The Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences has seventeen
academic departments which offer more than seventy
undergraduate and
graduate programs, ranging from
engineering and
biology to
theater to
art and
design and
economics. The school has
honors program for qualified candidates. The university also offers various opportunities at its
research institutes, including:
Beacon Hill Institute, Center for Crime & Justice Policy Research, Center for Restorative Justice, Center for Women's Health and Human Right, Poetry Center, and Political Research Center, R.S. Friedman Field Station, and Sagan Energy Research Laboratory. The
New England School of Art and Design, founded in 1923, has been a department of the college since merging in 1996.[1]
In 2011 U.S. News ranked Suffolk #60 in Regional Universities (North). In 2009 U.S. News ranked Suffolk in the "top tier of "Best Master's Universities" in the North" and #7 in "Best College: Most International Students" attending master's programs."[2] Suffolk is also listed annually in the
Princeton Review rankings of "The Best 376 Colleges", including a ranking in the top 25
entrepreneurship programs in the United States.[3]
Athletics and student organizations
12 athletic teams from Suffolk compete in the
NCAA Division III. Suffolk is a member of the NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association, ECAC– Eastern College Athletic Conference, and GNAC– Great Northeast Athletic Conference. The university is located nearby the
TD Banknorth Garden, home to the
Boston Celtics and
Bruins. The Ridgeway Building on Cambridge Street contains the university's Reagan Gymnasium and fitness facility.
[1]. The student organizations on campus are: