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Former name | Northrop Aeronautical Institute (1942 to March 1959) Northrop Institute of Technology (March 1959 to 1974) |
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| Type | Private |
| Active | November 1945–1991 |
| Founder | Jack Northrop |
Parent institution | Northrop Aircraft |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Officer in charge | James L. McKinley, director (1946) |
| President | B.J. Shell (1972-1989) John Beljan (1989-1991) |
| Address | 1108 West Arbor Vitae Street , , , 90306 , United States |
| Campus | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Northrop University, formerly Northrop Institute of Technology and Northrop Aeronautical Institute, was a private for-profit college in Inglewood, California, focused on aviation, engineering, science, mathematics, and computing. It was established in the 1940s as one of the earliest examples of a corporate university.[1] It operated from 1946 to 1991.[2][3]
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