Promoted by the Rome-based Society of Jesus (aka Jesuits), Fordham is routinely ranked among America’s top higher ed institutions Sited in the heart of New York, arguably the world’s premier business and financial epicentre, Fordham University (estb.1841), promoted by the Rome-based Society of Jesus (aka Jesuits) — a famous religious order in India — is routinely ranked among America’s top institutions of higher education. In its league table of America’s best universities (2017), the US News & World Report (USNWR) ranks Fordham #60 while Times Higher Education ranks it among the Top 200 universities worldwide. Currently, Fordham University’s nine schools (see box) offer over 60 undergraduate and 130 postgraduate degree programmes to 15,286 students mentored by 737 faculty. Despite its theological parentage, USNWR ranks Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business #8 in its Undergraduate International Business Rankings, while the School of Law is ranked #36 in America’s Best Law Schools Rankings (2017). Established as St. John’s College by John Hughes, the first Archbishop of New York, Fordham requires all undergrad students signed up for its four-year bachelor’s degrees to complete its Core Curriculum designed “to nurture curiosity, inspire love of learning and provide you with the foundation needed to engage in lifelong learning”. The Core comprises 17 courses in nine subjects: English, mathematical/computational reasoning, social science, philosophy and ethics, history, fine arts, religious studies, natural science, and modern or classical language. Fordham’s list of alumni and faculty is impressive and includes numerous US senators, three governors of New York State, several ambassadors, a sprinkling of billionaires, two directors of the CIA, Academy Award and Emmy-winning actors. It’s also the alma mater of President Donald Trump who attended classes at Fordham for two years but dropped out without completing his degree programme. New York. Widely acknowledged as the nerve centre of international business, New York hosts some of the world’s premier business and finance corporates. The Big Apple also boasts more globally famous landmarks than any other city of the world — the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, and Ground Zero. Campus facilities. The university’s two campuses are sited in Manhattan and the Bronx — in the heart of New York — with a third campus in the suburb of Westchester. The Lincoln Center campus with its distinctive landscaped plaza, spans eight acres and two city blocks in Manhattan. It hosts over 7,000 undergrad and graduate students as well as Fordham College, the Gabelli School of Business, graduate schools of arts and sciences, education, social service, and law. The Gothic Rose Hill campus sprawls across 85 acres in the Bronx and is distinguished by tree-lined walkways. It hosts 6,000 undergrad and graduate students as well as Fordham College, Gabelli School of Business, graduate schools of arts and sciences, and the school of religion and religious studies. The Westchester campus houses the Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Gabelli School of Business and the graduate schools of education and social service. The university’s three libraries — the…
