At Stony Brook you'll discover the advantages of a major university --- excellence in education, an active research environment, one of the best university teaching hospitals in the region --- combined with the close connections of a small college.
*Top Rankings*
Stony Brook is ranked in the top 1 percent of all universities in the world by Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings. Our of 14,000 universities from all over the world, we are #70 in natural sciences and #91 in arts and humanities. U.S. News & World Report lists us in the top 100 best national universities and top 50 public national universities. And we are one of only 62 members of the prestigious
Association of American Universities - together with Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Yale.
*Top Teachers*
Our award winning faculty include three Nobel laureates, two Pulitzer Prize winners, five MacArthur fellows, a winner of the Fields Medal in Mathematics, and two Grammy Award winners. The MRI technology that won the Nobel Prize for Medicine was invented at Stony Brook. Stony Brook researchers discovered the golden bamboo lemur and led the team that found the top quark. An the international renowned Emerson String
Quartet is quartet-in-residenc e here, teaching master classes in the Department of Music.
*Top Students*
Every year SB students earn national recognition through Beckman, Churchill, Goldwater, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Marshall, and UNCF-Merck awards. Every year about 10 percent of the 300 Intel Science Talent Search competition finalists and semifinalists are mentored by Stony Brook faculty.
*Location*
Stony Brook is located on the North Shore of Long Island, just about 1,5 hour from the New York City. With a Long Island Railroad station on campus, it's a quick ride to New York City and all its cultural offerings as well as to the JFK Airport.
*Low Tuition*
You already know we're a top-rated school, but you may be surprised to learn that we have one of the lowest tuitions
<http://www.stonybrook.edu/admissions/financial/value.shtml> in the country. We offer a top tier education at just a fraction of the cost of a private university. We are one of just 40 universities in the country named a "Best Buy" by Fiske Guide to Colleges. 2009-2010 estimated yearly costs for full-time international undergraduates are $12,870 for tuition, $1,518 for fees, and $9,590 for room and board.
*Honor Programs *
All high-achieving freshman applicants are automatically considered for
University Scholars
<http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/newhonors/uscholars.shtml>, a program offering priority course registration, special academic advising, and a variety of academic and extracurricular opportunities. Additional steps are required to apply for some programs, such as the Honors College
<http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/newhonors/honors.shtml>, which includes a four-year interdisciplinary curriculum, and Women In Science and Engineering
<http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/newhonors/wise.shtml>, which provides enhanced faculty interaction and hands-on research opportunities to women entering the science, math and engineering fields. For a complete list of honors program, visit
http://www.stonybrook.edu/scholars. To receive the fullest consideration, submit your application by December 1. Your online supplemental application should be submitted by December 31.
*Scholarships*
Stony Brook University is committed to recognizing and rewarding our students' excellence in all areas of learning and research. We offer a variety of scholarships to new and continuing students, some of which are based on merit alone and others which take into account special talents, leadership and community service or financial need. Scholarships information changes from year to year. For up-to-date
information and a complete listing of available scholarships, visit
http://www.stonybrook.edu/finaid/programs/scholarship.
Interested? Contact admission counselors for more information:
Yu-wan Wang, Associate Dean of International Admission
Stav Boutsis, Admission Counselor
E-mail:
enroll@stonybrook. edu
Telephone:
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
(631) 632-6868
Fax:
(631) 632-9898
Office Location:
Stony Brook University
Undergraduate Admissions
118 Administration Building
Stony Brook, NY 11794-1901
Stony Brook Brochure for International Students
http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/forms/InternationalSearch4web.pdf
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