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Harvard University

Harvard University
Harvard Wreath Logo 1.svg
Latin: Universitas Harvardiana
Motto Veritas
Motto in English
Truth
Type Private research
Established 1636 (1636)
Endowment $37.6 billion
President Drew Gilpin Faust
Academic staff
4,671
Students 21,000
Undergraduates 6,700
Postgraduates 14,500
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Campus Urban
210 acres (85 ha)
Newspaper The Harvard Crimson
Colors Crimson     
Athletics NCAA Division IIvy League
Nickname Harvard Crimson
Affiliations NAICU
AICUM
AAU
URA
Website harvard.edu
Harvard University logo.PNG
University rankings
National
ARWU 1
Forbes 4
U.S. News & World Report 2
Washington Monthly 2
Global
ARWU 1
QS 3
Times 6
U.S. News & World Report 1

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636, whose history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the world's most prestigious universities.

Established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard (its first benefactor), Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, and the Harvard Corporation (formally, the President and Fellows of Harvard College) is its first chartered corporation. Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, the early College primarily trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, and by the 19th century Harvard had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston elites. Following the American Civil War, President Charles W. Eliot's long tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern research university; Harvard was a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900.James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after the war. The undergraduate college became coeducational after its 1977 merger with Radcliffe College.


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