Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)

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 2015)
Students	24,944 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates	17,990 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates	6,954 (Fall 2015)
Location	Boston, MA, 02115, USA 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
Mascot	Paws
Affiliations	AICUM NAICU URA
Website	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 campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, Seattle, Washington, and Silicon Valley, California that exclusively offer graduate degrees. An additional satellite campus will open in Toronto, 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 that integrates classroom study with professional experience on seven continents and a comprehensive study abroad program. In 2011, the university opened the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security. The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex will open in early 2017.

Northeastern is a large, highly residential university. Most students choose to live on campus but upperclassmen have the option to live off campus. More than 75% of Northeastern students receive some form of financial aid. In the 2015–16 school year, the university offered $239 million in grant and scholarship assistance.