The low-profile Wake Forest University, USA is routinely ranked among the top 30 universities in the US. Moreover Businessweek ranks its school of business #18 overall and #1 for academic quality Founded in 1834, Wake Forest University (WFU) is a collegiate higher education institution offering a well-reputed liberal arts undergraduate curriculum and post-graduate and doctoral programmes. The universitys undergrad Wake Forest College offers bachelor of arts and science degrees, while its five graduate schools (divinity, medicine, business, law and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) offer a range of Masters and doctoral study programmes to a small contingent of 7,432 students. The low-profile Wake Forest is routinely ranked among the Top 30 varsities in the US. The US News & World Report in its Americas Best Colleges Rankings 2013, ranks WFU #27 overall and #13 for best undergraduate teaching. Moreover, BusinessWeek in its Undergraduate Business Schools Rankings 2013, ranks Wake Forests School of Business #18 overall and #1 on the parameter of academic quality. I am convinced that Wake Forest can claim a very special; even extraordinary; place in American higher education. I have learned in my time here that Wake Forest is a deeply personal place, dedicated to community and face-to-face interaction. We help students connect who they are, with what they do, helping them to find meaning and purpose in their lives and work, says Dr. Nathan Hatch, president of WFU. Sprawled across 340 acres in Winston-Salem, a mid-sized city in North Carolina, WFU is distinguished by its selective and limited intake while offering the resources of a large university. A faculty-student ratio of 1:11 ensures greater one-on-one interaction and collaboration between students and professors. The core curriculum equips students with broad competencies in critical thinking and analysis of arguments; oral and written communication; quantitative reasoning; under-standing of cross-cultural perspectives and learning methodologies across disciplines. WFU also offers enviable study abroad opportunities; more than 70 percent of undergrads study abroad from univ-ersity-owned residences in London, Venice and Vienna, and enroll in more than 400 programmes across 200 cities in 70 countries, including Australia, Africa, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Russia and Spain. It also provides a generous aid progra-mme with 60 percent of undergraduates receiving financial support. Winston-Salem. Sited in the state of North Carolina, Winston-Salem (pop. 229,000) offers a broad range of cultural and historic attractions. Also known as a city of arts and innovation, Winston-Salem has many artistic firsts to its credit. The twin city promoted the first Arts Council in the US, as also the first state-supported arts conservatory in America; the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. With numerous galleries, performing arts groups, theatres, collectives and collections, Winston-Salem attracts arts lovers from around the world. Downtown is a mere three miles from Wake Forests main campus with several galleries and shops; indoor and outdoor performance spaces and museums; a greenway traversing the Old Salem district; hotels, restaurants and sidewalk cafes. The ski slopes of North Carolinas Blue Ridge Mountains are a…
