Address: 2 E Wheelock St, 03755 Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business (Tuck School), Medicine (Geisel School)
Established in 1769, Dartmouth is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. It is known for its strong undergraduate liberal arts focus, business school (Tuck), and medical school (Geisel).
Dartmouth College was chartered in 1769 by King George III at the request of the Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock, who had begun a school in Connecticut for Native American youth and then moved north to Hanover, New Hampshire. It is the ninth-oldest college in the United States and the smallest member of the Ivy League. The campus centres on the Green, a large lawn surrounded by brick buildings and the white spire of Baker Tower, on the Connecticut River, in a small town in the hills of New England. It has about 7,000 students and 4,000 staff.
Dartmouth combines a strong undergraduate college with graduate and professional schools. The Tuck School of Business, founded in 1900, was the first graduate school of management in the world. The Thayer School of Engineering, the Geisel School of Medicine and the arts and sciences graduate programmes are the other main units. The college is organised in four terms a year, called the D-Plan, and students choose when to take time off and when to study, which allows internships and research.
The history of computing runs through the college. In 1956 John McCarthy and others organised the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, where the term was used in a proposal. In 1964, John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz created the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System to make computing accessible to students who were not specialists. Daniel Webster, an alumnus of 1801, argued the Dartmouth College case before the Supreme Court in 1819, which protected the independence of private charters.
The Dartmouth Outing Club, founded in 1909, is the oldest and largest collegiate outdoor club in the country, and it maintains trails and cabins. Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, graduated in 1925. Admission is selective, and financial aid is need-based. Check the current tariff for tuition. Teaching is in English.
Hanover is small and isolated, with winters that are long and snowy. Boston is about two and a half hours by road.
Domains taught:
AI and Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Life Sciences, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master, MBA
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Ivy League institution with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal arts education and close student-faculty interaction. Home to Tuck School of Business (first graduate school of management) and Geisel School of Medicine. Member of AAU.
Research:
A research university with strengths in health services research, environmental science, cybersecurity, engineering, and arts and humanities. Focus on undergraduate research.
Famous Alumnis:
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Robert Frost, Nelson Rockefeller, Mindy Kaling, Salmon P. Chase, Daniel Webster
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
4000
Current students***:
7000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
80000
Pros
Ivy League education with exceptional undergraduate focus and teaching, strong sense of community, beautiful rural campus, influential business school.
Cons
Remote rural location, harsh winters, smaller graduate programs compared to other Ivies.
Best For
Students seeking a premier undergraduate liberal arts education within the Ivy League, valuing close faculty interaction, a strong sense of community, and outdoor opportunities.
Duke University overlaps with this institution on ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers bioengineering and project management as well, and is larger, enrolling about 17,200 students against roughly 7,000 here.
Where this school leans on ecology and sustainability, data analytics and AI and machine learning, Clarkson University does the same, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and mba.
University of Notre Dame overlaps with this school on life sciences, AI and machine learning and software engineering, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and mba, and is larger, enrolling about 13,000 students against roughly 7,000 here.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning can consider Columbia University, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and mba, and covers project management and physics as well.
In terms of fields, Yale University is the nearest neighbour, with ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics again at the core; it covers chemistry and statistics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 15,500 students against roughly 7,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
The closest overseas parallel on ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics is University of Chester, located in the United Kingdom; it is larger, enrolling about 15,500 students against roughly 7,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Shiv Nadar University in India pursues a similar profile in life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's, doctoral and mba programmes, and covers chemistry and physics as well.
Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand, takes a similar route through ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and mba, and covers finance and physics as well.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani in India is the nearest foreign match on life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning; it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and mba.
Looking internationally, University of Chichester in the United Kingdom is where life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning get a comparable treatment; it has almost the same size, at about 6,200 students, and is public, whereas this school is private.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is Dartmouth College?
In Hanover, New Hampshire, on the Connecticut River.
When was it chartered?
In 1769, at the request of Eleazar Wheelock.
How large is it?
About 7,000 students and 4,000 staff.
What is special about Tuck?
Founded in 1900, it was the first graduate school of management in the world.
What is the D-Plan?
The system of four terms a year in which students choose when to study and when to take time off.
What was the Dartmouth Summer Research Project of 1956?
A gathering organised by John McCarthy and others where the term artificial intelligence was used in a proposal.
Who created BASIC?
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz, in 1964, with the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System.
What was the Dartmouth College case?
A Supreme Court case of 1819, argued by alumnus Daniel Webster, that protected the independence of private charters.
What is the Dartmouth Outing Club?
Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest collegiate outdoor club in the country.
How is financial aid decided?
It is need-based. Check the current tariff for tuition.
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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