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Revision as of 19:42, 6 July 2002 by Zoe (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The University of Chicago is among the most well-respected universities in the world. It is recognized, with Stanford University, Notre Dame University, MIT, CalTech, and Rice University as a de facto Ivy League school. A degree from the University of Chicago is considered equal to the highest caliber of education available anywhere in the world. Liberal-Arts schools of similar caliber include Reed, Carelton, Swarthmore, and the Seven Sisters. The graduate schools of Juris Prudence, Business, and Economics, and the undergraduate departments of Sociology, Linguistics, Political Philosophy, International Studies, Economics, Education, and Physics are considered the best in the country.
The school was founded in 1898. Persons affiliated with the University have obtained a total of seventy-two Nobel Prizes, the most by any institution in the world.
The school's sports teams are called the Maroons. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the University Athletic Association. At one time, the University of Chicago's football teams were among the best in the country, but the school de-emphasized varsity athletics in 1939. In 1935, Chicago's Jay Berwanger was the winner of the first-ever Heisman Trophy.