Harvard university is the oldest university in the usa. The university started in 1636 and it got its name two years later when john harvard died and gave a library to the university. Sine then,the university has grown and harvard has become one of the most famous university in the world. Now people all over the world have heard about harvard. Many famous people studied at harvard,including the poet T.S eliot. the president Barack obama and the actress natalie portman. Many harvard students have won nobel prizes.Education at harvard has changed a lot over its history. Charles eliot,president of harvard from 1869-1909,made the biggest changes for example,before eliot was president,students didn't take entrance exam. Today,thousands of students want to study at harvard but only about 10% of them pass the entrance exam. Harvard os not all about education. Sport and culture and also very important. Twenty-first-century student work hard and play hard.