Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

is located in the rural town of

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in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River in the

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state of

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. Dartmouth's campus centered on the Green makes the institution the largest private landowner in the town of Hanover, and its landholdings and facilities are valued at an estimated $419 million. Dartmouth's campus buildings vary in age from several early 19th century buildings to a number of ongoing construction projects. Most of Dartmouth's buildings are designed in the

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style, a theme which has been preserved in recent architectural additions.

Undergraduate college facilities

Academic and administrative buildings

House communities system

Dartmouth operates a system of six residential colleges (called "houses") similar to those found at fellow Ivy League institutions Harvard and

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as well as the universities of

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and

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in the United Kingdom. Although every Dartmouth undergraduate is a member of a house, some students choose to live in Greek houses, unaffiliated on-campus housing or move off campus entirely. Dartmouth houses approximately 3,300 students in its facilities, or about 85% of the student body; the remaining 15% opt to live in off-campus housing.

Allen House

East Wheelock House

North Park House

School House

South House

West House

Unaffiliated housing

Greek houses and other undergraduate societies

Graduate school facilities

Geisel School of Medicine

The buildings of the

Geisel School of Medicine The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is the graduate medical school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fourth oldest medical school in the United States, it was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith. It is o ...

are clustered on the north end of the Dartmouth campus, known as the "north campus."

Thayer School of Engineering

The Thayer School of Engineering is located adjacent to the

Tuck School of Business The Tuck School of Business (also known as Tuck, and formally known as the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance) is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Founded ...

on the western edge of campus, near the Connecticut River. It currently comprises two buildings, and it shares the Murdough Center (listed under Tuck) with the Tuck School of Business.

Tuck School of Business

Like the Thayer School of Engineering, the

is located in a complex on the western side of campus, along the Connecticut River.

Athletic and outdoor recreation buildings

Other facilities

Planned buildings

References

External links

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