The State University of New Jersey is also known as Rutgers university/Rutgers/RU is located at New Jersey ,USA.University consists of 41,000 students, 32,280 undergraduates and 8,435 graduate students.Rutgers was chartered as Queen’s College in 1766, a decade before the American Revolution, as a private institution with Dutch theological roots. The college’s colonial founders, teachers, and students fought Revolutionary War battles and endangered their lives by speaking out against British tyranny. Queen’s College became Rutgers College in 1825, in honor of Henry Rutgers, a Revolutionary War colonel and Rutgers benefactor.The notable alumni include environmental crusader Lester Brown, best-selling novelist Janet Evanovich, Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Mark Fields, urban theorist Richard Florida, Today Show host Natalie Morales, and actor Sebastian Stan .The academics include about 18 schools and colleges including New Jersey’s foremost pharmacy school .University is doing research by spending $304 million in externally sponsored research grants and contracts at Rutgers University–New Brunswick in fiscal year 2013.
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