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Washington University in Saint Louis

Washington University in St. Louis
WashU St. Louis seal.svg
Latin: Universitas Washingtoniana
Former names
Eliot Seminary
(1853–1854)
Washington Institute
(1854–1856)
Motto Per veritatem vis (Latin)
Motto in English
Strength through truth
Type Private
Established February 22, 1853 (1853-02-22)
Endowment $6.462 billion ((2016)
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
Provost Holden Thorp
Academic staff
3,645 (Fall 2015)
Administrative staff
10,623 (Fall 2015)
Students 14,842 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 7,543
Postgraduates 7,299
Address One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
(314) 935-6000
(800) 638-0700
, U.S.
38°38′53″N 90°18′18″W / 38.648°N 90.305°W / 38.648; -90.305Coordinates: 38°38′53″N 90°18′18″W / 38.648°N 90.305°W / 38.648; -90.305
Campus Urban
346.5 acres (0.54 sq mi; 140.22 ha)
1,966.5 acres (3.07 sq mi; 795.81 ha) at Tyson Research Center
Newspaper Student Life
Colors Red and Green
         
Athletics NCAA Division IIIUAA
Nickname Bears
Website www.wustl.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 17
Forbes 60
U.S. News & World Report 19
Washington Monthly 40
Global
ARWU 23
QS 106
Times 57
U.S. News & World Report 26

Washington University in St. Louis (also referred to as WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 19th by U.S. News & World Report and 11th by the Wall Street Journal in 2016. The university is ranked 23rd in the world in 2016 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Washington University is made up of seven graduate and undergraduate schools that encompass a broad range of academic fields. To prevent confusion over its location, the Board of Trustees added the phrase "in St. Louis" in 1976.

Washington University was conceived by 17 St. Louis business, political, and religious leaders concerned by the lack of institutions of higher learning in the Midwest. Missouri State Senator Wayman Crow and Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, grandfather of the poet T.S. Eliot, led the effort.

The university's first chancellor was Joseph Gibson Hoyt. Crow secured the university charter from the Missouri General Assembly in 1853, and Eliot was named President of the Board of Trustees. Early on, Eliot solicited support from members of the local business community, including John O'Fallon, but Eliot failed to secure a permanent endowment. Washington University is unusual among major American universities in not having had a prior financial endowment. The institution had no backing of a religious organization, single wealthy patron, or earmarked government support.


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