Harvard University
Harvard University, which will celebrate its 375th anniversary in 2011, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Harrvard University is made up of 11 principal academic units — ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The ten faculties oversee schools and divisions that offer courses and award academic degrees. About 2,100 faculty members and more than 10,000 academic appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals