Lehigh University (LU) is located in the beautiful Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, Lehigh University is one of the best private research universities in the country. The founder of Lehigh University is a businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Asa Packer, who donated $ 500,000 to create a new university that will serve as the “intellectual and moral improvement” of young men from the Lehigh Valley. Over the course of a century and a half, the university has become one of the most respected institutions of higher education in the country, and its graduates have become world famous. Among the most famous are the heads of Ford and Chrysler corporations, the organizer of the construction of the giant locks of the Panama Canal, as well as leaders and innovators in the world of business, engineering, politics, art, education, space research and many other areas.

The university, which began its activity as a place to study 39 young scientists, is now a thriving, recognized world university with more than 4,600 students and 2,000 postgraduates. The average class size at the university is 29 people. It is worth noting that 43% of students have international experience, and almost half of them include applied work, such as internships or research. Exchange programs allow students and teachers to improve their knowledge, develop in science, and study the experience of the world's foremost scientists. Among the popular educational programs of the university:

A distinctive feature of the research culture of the university is the focus on interdisciplinary research, encouraging teachers, staff and students from different fields of study to work in close cooperation, inspiring each other for new discoveries. The following interdisciplinary research institutes have been established at Lehigh University: