UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842, is one of a handful of truly national universities. Its unique academic atmosphere and spirit attract students and scholars from all over the country and from over 80 foreign nations. The campus is located on a scenic 1,250-acre site directly north of South Bend, Indiana (a city of 110,000). The University's Graduate School was founded in 1918. Current enrollment is approximately 7857 undergraduates and 1446 graduate and professional students. The teaching and research faculty numbers 677. Graduate programs at Notre Dame have always been open to women, and undergraduate women have been admitted since 1972. At the spring 1997 commencement the University conferred some 800 advanced degrees.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
The College of Engineering was formally established at Notre Dame in 1897, although a program in civil engineering was offered as early as 1873. The college is now organized into the Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering. In 1991 the Department of Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering and the Department of Earth Sciences from the College of Science merged into the present Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences. Facilities include Cushing Hall of Engineering, which was completed in 1931, and Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering (an $8-million addition to Cushing Hall), dedicated in October 1979. The current enrollment of the college is approximately 1,062 undergraduates and 267 graduate students, with a faculty of 105.