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Hampton University is a four-year, private, coed liberal arts institution that was founded in 1868 as Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute to educate former slaves who had gathered behind the Union line on the Virginia Peninsula. Its original purpose was to train selected blacks who would then teach and lead their people. Postsecondary-level programs were instituted in 1922, the first bachelor’s degree was awarded in 1926, and graduate school began in 1928.
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Founded in 1868, Hampton University is a leading historically black university (HBCU) located on the Tidewater Peninsula in Hampton, Virginia. It is a privately endowed, co-educational, nonsectarian institution. The Department of Architecture is housed within the School of Engineering and Technology and has 165 students and 8 full-time faculty. The 5 ½-year degree program leads to the Master of Architecture first professional degree, and is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
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Hampton University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master's, education specialist and doctorate levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Hampton University. The Commission requests that it be contacted only if there is sufficient evidence that appears to support an institution's significant non-compliance with a requirement or standard.
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Hampton University was recently awarded a $440,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The grant, Environmental Oncology Partnership, was awarded to the HU Schools of Pharmacy and Science in collaboration with the University of Pittsburg Cancer Institute (UPCI).
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Getting In: Getting into Hampton University has been described as being "moderately difficult." Black Excel agrees. In one recent year, 7,211 applicants applied and only 3,200 were accepted (1,181 chose to enroll). In the near future, HU’s acceptance rate will probably remain between 50-52%, if not drop lower.
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In 1878, Hampton established a formal education program for Native Americans, beginning the Institute's lasting commitment to serving a multicultural population. Recent initiatives have proven unsuccessful in renewing the interest of indigenous people in Hampton. (Virginia has two reservations, and a growing number of recognized Native American tribes). There are a number of grave markers in the university cemetery that display the diversity of tribes that attended the school.
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