Harvard University

Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a private Ivy League research university. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world, having been founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named after its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard.

Harvard University is a large, residential research university with 50 undergraduate majors, 134 graduate degrees, and 32 professional degrees. Undergraduates typically take four courses per semester in order to graduate in the traditional four years. An honors degree in most majors necessitates advanced coursework and a senior thesis. Despite the fact that some introductory courses have large enrollments, the average class size is 12 students. Harvard also has the most extensive library system in the United States, with more than 80 libraries housing up to 18 million documents.

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