Northwestern University, low-key yet affluent

The autumn in Evanston is like a picturesque painting, so beautiful that it seems like a fairyland, detached from the mundane world. Especially in the campus of Northwestern University, you can find the enlightenment and philosophy of autumn everywhere. Northwestern University, founded in 1851, is a world-renowned top private research university, located in Evanston, a city in the northeast of Illinois, USA. It is a founding member of the Big Ten and a member of the American University Association. Northwestern University is ranked 9th in the 2021 U.S. News Best Universities ranking, alongside Caltech, Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University. It is ranked 24th in the 2021 U.S. News World University Rankings and the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and Kellogg School of Business are ranked first in the United States, chemistry is ranked fourth in the United States, Pritzker Law School is ranked ninth in the United States, and materials science is ranked second in the United States. In addition, Northwestern University's medical school, engineering school, school of education, school of music, etc., are all consistently ranked in the top twenty in the United States. The school is ranked 11th and 16th in the world university academic rankings in the fields of social sciences and natural sciences respectively, and is consistently ranked in the top 20 in the field of engineering.