Northeastern University (Boston)

Northeastern University

Motto	Lux, Veritas, Virtus (Latin)
Motto in English	Light, Truth, Courage
Type	Private
Established	1898 (1898)
Endowment	$693.0 million (2016)
President	Joseph Aoun
Academic staff	1,660 (Fall 2016)
Students	25,466 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	17,923 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates	7,543 (Fall 2016)
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. 42°20′20″N 71°05′25″W / 42.338889°N 71.090278°W / 42.338889; -71.090278Coordinates: 42°20′20″N 71°05′25″W / 42.338889°N 71.090278°W / 42.338889; -71.090278
Campus	Urban, 73 acres
Colors	Northeastern Red      Warm Gray      Black
Athletics	NCAA Division I – CAA, Hockey East, EARC
Nickname	Huskies
Affiliations	AICUM NAICU UPNE URA
Mascot	Paws
Website	www.northeastern.edu

Northeastern University (NU, formerly NEU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 1898. It is categorized as an R1 institution (Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus in the Fenway-Kenmore, Roxbury, South End, and Back Bay neighborhoods of Boston. The university has satellite campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina; Seattle, Washington; and San Jose, California that exclusively offer graduate degrees. An additional satellite campus opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in late 2016. The university's enrollment is approximately 18,000 undergraduate students and 7,000 graduate students.

Northeastern features a cooperative education program, more commonly known as "co-op", that integrates classroom study with professional experience and contains over 3,100 partners across all seven continents. The program has been a key part of Northeastern's curriculum of experiential learning for more than a hundred years and is one of the largest co-op/internship programs in the world. The program is a vital experience for Northeastern students and has helped distinguish the university from other universities in the academic world. Northeastern also has a comprehensive study abroad program that spans more than 170 universities and colleges.