wrestling M(c)

　　Intercollegiate sports

　　Baseball M(s), basketball M(s)/W(s), crew W, cross-country running M(s)/W(s), field hockey W(s), golf M(s), ice hockey M(s)/W(s), lacrosse W, soccer M(s)/W(s), softball W(s), swimming and diving M(s)/W(s), tennis M(s)/W(s), track and field M(s)/W(s), volleyball W(s)

　　School Facilities

　　Facilities/Endowment

　　Main Library Name: Homer Babbidge Library

　　Other Library: 3

　　Collection: 3.0 million titles; 17,378 serial subscriptions; 61,417 audiovisual materials

　　Endowment: $317.0 million

　　Contact Info

　　Mr. Brian Usher, Associate Director of Admissions

　　University of Connecticut

　　2131 Hillside Road, U-88

　　Storrs, CT 06269

　　Phone: 860-486-3137

　　Fax: 860-486-1476

　　Non US Students

　　Financial Aid

　　Non-need financial aid available.