The Howard University is the private university founded in the year 1867. The Howard University is the non profit, private, federally chartered, and non sectarian university located in Washington DC. The university is located at: 2600, sixth street, NW, Washington DC 20059.

The Howard University is located in 256 acres of campus. The university has historic landmarks in the campus such as Andrew Rankin Memorial chapel, Fredrick Douglass memorial hall, and Founders library.

The mission of the Howard university is: to provide the comprehensive business and management education to the students. The African American students may not acquire such education other than Howard University. The university is established to provide a high quality business management education and graduates the students with outstanding abilities, motivation and creativity.

The academics, schools and colleges of Howard University are as follows:

- Arts & Science

- Business

- Communication

- Dentistry

- Divinity

- Engineering, architecture and computer science

- Law

- Medicine

- Pharmacy, nursing, and allied health science and

- Social work

The programs are provided by the university are with world class quality education. The university also provides students aid to help the students to continue their higher students with the financial aid. The university has 804 professors.

You can find the upcoming events and educational programs for the students in the events calendar of Howard University. The resources of the university are black board, book store, computing, libraries and publications. You can also find the distance learning programs for both students and staffs.

The Howard University located in Washington D.C., United States is a private school with an excellent record and reputation in academia. Although it was only a liberal arts and medicine college when it was opened, it's now offers many degrees from bachelors all the way up to doctoral programs.

Official Website of Howard University

http://www.howard.edu/

Howard University on Wikipedia

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This university offers 13 major course including Dentistry, Divinity, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and Law among others.

So high is the standard of education here that it I s affectionately called the Black Harvard? The name Black derives from the fact that it has a predominantly black student population. The university houses prestigious institutions such as the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian.

The Howard University is a nationally accredited school. The student population of the university is more than 10,000 as of 2009. It has no official affiliation to any religion. The school has a very high retention rate of 90%. The Graduation rate is also above the average national rate at 60%.

Here are some interesting facts about the Howard University that you might or might not know.

The University if named after Oliver O. Howard, a well-known United States Army Officer. The famous jurist Thurgood Marshall is an alumnus of this institution. He prepared his arguments along with his legal team for the landmark case of Brown v Board of Education at this very site.

Former US President Lyndon B Johnson once delivered a speech to a graduating class at this university in 1965. Notable alumni of the Howard University include Toni Morrison, Claude Brown, Richard Smallwood, Debbi Allen, Ossie Davis and Phylicia Rashad among others.

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