OpenFieldNotre Dame · Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
The University of Notre Dame is one of the world's premier private Catholic research universities, founded in 1842 in Notre Dame, Indiana, adjacent to South Bend. A distinguished member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), Notre Dame is internationally celebrated for transformative scholarship in aerospace aerodynamics, peace studies, nanomaterials, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and architecture.
Notre Dame features eight colleges and schools: the College of Arts and Letters, College of Science, College of Engineering, Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame Law School, Keough School of Global Affairs, School of Architecture, and the Graduate School. Flagship research centers include the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory.
Undergraduate admissions are among the most competitive in the world (holistic review via Common App). Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a high GPA (typically 3.5+), statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 100+ or IELTS 7.5+).
Elite doctoral program utilizing the Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research and Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory (NDTL) for Mach 6 quiet wind-tunnel hypersonics, gas turbine aerodynamics, and aeroacoustics.
World-renowned interdisciplinary doctorate combining peace studies with anthropology, history, political science, psychology, sociology, or theology, focusing on peace agreement implementation, transitional justice, and armed conflict prevention.
World-leading doctoral research at the Computer Vision Research Lab (CVRL) investigating deep learning face and iris recognition, deepfake detection, privacy-preserving AI architectures, and graph neural networks.
Doctoral research in heavy element actinide materials at the Materials Science of Actinides Center of Excellence, synthetic molecular cages, bioinorganic catalysis, and energy conversion materials.
The world's preeminent classical and traditional urban architecture graduate program, featuring a mandatory semester of architectural study at Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway, classical proportioning, and sustainable urban design.
Interdisciplinary doctoral training researching mosquito transmission of malaria and dengue fever, neglected tropical diseases, parasite genetics, and host immune evasion mechanisms at the Eck Institute.
Henry J. Massman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Department of Chemistry & Materials Science of Actinides Center
Dr. Burns is an internationally renowned radiochemist investigating uranium mineralogy, nanoscale actinide peroxide clusters, nuclear waste disposal thermodynam...
View researcher profile ↗Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Bowyer is a world leader in biometrics, computer vision, iris recognition accuracy, demographic fairness in facial recognition algorithms, and forensic imag...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences & Center for Environmental Science
Dr. Shrout conducts pioneering research in microbial motility, biofilm architecture formation, Pseudomonas aeruginosa social behavior, and microfluidic environm...
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