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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago, founded in 1890 with major funding from John D. Rockefeller, built its reputation on an unusually rigorous, discussion-based "Core Curriculum" that requires students across every major to spend roughly a third of their coursework on shared classes in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences before specializing. The university's economics department became so closely associated with free-market theory during the mid-20th century that "Chicago School" economics became a globally recognized term, and UChicago faculty and alumni have won more Nobel Prizes in economics than any other university in the world. UChicago's famously intense, discussion-heavy academic culture has earned it an unofficial reputation, embraced by many students themselves, as "where fun goes to die" — a self-deprecating motto that reflects the university's deliberate emphasis on rigorous intellectual engagement over the more socially oriented campus culture at some peer institutions. The university's Hyde Park campus on Chicago's South Side, and its close institutional relationship with the nearby Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratories, give UChicago researchers direct access to major national physics and energy research infrastructure well beyond what the university's own campus facilities alone would provide.
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University, founded in 1851 by a group of Methodist businessmen and named for the Northwest Territory it was chartered to serve, has grown into one of the country's top research universities, with a Evanston campus directly on Lake Michigan just north of Chicago. The Medill School of Journalism is consistently ranked among the best journalism programs in the country, and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management similarly ranks among the top business schools nationally, giving the university unusually strong programs in both media and business that draw on its proximity to Chicago's corporate and media industries. Northwestern's combination of Big Ten athletics, an elite academic reputation, and a lakefront suburban campus close to a major city has made it one of the more distinctive elite research universities — competing academically with the Ivy League while also fielding Division I sports teams in one of the country's most competitive athletic conferences. The university's theater and performance studies programs have produced a disproportionate share of working film, television, and stage actors relative to the size of the program, giving Northwestern an entertainment-industry pipeline that rivals dedicated conservatory programs despite being embedded within a large comprehensive research university.
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