Research university

federernadal
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:29:10 +0000

So I’ve been reading about some state universities. I’ve read some state universities write about 2 million dollar grants and all, but I don’t quite comprehend this.

By ‘research university’, does it mean all we will be doing is trying to analyze things like a recent development in the human fungus in class? Will we have normal classes where 50 people sit in a class and the professor teaches calculus?

What exactly does this mean? How does a ‘research university’ differ from a ‘non-research university’?

Oh, and what kind of research is there for Mechanical Engineering?

Thanks!