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Delaware University

University of Delaware
University of Delaware Seal.svg
Latin: Universitas Delavariensis
Motto Scientia Sol Mentis Est (Latin)
Motto in English
Knowledge is the light of the mind
Type Private/Public hybrid
Land grant
Sea Grant
Space Grant
Established 1743
Endowment $1.262 billion (2016)
President Dennis Assanis
Academic staff
1,172 (2012)
Administrative staff
4,004
Students 22,852 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 18,353 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates 4,499 (Fall 2015)
Location Newark, Delaware, U.S.
Campus Suburban 2,311 acres
Colors Delaware blue, Delaware yellow
         
Athletics NCAA Division I FCS
Sports 21 varsity teams
Nickname Fightin' Blue Hens
Mascot YoUDee
Affiliations MAISA, Colonial Athletic Association
Website www.udel.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 62–71
Forbes 137
U.S. News & World Report 79
Washington Monthly 95
Global
ARWU 151–200
QS 411-420
Times 201-250
U.S. News & World Report 271

USNWR graduate school rankings

Education 37
Engineering 54

USNWR departmental rankings

Chemical Engineering 9
Chemistry 60
City Management & Urban Policy 12
Clinical Psychology 47
Computer Science 70
Criminology 16
Earth Sciences 69
English 63
History 64
Mathematics 73
Physics 77
Physical Therapy 2
Psychology 67
Public Affairs 37
Sociology 64

The University of Delaware (colloquially "UD") is the largest university in Delaware. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes, and Georgetown. It is considered a large institution with approximately 18,500 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students. UD is a privately governed university which receives public funding for being a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant and urban-grant state-supported research institution.

UD is classified as a research university with very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The university's programs in engineering, science, business, hospitality management, education, urban affairs and public policy, public administration, agriculture, history, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemistry and biochemistry have been highly ranked with some drawing from the historically strong presence of the nation's chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the state of Delaware, such as DuPont and W. L. Gore and Associates. It is one of only four schools in North America with a major in art conservation. In 1923, UD was the first American university to offer a study abroad program.

The school from which the university grew was founded in 1743, making it one of the oldest in the nation. However, UD was not chartered as an institution of higher learning until 1833. Its original class of ten students included George Read, Thomas McKean, and James Smith, all three of whom would go on to sign the Declaration of Independence.


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