Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Habitat
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Industrial Development
International Law
International Security
Justice
Labour
Least Developed Countries
Micro-Credit
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Peace and Security
Private Sector
Science and Technology
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Trade and Development
Water
Women/gender Equality
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Population distribution and internal migration
Population growth
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Social Development:
Cooperative
Employment
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1852 |
| Organizational structure: |
Tufts is guided by a Board of Overseers and incorporates undergraduate and graduate degree programs, five schools of specialized graduate study, and a number of cross-schools, centers, and institutes. Tufts undergraduate school is composed to two branches, the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering. Both the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering offer graduate programs as well. The five Tufts graduate/professional schools are as follows: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; the Tufts University School of Medicine; the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Important institutes and research centers at Tufts include the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging; the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service; the Feinstein International Center; the Institute for Global Leadership; Tufts Gordon Institute; Tufts Institute of the Environment; and the Experimental College |
| Number and type of members: |
Tufts University has 4,963 employees, including 1,531 faculty members. Tufts serves 11,489 students (including 5,508 undergraduates and 5,981 graduates and professionals). More than 1,700 international students come from 115 countries. Anthony P. Monaco is the 13th President of Tufts University. The Fletcher School has 85 faculty members (41 full‐time faculty and 44 part‐time faculty). A 38-member Advisory Board consists of international leaders who support and promote the work of Fletcher. Ian Johnstone, Professor of International Law, currently serves as Dean ad Interim. Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, has been named the 14th dean of The Fletcher School; she will start on October 1, 2019. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
The Talloires Network |
| Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Fees for education and training services
Other sources
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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