What are basic facts about Notre Dame?
The University of Notre Dame is a distinctively Catholic university, dedicated both to embodying the highest ideals of liberal arts education and to being one of the leading research universities in the world. Notre Dame is rated among the nation’s top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s, and Kaplan/Newsweek, and has been recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the “New Ivies.” Notre Dame was founded in 1842 by Rev. Edward Sorin, and has been animated from its origins by the Congregation of Holy Cross. • Learn More: http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=49 • The University of Notre Dame is composed of five colleges—the College of Arts and Letters, the College of Science, the College of Engineering, the School of Architecture, and the Mendoza College of Business—along with the Graduate School and the Law School. Learn More: • http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=16 With a studen
