About NU

Partnerships with business and industry have been a defining characteristic of the Northeastern experience for over 100 years. Our partners know that tapping into our students, alumni, faculty and research adds value for their employees, customers, communities and, ultimately, the bottom line.

Reputation

Northeastern is a national research university recognized for its unique cooperative education model:

No. 8: Northeastern’s corporate reputation in a Morrissey & Co. survey of 200 executives rating 144 Massachusetts businesses, universities and hospitals

No. 1: Northeastern’s High-Tech MBA ranking by Computerworld magazine

Students

Northeastern is a selective university that enrolls a talented and diverse student body:

30,000: Applications received for just 2,800 spots in the 2007 freshman class

1250: Average SAT score of incoming freshmen

50 and 125: Number of states and countries, respectively, represented by Northeastern students

28 and 6: Percentage of students of color and international students, respectively

Faculty and Research

850: Full-time faculty who teach and conduct research that is being applied around the world

35: Northeastern research and education centers

$40 million: Amount of external research funding

1: Number of universities, other than Northeastern, to house both an NSF Engineering Research Center and a NASA commercial center

60: Number of patents that have been registered by Northeastern’s Barnett Institute

Economic Engine

A century-long tradition of partnering with the business community has made Northeastern a major economic engine:

23: Northeastern's ranking among the state's largest employers

$580 million: Northeastern's annual operating budget

7,500 and 2,000: Number of students and employers, respectively, who annually participate in co-op

$500 million: Amount spent since 1990 on capital projects such as classrooms, labs and dormitories

Countless: Alumni who are founders and/or leaders of major companies, including EMC, Cognex, Lycos, Mercury Computer Systems, New York Life, Sequoia Capital, Analog Devices, Teradyne and TJX