Dartmouth School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Dartmouth College

Latin: Collegium Dartmuthense
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)
Academic affiliations	University of the Arctic Matariki Network of Universities 568 Group NAICU UPNE
Endowment	$4.96 billion (2017)
President	Philip J. Hanlon
Provost	Carolyn Dever
Academic staff	750 total (Spring 2017) 594 full-time 156 part-time
Students	6,409 (Spring 2017)
Undergraduates	4,310 (Spring 2017)
Postgraduates	2,099 (Spring 2017)
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)
Colors	Dartmouth Green
Nickname	Big Green
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I – Ivy League, ECAC Hockey
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, it is the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded as a school to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life, Dartmouth primarily trained Congregationalist ministers throughout its early history before it gradually secularized, emerging at the turn of the 20th century from relative obscurity into national prominence.

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 concentrations 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. The university also has affiliations with the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, the Rockefeller Institute for Public Policy, and the Hopkins Center for the Arts. With a total student enrollment of about 6,400, Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League. Undergraduate admissions is highly competitive, with an acceptance rate of 10.4% for the Class of 2021, according to the university.