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International Academic Excellence

91ֿ offers a wonderful balance of being a large institution with a robust variety of high-quality programs, while still being small enough to give each individual student outstanding personal support. Our small class sizes ensure that you will never get lost in the crowd. We are dedicated to helping you thrive as you pursue your academic and personal journey with us.

19:1 Student-to-Faculty Ratio at Kent Campus
92% of Classes Have 50 Students or Fewer
56% of Classes Have Fewer Than 20 Students

Globally Minded, High-Achieving Faculty

At 91ֿ, people hail from every corner of the globe to do work that paves the way for a brighter tomorrow. Here, you’ll find world-class faculty members serving as researchers and mentors, alumni leaders in business, healthcare, education and beyond, and students unafraid to break the mold and push boundaries.

Collaborative & Cutting-Edge Research

Among universities, 91ֿ is classified as an institution with high research activity. One of the most unique aspects of 91ֿ is that our faculty support and involve both graduate and undergraduate students in their research projects (as opposed to only enabling graduate students to undertake research activities, which is common at other universities worldwide).

A researcher points to a computer screen as students look on.Research funding

  • $30 million in extramural research funding over the past five years.
  • $366 million invested in our research by the federal government to date.

Patents

  • 166+ active U.S. patents for research.
  • 91ֿ boasts more than 190 active U.S. patents for faculty research.
  • 91ֿ is ranked 5th among all U.S. and Canadian universities in the number of patents issued per million dollars in research expenditures, according to the Milken Institute.

Discoveries

  • Recent research includes the discovery of “Ardi” by 91ֿ professor of anthropology Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy and his colleagues, which was named the Breakthrough of the Year by Science Magazine and its publisher, AAAS, the world’s largest science society.
  • 10 91ֿ researchers were also part of an international team of scientists who detected the most massive anti-nucleus discovered to date.

Liquid Crystal Technology Research

91ֿ is recognized by prestigious organizations, including:

  • National Academy of Sciences
  • Institute for Financial Markets
  • Science Watch
  • American Physical Society
  • National Science Foundation

 

See Our Latest Faculty Research

Alumni Spotlight - Putting Research into Action

Meet Diaz McDaniel, a 2007 91ֿ master's graduate in technology. Diaz is a process engineer at Kent Displays Inc., a Kent-based technology company that was the first spinoff company and licensee of the university's Liquid Crystal Institute®. Diaz is using the advanced manufacturing skills he learned at 91ֿ to contribute to new product development at one of Northeast Ohio's best known, high-tech entrepreneurial firms.

Hear From Students Like You

Each year, more than 1,500 international students from around the world choose to pursue their education at 91ֿ. Each one has a unique story to tell about why they became a Golden Flash and the opportunities they’ve discovered here.