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Campus Of Brigham Young University
The main campus of Brigham Young University sits on approximately nestled at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and includes 311 buildings. The buildings feature a wide variety of architectural styles, each building being built in the style of its time.Owens, Eric. America's Best Value Colleges. New York: Princeton Review, 2004. pg.583. The grounds and landscaping of the campus won first place in 2005 in America in Bloom's campus division. Furthermore, views of the Wasatch Mountains (including Mount Timpanogos) can be seen from the campus. BYU's Harold B. Lee Library, which ''The Princeton Review'' ranked as the #1 "Great College Library" in 2004, has approximately 8½ million items in its collections, contains of shelving, and can seat 4,600 people. The Spencer W. Kimball Tower is home to several of the university's departments and programs and is the tallest building in Provo, Utah. Furthermore, BYU's Marriott Center, used as a basketball arena, can seat almost 18,000 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). BYU offers a variety of academic programs including those in the liberal arts, engineering, agriculture, management, physical and mathematical sciences, nursing, and law. Its undergraduate and graduate programs are organized into 11 colleges and schools at its main Provo campus, with some colleges and divisions defining their own admission standards. The university also administers four satellite campuses, one in BYU Jerusalem Center, Jerusalem, BYU Salt Lake Center, Salt Lake City, BYU Barlow Center, Washington, D.C., and BYU London Study Abroad Centre, London, while its parent organization the Church Educational System (CES) sponsors sister schools in Brigham Young Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
