Transfer Guide • 2007-2009 - Stony Brook University

ABOUT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
First-Rate Reputation
Stony Brook is ranked among the 50 best universities in
North America and one of the 150 best universities
worldwide in the London Times Higher Education
Supplement -- placing Stony Brook in the top two
percent of all universities in the world.
Stony Brook students are highly competitive in admission
to graduate programs, going on to graduate and professional
schools at a rate twice the national average. In
fact, the Wall Street Journal has ranked us eighth in the
nation among public institutions placing students in the
elite graduate schools in medicine, law, and business.
Stony Brook has a reputation for graduating students who
are knowledgeable and think creatively. Our graduates
include the leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini
mission to Saturn, the President of Stanford University,
a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist for the
Washington Post, a Grammy award-winning performer
with the Metropolitan Opera Company, and more than
100,000 others.
World Class Faculty
Stony Brook’s faculty are intellectual leaders in their
disciplines. Our community of scholars, teachers and
researchers includes a Nobel laureate, five MacArthur
Fellows, four Fellows of the Royal Society, a Pulitzer
Prize winner, a Fields prize winner, National Medal of
Technology, National Medal of Science and the
Benjamin Franklin Medal winners, 17 members of
the National Academy of Sciences, 14 members of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2 members
of the Institute of Medicine, and 4 members of the
National Academy of Engineering. Stony Brook professors
are committed teachers who also define the cutting
edge of contemporary research. Our faculty includes 87
recipients of the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in
Teaching.
With more than 1,900 professors, the student/faculty
ratio is 17 to 1; all full-time faculty members hold the
highest degrees in their fields and more than 90 percent
are engaged in active research leading to publication
and development of new technology, including the MRI
and bar code. In fact, Stony Brook faculty rank second
among all U.S. institutions in the number of articles
published in prestigious academic journals.
Cosmopolitan Student Body
Stony Brook’s enrollment is 22,524; currently there are
14,849 undergraduates and 7,675 graduate students.
With students hailing from all 50 states and 110 foreign
countries, you’ll make friends from around the corner
and around the globe. The overwhelming majority of
first-time, full-time Stony Brook students are still in
attendance after their first year. More than half of Stony
Brook’s undergraduates live on campus.
Excellent Academic Programs
Stony Brook has exceptional strength in the sciences,
mathematics, humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
engineering, marine sciences, and health professions.
With a wide range of academic programs, students can
choose from 60 majors and 68 minors. And, as a pioneer
in the development of exciting learning communities,
Stony Brook students enjoy the rewards of a small
college environment, along with all the advantages of a
major research university.
Intriguing Off-Campus Study Opportunities
Stony Brook students have the opportunity to enrich
their education by pursuing their academic interests in
an overseas location while still earning credits toward
their bachelor’s degree. Stony Brook sponsors programs
in England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Madagascar, Spain and Tanzania; students may also participate
in programs sponsored by the State University
of New York throughout the world.
Or, students may study for up to one year at one of
more than 150 state colleges and universities in the
United States and its territories through participation in
the National Student Exchange Program. Opportunities
also exist for students to earn academic credit and gain
valuable experience while participating in internships
and field research.
Stony Brook Southampton
Stony Brook’s new residential campus, Stony Brook
Southampton, located on Long Island’s East End, is
focused on addressing the complex scientific, legal,
political, socio-economic, and ethical issues that define
and surround environmental issues. The interdisciplinary
curricula prepares students for careers in areas such as
corporate sustainability practices, ecotourism, environmental
conservation, journalism, law, management,
population studies, and public service, including public
health and advocacy. For information about Stony Brook
Southampton, visit www.stonybrook.edu/southampton.
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