THE CWRU CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
ABOUT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
Case Western Reserve, a leader among independent research universities, offers world-class academic programs in Cleveland's culturally vibrant University Circle.
The unique learning environment allows our students the best of the small-college experience along with the opportunities of a research university. This experience includes productive partnerships with our neighbors in Cleveland's University Circle and beyond—embracing areas as diverse as medicine, art, music, anthropology, social work, and entrepreneurship.
Case Western Reserve University is continually ranked among the country's top research universities. The university's unique history supports an experence-based approach to education and inquiry that combines arts and humanities with science and technology. Be it through a renewed commitment to diversity or its many stories of innovation, Case Western Reserve is all about improving and enriching lives and imagining and influencing the future.
UNIVERSITY CIRCLE
Case Western Reserve University is located in University Circle, a 550-acre, park-like concentration of nearly 50 cultural, medical, educational, religious, and social service institutions located at the eastern edge of the city. The area takes its name from the turn-around for the trolley that in the late 18th century linked the campus area with Cleveland's downtown.
In addition to the University, which is the largest institution in University Circle, the community includes Severance Hall, home of the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra; the Cleveland Museum of Art, housing one of the nation's finest collections; the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Art; University Hospitals of Cleveland; the Western Reserve Historical Society; the Cleveland Botanical Garden; the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; and many others. All are within walking distance of the University.
CLEVELAND
From a settlement that began more than two centuries ago on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, greater Cleveland has grown into a metropolis of more than 2 million people. The heritage of this Great Lakes port includes industrial achievement as well as cultural and scientific advances. The Cleveland area is headquarters for many of the nation's major corporations. The city is also a major banking center; the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank, one of 12 in the nation, is located here.
Health care is another thriving Cleveland industry. Dozens of hospitals and medical centers are concentrated in the area. University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic, the MetroHealth Medical Center, and others are internationally recognized for outstanding patient care and contributions to medical research.
For more historical information regarding Case, University Circle or Cleveland, visit the online version of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.