Northern Illinois University is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, founded in 1895 by Governor John P. Altgeld as the Northern Illinois State Normal School. It became Northern Illinois State Teachers College in 1921 and Northern Illinois University in 1957. It has seven degree-granting colleges, more than 60 undergraduate majors and 24 areas of doctoral study, and enrolls about 16,000 students. It has satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford and Oregon, Illinois. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is a federally recognized National Resource Center, and the Huskies compete in NCAA Division I.
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NIU uses a test-blind policy for freshman admission and merit scholarships. Applicants with a cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 or higher are guaranteed admission.
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1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL, Illinois, United States
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