Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, in University Circle. It was formed in 1967 by federating Western Reserve University, chartered in 1826, and the Case Institute of Technology, which grew from the Case School of Applied Science of 1880. The merger joined a liberal-arts and professional college with a technical institute. The campus adjoins Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals.

Schools include Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Medicine, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Dental Medicine, Law, the Weatherhead School of Management, and the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Graduate work is strongest in engineering, including macromolecular science, medicine, nursing, law, and management. The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center anchor medical training.

About 12,000 students enroll, with graduate and professional students roughly half the total. International students form a large share of the graduate population and come from dozens of countries. Physicist Albert A. Michelson, the first U.S. scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, worked at Case. Alumni include Gmail creator Paul Buchheit and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark.

Degrees include the Ph.D., M.S., and M.A., plus professional degrees in medicine, dentistry, nursing, law, and business, including M.D./Ph.D. routes. Doctoral study is advisor-led with coursework and a dissertation. The calendar is a semester system. STEM doctoral students are commonly funded by assistantships. Graduate life is concentrated in University Circle, east of downtown Cleveland.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Case Western Reserve University lists 140 graduate programs across 42 subjects: 74 master's programs and 58 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in health & medical sciences, biology and law. Case Western Reserve University holds rank 212 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.