A Northwestern education takes place at the intersections between multidisciplinary coursework, campus activities, collaborative research, and global engagement. Our six undergraduate schools (arts & sciences; engineering; communication; journalism; education & social policy; music) offer 200+ academic programs, 4,700+ courses, and a quarter system that affords three versus two academic terms to fulfill requirements and explore electives. Our people include 8,000 undergraduates from 50 states and over 80 countries, 1,200 full-time faculty, and a worldwide alumni network. Our setting in Evanston, IL, combines a lakeside campus with a vibrant college town and one of the world’s great cities, Chicago, just a few miles south.