Located in the heart of Boston’s cultural district, between Symphony Hall and the Museum of Fine Arts and close to Fenway Park, Northeastern University’s impressive 67-acres campus features 41 academic and 27 residence hall buildings. Northeastern was founded in 1898, and is a private research university offering a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including its renowned co-op program which combines classroom learning withreal-world experience. Over 300,000 students attend college in Boston and approximately 20,000 of them attend Northeastern. Recently, Northeastern committed $500 million to build a new research center, a health sciences center, seven new dormitories and the world-class state-of-the-art Marino Center recreation and athletic facility which can be used by College Discovery students. The Boston Globe recently wrote a higher grade upscale turnaround puts Northeastern on students A lists. Northeastern is a hot school.