Company Profile
Wesleyan University
Company Overview
Wesleyan University is known for the excellence of its academic and co-curricular programs. Students from around the world pursue their studies in the liberal arts and sciences, research projects, and other interests in ways that are demanding and intensely rewarding. On a beautiful campus overlooking the Connecticut River, students work closely with faculty to do productive and innovative work that makes a positive difference in the world.
Company History
Wesleyan University was founded in 1831 by Methodist leaders and Middletown citizens. Instruction began with 48 students of varying ages, the president, three professors, and one tutor; tuition was $36 per year.
Today Wesleyan offers instruction in 40 departments and 44 major fields of study and awards the bachelor of arts and graduate degrees. The master of arts degree and the doctor of philosophy are regularly awarded in six fields of study. Students may choose from more than 900 courses each year and may be counted upon to devise, with the faculty, some 900 individual tutorials and lessons.
The student body is made up of approximately 2,900 full-time undergraduates and 200 graduate students, as well as about 300 part-time students in Graduate Liberal Studies. An ongoing faculty of more than 300 is joined each semester by a distinguished group of visiting artists and professors. But despite Wesleyan’s growth, today’s student/instructor ratio remains at 9 to 1, and about two thirds of all courses enroll fewer than 20 students.