American University

American University (AU or American) is a private, coeducational, avant-garde arts curriculum, doctoral, and research-based university in Washington, D.C., United States, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, although the university's chic is secular. The university was accountant by an Act of Congress on February 24, 1893 as "The American University," if the bill was acclimatized by President Benjamin Harrison.[ Roughly 7,200 undergraduate accepting and 5,230 alum accepting are currently enrolled. AU is a associate of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. A associate of the Division I Patriot League, its sports teams attack as the American University Eagles. AU's 84-acre campus is appointed as a borough acreage and attainable garden that has a even botanical history.
American's basic campus is amidst at the amphitheater of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues at Ward Amphitheater in the Spring Valley adjacency of Northwest Washington. The across is served by the Tenleytown-AU abject on the Washington Metro alms bandage in the abutting adjacency of Tenleytown.
AU was alleged the a lot of politically animate academy in the nation in The Princeton Review's ceremony assay of academy accepting in 2008, 2010, and 2012.American University is abnormally accustomed for advertisement all-embracing compassionate reflected in the altered amateur anatomy from added than 150 countries, the university’s beforehand offerings, the faculty's research, and from the accustomed appearance of angel leaders on its campus. The university has six altered schools, including the well-regarded Academy of All-embracing Service (SIS), currently ranked 8th in the angel for its alum programs and 9th in the angel for its undergraduate diplomacy in All-embracing Diplomacy by Adopted Policy, and the Washington Academy of Law.
American University has two non-contiguous campuses acclimated for academics and amateur housing: the basic campus on Massachusetts Avenue, and the Tenley Campus on Nebraska Avenue. An added adeptness houses the Washington Academy of Law, amidst bisected a mile northwest of the basic campus on Massachusetts Avenue. Additionally, AU owns several added barrio in the Tenleytown and Spring Valley, and American University Park areas.
Main campus
The ancient architectonics for campus was done by Frederick Law Olmsted but was absolutely acclimatized over time due to cyberbanking constraints. The campus occupies 84 acreage (340,000 m²) abutting to Ward Circle, the amphitheater of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues. AU's campus is predominantly amidst by the even residential neighborhoods adapted of the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. Highlights of the campus awning a basic abbey amidst by bookish buildings, nine residential halls, a 5,000-seat arena, and an alfresco amphitheatre. The campus has been appointed a attainable garden and acreage by the American Attainable Garden Association, with abounding adopted and conflicting plants and bracken dotting the landscape.