| State University Of New York at Stony Brook | | | | If students from economically backward |
| was founded in 1957 as the State University | | | | families need tuition assistance, then Stony |
| College on Long Island to educate secondary | | | | Brook University calculates the total cost of |
| school teachers for science and mathematics. | | | | attendance, and then subtracts the expected |
| Near about 100 students enrolled at its | | | | family contribution generally based on |
| beginning. Stony Brook University (SBU), is | | | | income, number of children, etc. and |
| also known as the 'State University of New | | | | determines a student's real financial need. |
| York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB)' situated in | | | | To pay off for that need, Stony Brook |
| Stony Brook, New York (on the north side of | | | | University provides plentiful of private |
| Long Island, it is about 65 miles east of | | | | scholarships in a range of disciplines. There |
| Manhattan, New York). It is a public research | | | | are also loans and grants available for the |
| university. Stony Brook University is the | | | | students. |
| second highest ranked between the four | | | | |
| university centers among the State | | | | State University of New York at Stony Brook's |
| Universities of New York. It has a total | | | | was a wonderful picturesque background. It |
| enrollment of more than 22,000 students. | | | | has over 120 buildings on 1100 acres of the |
| State University Of New York at Stony Brook | | | | beautiful New York woodland. It also has a |
| was ranked 136 out of 8300 universities by | | | | number of different student's organizations, |
| the London Times Higher Education Supplement. | | | | including honorary, academic, service |
| | | | oriented, sports and recreation, special |
| Altogether there are 32 graduate certificate | | | | interest, media, pre-professional |
| courses, 119 undergraduate degree programs, | | | | organizations and ethnical organizations. The |
| about 102 master's programs, and 40 doctoral | | | | art gallery gives an unique taste of its |
| programs offered in the Stony Brook campus of | | | | diverse art forms by its student alumni. |
| the university. There are different options | | | | |
| opened for students like Arts and Humanities, | | | | As far as recreation is concerned, the annual |
| Culture, Leadership and Service, Human | | | | strawberry festival wraps the Stony Brook |
| Development, Global Studies, Information and | | | | campus in delicious strawberry, a mixture of |
| Technology Studies, and Science and Society. | | | | food stuffs and humorous costumes. With a |
| Scientific research can be called as a trait | | | | varied taste of Educational excellence and |
| at Stony Brook University. Then, there is The | | | | co-curricular activities, the students get to |
| Marine Sciences Research Center providing a | | | | see the real phase of life thus making their |
| high class study program in oceanographic | | | | future life secure with real life experiences |
| science, meteorology and atmospheric science, | | | | and a highly renowned world class degree. |
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