An introduction The University of Chicago is one of the world's great intellectual communities and centers of learning. It has achieved particular distinction through faculty scholarship, the training of graduate students and an undergraduate education that emphasizes critical thinking and broad, interdisciplinary exposure to the common wisdom of mankind.
Few institutions are as well-known for advancing knowledge.
The first three Americans to win the Nobel Prize in physics were all University faculty members. More than 70 recipients of the Nobel Prize have been students, researchers or faculty members here. Chicago is also the nation's most celebrated teacher of teachers, and curricula throughout the country have been influenced by the University's emphasis on broad humanistic and scientific undergraduate education. Chicago's faculty and students are regularly honored for their achievements. NASA's newest orbiting telescope recently was named after a pioneering University astrophysicist, the late Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.