Stevens University
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| Motto | Per aspera ad astra (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Through adversity to the stars |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1870 |
| Endowment | $158.7 million (2016) |
| President | Nariman Farvardin |
| Provost | Christophe Pierre |
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Academic staff
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291 full-time 149 part-time |
| Students | 6,125 |
| Undergraduates | 2,892 |
| Postgraduates | 3,233 |
| Location | Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Campus | Urban, 55 acres (0.22 km2) |
| Colors |
Stevens Red Gray |
| Athletics |
Division III – Empire 8, ECAC MAISA |
| Nickname | Ducks |
| Affiliations |
NAICU AITU AACSB |
| Sports | 26 varsity teams |
| Mascot | Attila the Duck |
| Website | www.stevens.edu |
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 Stevens Institute of Technology Campus Tour, Wanda Kaluza, November 8, 2014, 3:57 |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 212 (as of 2016) |
| U.S. News & World Report | 69 |
| Washington Monthly | 166 |
| Global | |
| QS | 601-650 |
| Times | 184 |
Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. The university also has a satellite location in Washington, D.C.. Incorporated in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States, and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical engineering. The campus encompasses Castle Point, the highest point in Hoboken, and several other buildings around the city.
Founded from an 1868 bequest from Edwin Augustus Stevens, enrollment at Stevens includes more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students representing 47 states and 60 countries throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. The university is home to three national Centers of Excellence as designated by the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Two members of the Stevens community, as alumni or faculty, have been awarded the Nobel Prize: Frederick Reines (class of 1939), in Physics, and Irving Langmuir (Chemistry faculty 1906–1909), in chemistry.
Dr. Nariman Farvardin is the seventh president of Stevens. He took office on July 1, 2011.
Stevens Institute of Technology is named after a family of accomplished inventors and engineers who also oversaw the development of Hoboken from an old farm into a thriving city. In 1784, the land now occupied by Stevens Institute of Technology was purchased by John Stevens, who would later reverse engineer the British steam locomotive to American standards for domestic manufacture. This innovation would be employed by ferries to Manhattan which still run from Hoboken's piers.Robert Stevens, one of John's sons, invented the flanged T rail, a form of railroad rail in prevalent use today including from the Lackawanna Terminal of Hoboken whose docks are also in a style designed by Robert. Along with his brother Edwin A. Stevens, Robert created America's first commercial railroad presently operating as a large portion of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.
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