Northeastern University

Boston, United States

Northeastern University, founded in 1898, is a private research university based on an urban campus in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. It enrols more than 27,000 students, including a substantial international population from over 140 countries. Northeastern is best known worldwide for its signature cooperative education (co-op) programme, running for more than a century, in which students alternate semesters of academic study with six-month periods of full-time, often paid, work placements before graduating — giving them real-world professional experience unmatched by most universities. The university operates a global network of satellite campuses, including Charlotte, Seattle, San Jose (Silicon Valley), Oakland, Toronto, Vancouver and London. Northeastern is particularly renowned for its Khoury College of Computer Sciences (a pioneer in computer science and cybersecurity education), the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, and its Bouvé College of Health Sciences.

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