Northeastern Universitys educational model is like no other. Integrating rigorous classroom learning with real-world experiences, Northeastern students study, work, research, and serve on seven continents.Northeastern students learn how to apply their knowledge, to solve problems, and to make a difference in the world before they graduate. Northeasterns signature experiential program, cooperative education (coop) enables students, starting as early as their second year, to integrate periods of classroom study with up to three six-month periods of full-time employment. Our established partners include Fortune 500 companies, global NGOs, healthcare organizations, government agencies, startups, research institutions, and more. Or, students can create their own.The integration of study and experience maximizes the potential of Northeastern students, empowering them to discover their professional passion by putting their aspirations into action while they are still in school. They leave Northeastern more confident and more sophisticated about the world, better prepared for leadership and more astute in navigating their career paths.The same spirit of real-world engagement drives a use-inspired research enterprise that is strategically aligned with three global imperatives: health, security, and sustainability. The universitys advances in affective science, cybersecurity, drug discovery and delivery, energy, healthcare management and policy, health informatics, nanotechnology, network science, and urban sustainability are characterized by global collaborations with industry, government, and other academic institutions. Northeastern, which is home to more than 30 federally funded research centers, has seen external funding for research more than double since 2006.Our comprehensive range of undergraduate programs includes more than 150 majors as well as interdisciplinary combined majors that connect you to emerging new fields, as well as a 3+3 combined bachelors and juris doctor degree program and 24 PlusOne programs that enable you to earn both a bachelors and masters degree in just five years.

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