The University of Delaware, referred to as UD or UDel, is located in Newark, Delaware, in the eastern United States. It is one of the oldest first-class public research universities in the United States, the "public Ivy League University" in the United States, the "ultra-high research university" of Carnegie Education Foundation, and the first-class national university in the United States. It was rated as one of the best universities by Princeton Review.

It is the first higher education institution in Delaware and the first school in the United States to offer overseas study programs. The school was founded in 1743, formerly known as Newark College, and officially renamed the University of Delaware in 192 1, also known as the University of Delaware.

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The university is located in Newark, Delaware, 0/2 mile from Wilmington/Kloc and 30 miles from Philadelphia. This is a quiet, safe and friendly university town with a population of 30,000. Newark takes only two hours to Washington, D.C. and new york, and only one hour to Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Newark has a large park of about 50 square kilometers. Tieshan Park is in the south, Feier Mountain Natural Resources Management Area is in the west, and Bainixi Reserve is in the north. There is also the Zhongrun Valley Nature Reserve. These parks can provide a lot of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding opportunities for Newark residents.