Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Latin: Collegium Dartmuthensis
Motto	Latin: Vox clamantis in deserto
Motto in English	A voice crying out in the wilderness
Type	Private research university
Established	December 13, 1769 (1769-12-13)
Endowment	$4.7 billion (2015)
President	Philip J. Hanlon
Provost	Carolyn Dever
Academic staff	734 total (Fall 2015) 582 full-time 152 part-time
Students	6,350 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates	4,307 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates	2,043 (Fall 2015)
Location	Hanover, New Hampshire, United States 43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°W / 43.70333; -72.28833Coordinates: 43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°W / 43.70333; -72.28833
Campus	Rural, college town; total 31,869 acres (128.97 km2)
Newspaper	The Dartmouth
Colors	Dartmouth Green
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Ivy League, ECAC Hockey
Sports	34 varsity teams 17 club sports 24 intramural groups
Nickname	Big Green
Affiliations	University of the Arctic Matariki Network of Universities 568 Group NAICU UPNE
Website	dartmouth.edu

Dartmouth College (/ˈdɑːrtməθ/ DART-məth) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

Following a liberal arts curriculum, the university provides undergraduate instruction in 40 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs including 57 majors in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, and enables students to design specialized majors and minors or engage in dual degree programs. Dartmouth comprises five constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business, and the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. With an undergraduate enrollment of 4,307 and a total student enrollment of 6,350, Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League.