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Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)

Northeastern University
Northeastern University Seal
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 ICAA, Hockey East, EARC
Nickname Huskies
Mascot Paws
Affiliations AICUM
NAICU
URA
Website northeastern.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 72-98
Forbes 215
U.S. News & World Report 39
Washington Monthly 238
Global
ARWU 201-300
QS 361
Times 182
U.S. News & World Report 229

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.


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