subject: What Are the Highlights of the New York University Campus? [print this page] What Are the Highlights of the New York University Campus?
A famed private university of higher education in the United States, the New York University two main campuses called the Washington Square campus and Brooklyn campus. There are 18 schools and colleges operated through these two main campuses and other sites of the university offer numerous graduate, undergraduate and professional degree programs. There are many highlights of the New York University campus and here is a discussion about them.
Washington Square Campus
Located around Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, this campus has a number of well-known buildings and monuments. The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library of the campus is one among the nation's largest academic libraries. It is a 12 story building with nearly 3.3 million volumes and numerous journals and microforms. Besides, the electronic resources are utilized by students studying on-campus as well as by those enrolled with online education system of the university.
The Brown Building of Science located in the campus has a mention on the National Register of Historic Places and it is also a National Historical Landmark. There are many theaters and clubs which form the highlights of this New York University Campus. The Eisner-Lubin Auditorium and the Skirball Center for Performing Arts are among the most important ones worth mentioning.
Brooklyn Campus
The New York University campus in Brooklyn mainly consists of the Polytechnic Institute which has a number of state-of-the-art facilities for the programs related to computer science, computer engineering and many others. Another highlight of the campus is the Wunsch Building where many social and cultural events are held across the year. The Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology is a big resource of information which can be accessed offline as well as online.
Other Campuses
The Medical Campus of the university is among other campuses of the university. It consists of Tisch Hospital and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine as its main highlights. The Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine and many other institutes form a part of the university's research facility located in the Sterling Forest area.
The New York University campuses with numerous facilities offer world-class experience to the students. Apart from good education, one enjoys an excellent student life at each of these campuses.
