Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Motto	Quaecumque sunt vera (Latin) Ὁ Λόγος πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας — Ho logos pleres charitos kai aletheias (Greek)
Motto in English	Whatsoever things are true (Philippians 4:8 AV) The word full of grace and truth (Gospel of John 1:14)
Type	Private
Established	1851
Religious affiliation	United Methodist Church (formerly)
Endowment	$10.193 billion (2015)
President	Morton O. Schapiro
Provost	Daniel I. Linzer
Academic staff	3,401 (2014)
Students	20,955 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates	8,314 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates	12,641 (Fall 2015)
Location	Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Campus	Evanston main campus, Urban, 240 acres (97 ha); Chicago campus, Urban, 25 acres (10 ha)
Colors	Purple
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Big Ten
Sports	19 varsity teams
Nickname	Wildcats
Mascot	Willie the Wildcat
Affiliations	AAU BTAA URA NAICU COFHE IAMSCU
Website	northwestern.edu

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, with campuses in Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; and Doha, Qatar. Composed of twelve schools and colleges, Northwestern offers 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.

Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans, for whom the City of Evanston is named, and eight other lawyers, businessmen and Methodist leaders. Its founding purpose was to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that today includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Instruction began in 1855; women were admitted in 1869. Today, the main campus is a 240-acre (97 ha) parcel in Evanston, along the shores of Lake Michigan 12 miles north of downtown Chicago. The university's law, medical, and professional schools are located on a 25-acre (10 ha) campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. In 2008, the university opened a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication. In 2016, Northwestern opened its San Francisco space at 44 Montgomery St., which hosts journalism, engineering, and marketing programs.

Northwestern is a large research university with a comprehensive doctoral program and attracts over $550 million in sponsored research each year. Northwestern has the eighth largest university endowment in the United States, currently valued at $10.19 billion. In 2016, the university accepted 10.7% of undergraduate applicants from a pool of 35,099. In their 2015 book Acing Admissions, Mehta and Dixit write that Northwestern University is among the Ivy Plus schools that include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University.