Tufts University

Tufts University

Latin: Universitas Tuftensis
Former names	Tufts College (1852–1954)
Motto	Pax et Lux (Latin)
Motto in English	Peace and Light
Type	Private non-profit
Established	1852
Endowment	$1.593 billion (2015)
Chairman	Peter R. Dolan
President	Anthony P. Monaco
Provost	David R. Harris
Academic staff	1,423 (fall 2015; full-time)
Students	10,659 (fall 2015)
Undergraduates	5,216 (fall 2015)
Postgraduates	5,443 (fall 2015)
Location	Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. 42°24′22″N 71°07′12″W / 42.406°N 71.120°W / 42.406; -71.120Coordinates: 42°24′22″N 71°07′12″W / 42.406°N 71.120°W / 42.406; -71.120
Campus	Urban, total 150 acres (0.61 km2)
Student newspaper	The Tufts Daily
Colors	Tufts Blue and brown
Athletics	NCAA Division III – NESCAC
Nickname	Jumbos
Mascot	Jumbo the Elephant
Affiliations	URA AICUM NAICU UPNE
Website	www.tufts.edu

Tufts University is a private research university incorporated in the municipality of Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Tufts College was founded in 1852 by Christian Universalists who worked for years to open a non-sectarian institution of higher learning.Charles Tufts donated the land for the campus on Walnut Hill, the highest point in Medford, saying that he wanted to set a "light on the hill." The name was changed to Tufts University in 1954, although the corporate name remains "the Trustees of Tufts College." For more than a century, Tufts was a small New England liberal arts college. The French American nutritionist and former professor at the Harvard School of Public Health Jean Mayer became president of Tufts in the late 1970s and, through a series of rapid acquisitions, transformed the school into a larger research university.

The university is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate degree programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and the French Alps. The university emphasizes active citizenship and public service in all of its disciplines and is known for its internationalism and study abroad programs. Among its schools is the United States' oldest graduate school of international relations, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts offers art programs affiliated with a major museum, the Museum of Fine Arts. The University offers joint undergraduate degree programs with the New England Conservatory, and the Sciences Po Paris with additional programs with the University of Paris, University of Oxford and constituents of the University of London. Some of its programs have affiliations with the nearby institutions of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).