Stony Brook University Quick facts
Also known as the State University of New York at Stony Brook; SUNY Stony Brook
| University world Ranking - Times 400 (UK) | 224 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China) | 151 to 202 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | N/A |
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| America University Rank (Jiaotong) | 77 to 98 |
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| USA College Ranking (US News) | 96 |
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Stony Brook University Basic Facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) | 14,851 |
~7,000 |
22,527 |
| Faculty / Staff | 1,902 |
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| Established | 1957 |
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| Endowment (2006) - USA Rank | $110,000,000 | ||
| Endowment per student | $4,883 |
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| Research Spending - USA Rank | $212,289,000 - 76th | ||
| Number of foreign students (if known) | 2,232 |
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| Affiliations | AAU, SUNY system |
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Stony Brook University Information
There are four main members of the state university of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook university, which was established in 1957 is located on long island. The other centers of the SUNY system are located at Albany, Binghamton and Buffalo.
Although first started as a teacher training college, Stony Brook rapidly expanded to be what it is today; a university that has teaches hundreds of subjects spread across 4 campuses at stony brook, and with satellite campuses at Manhattan and Southampton (NY). It is especially strong in the fields of Physics,Maths, Geoscience and philosophy. The 11 major schools and colleges are dedicated to the following broad subjects:
Arts and Sciences; Business; Engineering and Applied Sciences; Dental Medicine; Health Technology and Management; Journalism; Marine & Atmospheric Sciences; Medicine; Nursing; Professional Development; and Social Welfare.
The university has many famous faculty and alumni including the recent award of the shared nobel peace prize given for work on the greenhouse effect given to three of its faculty. Stony Brook university is very active in research and has been involved in many discoveries; these include the creation of a ultrasound method to speed up the healing of bone fractures, the discovery of Golden Bamboo Lemur, finding the cause of lyme disease, and the discovery of hundreds of distant galaxies.
Stony Brook University Address
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook
NY 11794-3400
United States of America