Beijing National Day School
2015/2016 School Profile
Principal: Li Xigui
No. 66 Yuquan Road, Haidian District
Beijing 100039 CHINA
Web: www.admissions.cn/bjshiyi/
Tel: (8610) 8827-9193
Fax: (8610) 8827-9193
College Counseling Center
Tel: (8610) 8862-5495/8827-8241
Fax: (8610) 8827-8424
CEEB Code: 694342
CIE Centre No. 232
UCAS Centre Code: 46201
MISSION
-To create a quality education suitable for students’ comprehensive development
-To develop “Beijing National Day School Student” as a reputable and trustworthy credential
-To build our school into a respected and great institution
PHILOSOPHY AND PURPOSE
By providing excellent education to build strong students, Beijing National Day School endeavors to develop
the national backbone and societal pillars of China with ambition, integrity, good behavior and critical
thinking.
SCHOOL HISTORY
Under the care of Chinese former Premier Zhou Enlai, Beijing National Day School
(BNDS) was established by the Central Military Committee in 1952, and named by
Marshal Nie Rongzhen as a tribute to the National Day of China, October First. The
Chinese name, in fact, is still directly translated as “Beijing October First Middle
School”, but the English name has been officially changed to “Beijing National Day
School”. BNDS is the only school designated as the “Comprehensive Educational
Reform Experimental School” in the nation’s capital of Beijing. This means it is the
leader in comprehensive curriculum reform in the municipality, and that it alone has
the ability to provide permanent employment in Beijing to top teachers from all over
China. It also means that BNDS is one of the few schools in Beijing which can
administer its own Huikao examination. In the 2012 BNDS was designated as the
“Flagship Public School in Beijing for Internationalization” in the new round of
education reform. It has been recognized as one of the Schools for Advanced
“Green” Activity, the Beijing Science and Technology Education Model School, and
has received the Beijing Golden Sail of Art Education Award. Additionally, Principal
Li Xigui is one of only two China National Education Inspectors in all of mainland
China working in a public school.
Table of Contents
Mission...............................1
School History ..................1
School Description...........1
Admission Policies ...........2
Accreditation ....................2
Curricula............................3
Transcript, GPA, &
Ranking .......................4
Test Scores ........................4
School Year .......................4
International Dept ...........4
College Counseling Ctr ....6
Univ. Acceptances............6
SCHOOL DESCRIPTION
BNDS provides students with modern and advanced teaching conditions. With grounds covering 15.6
hectares the school enjoys excellent facilities with a total building floor space of 156,000 square meters and is
still growing.
It meets many comprehensive educational demands, with well-equipped laboratories,
modern
classrooms, comfortable dormitories and remarkable athletic facilities. BNDS currently enrolls nearly 4,000
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students in 100 classes from grades 7-12 (Junior 1,2,3, and Senior 1,2,3).
Innovation
BNDS is a pioneer in Chinese secondary schools by establishing the first Post-graduate Research Base to find
practical solutions to problems in Chinese basic education. It not only aims to help students in their current
life and studies, but also prepares students for their future. Currently, the career-investigation courses at
BNDS are designed to help students discover their passions and to lay a strong foundation for their future
careers. So far, BNDS has created 34 job-investigation courses in different fields. Additionally, BNDS
offers over 200 different optional courses, including equestrianism, skiing, fencing, fashion design,
automobile design, animation, advertising, economics, and foreign languages.
BNDS continuously
introduces high-quality curricula and creates optional courses, which motivate students for a healthy
development, both intellectually and physically.
Faculty
BNDS boasts of a teaching staff with high moral standards, vast professional knowledge, and excellent
scientific research abilities. With a total of more than 460 educators, the school has over 30 Distinguished
Teachers, more than 70 teachers possessing doctorate degrees, 200 teachers with masters degrees and 72
foreign teachers, counselors and administrators from the United States, Britain and other countries. Our
faculty members come from prestigious institutions of learning such as Tsinghua, Peking, Renmin, Harvard,
Columbia, Middlebury, Vanderbilt and Cambridge.
Oral English Program
In the fall of 2000 BNDS joined with Cedarville University located in Cedarville, Ohio USA to strengthen its
English language education program. Since then, BNDS has invited over 50 Cedarville graduates to teach oral
English and a variety of elective classes to both its Junior-level and Senior-level students.
Each year the Oral English teachers bring opportunities for students to expand their English abilities and
grow in their understanding of Western culture through lectures, class or office hour discussions, and many
other extra-curricular activities. The success of this joint academic endeavor continues to provide excellent
English language education at BNDS.
Admission Policies
For admission purposes, BNDS is divided into the Main School and the International Department. All BNDS
students are required to take Huikao (graduation exams) and the certificate with results will be issued in
June of the graduating year. The Main School Senior-level students attend either the Gaokao (National
College Examination) oriented classes, or the Gaokao Optional classes. Both the Gaokao and Gaokao
Optional groups are admitted to BNDS through the same process. Two-thirds of them will be accepted
based on achieving top 10% Zhongkao (Municipal High School Examination) results. The remaining onethird of the Main School cohort is a select group brought in directly from BNDS’ own Junior-level (middle
school) students after successfully taking an internal examination which is considered more challenging
than the Beijing Zhongkao. BNDS only accepts students into its Junior level from the top 10% of primary
school graduates in the city of Beijing.
The International Department students are comprised from three different curricula: The Advanced
Placement (AP), the Cambridge A-level (CIE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP).
These students are mostly admitted from Beijing after successfully taking an entrance examination for their
respective curriculum.
ACCREDITATION
BNDS is a public school accredited by the Beijing Municipal Education Committee, under the auspices of the
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Chinese Ministry of Education.
CURRICULA
BNDS has established an education system which responds to students at different levels and interests. In
order to personalize the learning experience, BNDS has implemented function-specific classrooms, an
innovative self-study academy and a system of flexible adjustment of curricular content. The curricular
developments have greatly enhanced students’ comprehensive achievements.
Four Concurrent Curricula
Currently, BNDS has four parallel curricula that are available for high school students: CNCC, CIE, AP and
IBDP.
1. The CNCC or Chinese National Certificate Curriculum offers a national based curriculum which is primarily
taught in Chinese language and which fulfills graduation requirements for the Chinese High School
Education Diploma. After passing a highly selective entrance exam, students from all over the municipality
of Beijing are enrolled in this program. This program also offers the Gaokao Optional class which allows
students to opt out of the Gaokao (college placement) examination. These students routinely choose to
study in other countries after high school. CNCC course marks are shown on a 100 percent unweighted
scale.
2. The CIE or University of Cambridge International Examination’s A-level curriculum began at BNDS in the
fall of 2009 for Senior 1 students. Students attending the CIE program come from all over China, and Spring
2012 was the first full graduating class of this program. It is conducted in English and complies with the
usual high standards and rigor of the CIE programs. The program begins in Grade 10 with IGCSE English,
and the AS (Advanced Subsidiary) courses. Some students, but not all, will finish their AS Math and Physics
in 10th grade and take A2 Math and Physics in 11th grade while completing all other AS courses. Most A2
courses are completed in the 12th grade, completing the A-Level program. The CIE A-Level examinations
are taken and reported separately and externally by CIE. Marks obtained for CIE courses at BNDS are
shown on a 4.0 weighted scale.
CIE COURSES OFFERED (2015-2016)
(Grade 10)
IGCSE: English (IGCSE/TOEFL/IELTS●
Pre-A Level: Biology, Chemistry, Business Studies, Economics, English Literature
AS: Maths, Physics
CNCC: Chinese, Politics, Geography, Art, PE
(Grade 11)
AS: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Business Studies, Economics, English Literature
A2: Maths, Physics
CNCC: Chinese, History, General Technology, PE
BNDS: Academic English (SAT/IELTS●
(Grade 12)
A2: Further Maths, Pre-U Maths, Maths, Physics, Chem., Biology, Bus. Studies, Economics, English Lit.
CNCC: Chinese, General Technology, PE
BNDS: Academic English
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3. The AP or Advanced Placement curriculum has been made available through the “BNDS-Wasatch Academy
Dual Diploma Program” since 2010. All students taking this program are on track to earn both a US
accredited diploma as well as the CNCC diploma. It is possible for students to also earn the Advanced
Placement International Diploma if they meet the College Board requirements. Classes are taught in
English. Marks obtained for AP courses are shown on a 4.0 weighted scale.
AP COURSES OFFERED (2015-2016)
• AP Biology
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AP English Language
• AP Calculus AB
and Composition
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AP Micro/Macro
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AP Psychology
• AP Calculus BC
•
AP
English
Economics
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AP Statistics
• AP Chemistry
Literature
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AP Music Theory
• AP Computer Sci
and Composition
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AP Physics 1
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AP Human Geog
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AP Physics C
4. The IB or International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a curriculum at BNDS which began classes
in the fall of 2013. It was originally founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968 where its offices are still
maintained. The IB has rapidly become a world leader as a rigorous, well respected curriculum which is
widely accepted in universities around the world as an excellent preparation for university studies. Classes
are taught in English both at Standard and High Levels. IB marks obtained at BNDS are on a weighted 4.0
scale.
IB COURSES OFFERED (2015-2016) - Standard and/or Higher
Biology – S/H
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Chemistry – S/H
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Theory of
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Bus&Mngt–
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Economics –
•
English B - H
Knowledge (TOK)
S/H
S/H
•
Mathematics-H
•
Visual Arts - S
•
Chinese A Lang
•
English A Lang
•
Music – S/H
& Lit A – S/H
&
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Physics – S/H
Lit – S/H
TRANSCRIPT, GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) and RANKING
The official BNDS transcript is a bilingual document signed and stamped by both the school principal and the
College Counseling Centre (CCC), plus it features a BNDS Logo. It is sent directly from the CCC to the
institution. Any transcripts given directly to students are considered unofficial and will be stamped “issued
to student." Transcripts evidence the following: student’s name, date of birth, gender, date of enrollment,
date of issue and date of graduation. In addition, BNDS courses are designated by name, curriculum type,
semester taken, and marks received.
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The back side of the transcript includes the legend describing the grading systems for all the curricula
offered at BNDS. External scores are not indicated on the BNDS transcript. GPA is calculated by taking the
averages from all subjects except Art, Music, PE and Technology.
BNDS does not rank its students.
However, BNDS itself is consistently ranked in the top ten high schools in Beijing.
TEST SCORES – Class of 2015
SAT Average: CR+M=1383 CR+M+W=2035
GPA Average: AP=3.77
CIE=3.73
IBDP=3.9
CNCC=92.9
SCHOOL YEAR
The school year for BNDS is based on a two semester academic calendar with the first semester usually
beginning on September 1st and running until just before the Chinese Spring Festival (Chinese New Year).
The second semester usually begins immediately after Spring Festival and runs into the second week of July.
INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Director of the International Department
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Mrs. Wu Fengqin (Betty Wu)
Email: [email protected]
The International Department of Beijing National Day School was established in June 2004. So far, it has five
major programs: International Exchange Program, International Students Program, Cambridge (CIE)
Programme, Sino-American Dual Diploma (AP) Program and International Baccalaureate Diploma
Programme (IBDP). The full-time faculty for the department has grown from originally 3 to 126. Among
them, 72 are foreign teachers, counselors and administrators.
International Exchange Program (Study Abroad)
In 2000 exchange students began coming to study at BNDS for non-degree cultural programs of short and
middle term. This has evolved from only receiving six foreign students in the first year to now having
received 418 foreign students.
Additionally, every year BNDS organizes teachers and students to take part in annual international exchange
activities with programs such as AFS (American Field Service), NACEL (Nacel Open Door, Inc.), and AYA
(Academic Year in America). It has established wide links with schools and exchange organizations from
more than 20 countries and districts for the purposes of exchange visits, including: USA, Canada, Japan,
Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Macao, Korea, and Taiwan.
PARTNER SCHOOL AFFILIATIONS
Specific affiliations are with the following schools:
AUSTRALIA
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Lauriston Girls School
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Canberra Grammar School
BRITAIN
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Reading School
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Loughborough College
FRANCE
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Lycee International de Saint-Germain●
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en-Laye
HONG KONG
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Wah Yan College
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Hackley School, NY
Hickman High School, OH
Hockaday School, TX
St. Mark’s of Texas, TX
Thousand Oaks High School, CA
Wasatch Academy, UT
Westlake High School, CA
SINGAPORE
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Anglo-Chinese Junior College
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USA
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International Students Program
In 2006 BNDS was authorized to enroll international students for long term, degree programs from different
corners of the world, including the USA, Canada, Germany, Norway, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia,
and the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions of China.
College Counseling Center
The College Counseling Centre (CCC) is composed of a bilingual, multinational staff. Counselors and staff
assist in the college search and selection process, as well as provide counseling on individual application
questions, essay writing and a myriad of related topics. Internationally, students have been admitted to
numerous international universities. Additionally, the CCC is responsible for bringing representatives from
colleges and universities to BNDS for individual and group presentations from well known institutions
around the world. In the academic year 2013-2014 over 200 such visits were conducted on site at BNDS.
Contact Mr. Joe Guo ([email protected]) to schedule a visit.
College Counseling Staff
Director:
Mr. Jiang Xiaobo (Percy Jiang)
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Ms. Ma Wenhua (Minna Ma)
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Mr. Damien Tomkins
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Mr. Guo Qiang (Joe Guo)
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Ms. Duong Mai
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Ms. Tu Xin (Teresa Tu)
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Mr. Tom Sharkey
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Ms. Sun Yue (Ashley Sun)
Email: [email protected]
Counselor:
Ms. Hua Xia (Sophia Hua)
Email: [email protected]
UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES AND ENROLMENTS OF BNDS STUDENTS:
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Traditionally, 100% of BNDS graduates attend four-year colleges or universities in China or overseas.
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18% of the class of 2014 received offers from Peking University and Tsinghua University in China.
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From 2007 to 2014, 466 students have been admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University with more than
550 students going to first-class overseas universities, and 81 students going to the top universities in
Hong Kong.
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Members of the classes of 2008-2015 were admitted to overseas institutions, as listed below. Schools in bold
indicate where students matriculated with the number of students found in the parenthesis.
A
Aachen Univ. of Applied Sci.,
Germany
Academy of Art University
Acadia University, Canada
Agnes Scott College (1)
Alberta College of Art and Design,
Canada
Albion College
Allegheny College
American University (2)
Arizona State University(1)
Art Institute of California-Hollywood
Assumption College
Aston University, UK
Australian National University
B
Babson College (2)
Bard College (1)
Bates College
Baylor University
Beloit College
Bentley University
Berklee College of Music
Binghamton University-SUNY(1)
Boston College
Boston University (24)
Bowling Green State University (1)
Brandeis University (7)
Brigham Young University(1)
British Columbia Institute of
Technology, Canada
Brown University (2)
Bryant University (1)
Bryn Mawr College (1)
Bryant University
Bucknell University(2)
Buffalo State College-SUNY
C
California College of the ArtsSan Francisco
California Lutheran University
Cardiff University, UK
Carleton College (2)
Carleton University, Canada (1)
Carnegie Mellon University (3)
Carroll University (Wisconsin)
Case Western Reserve University (5)
Cass Business School, City University,
London (UK)
Centre College(1)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (1)
City University, UK
City University of Hong Kong (2)
Claremont McKenna College (2)
Clark University
Clarkson University
City College Birmingham, UK
Clemson University
Colby College (8)
Colgate University (3)
College of Charleston(1)
College of the Holy Cross (1)
College of William and Mary, The (4)
Colorado College (4)
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia College Chicago (1)
Columbia University (1)
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Columbus College of Art and
Design (1)
Concordia University, Canada
Connecticut College
Cornell University (9)
J
Jacobs University, Germany(1)
John Carroll University (2)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
Juniata College
D
Dalhousie University (2)
Davidson College (1)
De Montfort University, UK
Denison University (1)
DePaul University
DePauw University
Dickinson College(1)
Drexel University (5)
Duke University (5)
Duquesne University
Durham University, UK
K
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
King's College London, UK
Kingston University, UK
Knox College (2)
E
Earlham College
Eckerd College
Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne,
Switzerland
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Elon University
Emerson College (2)
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Emory University (6)
Emory Univ., Oxford College (1)
F
Fanshawe College, Canada (1)
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fashion Institute of Technology(1)
Florida Institute of Technology
Foothill College
Fordham University (3)
Franklin and Marshall College
Furman University
G
George Mason University (2)
George Washington University (8)
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology (1)
Gettysburg College
Goucher College (1)
Grinnell College (1)
H
Hague University, The Netherlands
Hamilton College
Hartwick College
Haverford College (2)
Hendrix College (1)
Heriot-Watt University, UK
Hobart and William Smith College
Hong Kong Baptist (6)
Hong Kong Institute of Education (1)
Hong Kong Polytechnic (7)
Hong Kong Uni. of Sci. & Tech (3)
I
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Wesleyan University (5)
Imperial College London, UK (10)
Indiana University-Bloomington (8)
Iona College
Iowa State University
L
La Salle University
Lafayette College (1)
Lancaster University, UK
Langara College, Canada
Lawrence University
Lehigh University (3)
Leiden University (1)
Lewis & Clark College
LIM College
London College of Fashion, UK (1)
London School of Economics, UK (3)
Loughborough University, UK (1)
Loyola Marymount University (2)
Loyola University Chicago
M
Macalester College(1)
Macquarie University, Australia (1)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manhattanville College (1)
Marietta College (2)
Marist College
Maryland Inst., Col. Of Art
Maryville College
McGill University, Canada (13)
McMaster University, Canada
Miami University, Oxford (2)
Michigan State University (4)
Middlebury College (1)
Minneapolis Col. Of Art and Design
Montana State University
Mount Allison University
Mount Holyoke College(1)
N
Nazareth College
New York Institute of Technology
New York University (12)
Newcastle University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University (5)
Northwestern University (7)
O
Oberlin College (1)
Occidental College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio State University (12)
Open University of Hong Kong (1)
Oregon State University (1)
P
Pace University
Penn State University, Univ. Park (7)
Penn State University, York (1)
Pepperdine University
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Pitzer College (3)
Pomona College(1)
Pratt Institute(1)
Pratt MWP
Princeton University (2)
Purchase Col. State Uni. of New York
Purdue University (6)
Q
Queen’s University, Canada (6)
R
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (6)
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhodes College (1)
Rice University (9)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Roger Williams University (1)
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology (1)
Rutgers, The State Univ. of NJ at (2)
S
Sage College of Albany
Saint Joseph’s University
Saint Louis University (1)
San Diego State University
San Francisco Art Institute
San Jose State University
Santa Barbara City College (1)
Santa Clara University (1)
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Arts and Design
School of the Art Inst. of Chicago (6)
School of Visual Arts (4)
Scripps College(1)
Seattle University
Sewanee: The University of the
South (1)
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Skidmore College (2)
Smith College (6)
Southwestern University
Southern California Institute of
Architecture
Southern Methodist University (1)
Spring Arbor University (1)
St. John’s University–NYC
St. Lawrence University
St. Louis University (2)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland (1)
St. Olaf College
Stevens Institute of Technology(1)
Stony Brook University
Suffolk University
SUNY College at Geneseo
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University (5)
T
Temple University
Texas A&M University (1)
The New School (Main Campus)
Transylvania University
Trent University, Canada
Trinity College–Hartford, (1)
Trinity University (1)
Tufts University (2)
Tulane University (1)
U
Union College
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain (1)
Universite de Technologie de
Compiegne, France (1)
University of Alabama
University at Buffalo, SUNY (1)
University College of London, UK (4)
University of Alabama
University of Alberta, Canada (3)
University of Arizona
University of Bath, UK (2)
University of Birmingham(2)
University of Bristol, UK (2)
UBC, Canada (12)
University of Calgary, Canada
Univ. of California-Berkeley (10)
Univ. of California-Davis (9)
Univ. of California-Irvine (7)
Univ. of California-Los Angeles (15)
Univ. of California-Merced
Univ. of California-Riverside (1)
Univ. of California-San Diego (17)
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara (6)
Univ. of California-Santa Cruz (4)
University of Cambridge, UK (1)
University of Chicago (5)
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado-Boulder (3)
University of Connecticut (3)
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Denver (6)
University of Edinburgh, UK (1)
University of Essex, UK
University of Evansville (1)
University of Exeter, UK
University of Florida
University of Georgia (1)
University of Glasgow, UK (1)
University of Hartford
University of Idaho
University of Illinois-Urbana
Champaign (18)
University of Illinois - Chicago
University of Iowa (2)
University of Kansas
University of Kent, UK
University of Kentucky (1)
University of LaVerne
University of Leeds, UK (1)
University of Leicester
University of Lethbridge, Canada
University of Liverpool, UK
University of London, UK (1)
University of Manchester, UK
University of Manchester Institute of
Science & Technology
University of Manitoba, Canada
Univ. of Maryland–College Park (1)
University of Mary Washington
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst (7)
Univ. of Melbourne, Australia (2)
University of Miami
Univ. of Michigan- Ann Arbor (9)
Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (4)
University of Missouri-Columbia (1)
University of New South Wales,
Australia (1)
University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill (1)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of North Texas
University of Northern British
Columbia
University of Notre Dame
University of Nottingham
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon (1)
University of Ottawa, Canada
University of Oxford (1)
University of Pennsylvania(1)
University of Pittsburgh (2)
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
University of the Pacific
University of Portsmouth, UK
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond (3)
University of Rochester (5)
University of San Francisco(1)
University of San Diego
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
(1)
University of Sheffield, UK
University of Southern California (11)
University of St. Andrews, UK
University of Sydney, Australia (1)
University of Texas-Austin
University of the Arts London, UK (1)
University of Tokyo, Japan (1)
University of Toronto, Canada (14)
University of Tulsa
University of Vermont
University of Victoria, Canada (3)
University of Virginia (6)
University of Warwick, UK (1)
University of Washington (20)
University of Waterloo, Canada (5)
University of Western Ontario (2)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (10)
University of York, UK
Ursinus College
Utica College
V
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University (1)
Vassar College (2)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University (2)
W
Wake Forest University (6)
Washington and Lee University (2)
Washington and Jefferson Univ. (5)
Washington State University
Washington University- St. Louis (3)
Wellesley College (1)
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wesleyan University (2)
Western University, Canada
Wheaton College MA
Whitman College (1)
Williams College
Wofford College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (4)
Y
Yale-NUS College, Singapore
York University, Canada
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