Northwestern University

This article is about the private research university in Illinois, United States. For other uses, see Northwestern University (disambiguation).

Northwestern University
MottoQuaecumque sunt vera (Latin)
On seal: Ὁ Λόγος πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας (Greek)
Motto in English
"Whatsoever things are true" (Philippians 4:8 AV)
"The Word full of grace and truth" (John 1:14)
TypePrivate research university
EstablishedJanuary 28, 1851; 173 years ago (January 28, 1851)
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$13.7 billion (2023)[1]
Budget$2.9 billion (2022) (excluding the health system)[1]
PresidentMichael Schill
ProvostKathleen Hagerty
Academic staff
4,018 (fall 2021)[2]
Students22,801 (fall 2023)[3]
Undergraduates8,846 (fall 2023)[3]
Postgraduates13,955 (fall 2023)[3]
Location
Evanston
,
Illinois
,
United States

42°03′21″N 87°40′29″W / 42.05583°N 87.67472°W / 42.05583; -87.67472
CampusSmall city[4], 240 acres (97 ha)
Other campuses
NewspaperThe Daily Northwestern
ColorsPurple and white[5]
   
NicknameWildcats
Sporting affiliations
MascotWillie the Wildcat
Websitenorthwestern.edu
Northwestern University is located in the United States
Northwestern University
Location in the United States
Northwestern University is located in Illinois
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (Illinois)
Northwestern University is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (Chicago metropolitan area)

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois. The university has its main campus along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Chartered by the Illinois General Assembly in 1851, Northwestern was initially affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church but later became non-sectarian. By 1900, the university was the third-largest university in the United States. Northwestern became a founding member of the Big Ten Conference in 1896 and joined the Association of American Universities in 1917.

Northwestern is composed of eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools which includes Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences among others. In addition to the Evanston campus, it has campuses in downtown Chicago, Coral Gables, San Francisco, Doha, and Washington, D.C.

As of 2023, the university had an endowment of $14.1 billion, an annual budget of around $2.9 billion,[6][7] and research funding of over $1 billion.[8] The university fields 19 intercollegiate athletic teams, the Northwestern Wildcats, which compete in the NCAA Division I in the Big Ten Conference.

As of September 2020, 33 Nobel Prize laureates and 2 Fields Medalists[9] were affiliated with Northwestern as alumni or faculty. In addition, Northwestern has been associated with 47 Pulitzer Prize winners, 23 National Medal of Science winners, 11 National Humanities Medal recipients, 23 MacArthur Fellows, 20 Rhodes Scholars,[10] and 28 Marshall Scholars. Northwestern alumni also include 10 living billionaires,[11] 2 U.S. Supreme Court Justices,[12][13] and 25 Olympic medalists.

Aerial photograph of Northwestern University from Lake Michigan
  1. ^ a b As of December 2023. 2023 Financial Report (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY TENURE-LINE and FULL-TIME FACULTY BY SCHOOL FALL 2021" (PDF). Northwestern University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Northwestern University Common Data Set 2021–2022, Part B" (PDF). Northwestern University. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "IPEDS-Northwestern University". Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Color: Brand Tools Archived December 26, 2022, at the Wayback Machine – website of Northwestern University
  6. ^ "Research funding breaks through to $886 million". Northwestern Now. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "About Northwestern Research and the Office for Research". About: Research News. Northwestern University. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "Research funding tops $1 billion for first time". news.northwestern.edu. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  9. ^ "Northwestern Nobels: Northwestern Magazine – Northwestern University". northwestern.edu. Retrieved August 9, 2023.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Winning Institutions Search | The Rhodes Scholarships". rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  11. ^ Thibault, Marie. "In Pictures: Billionaire University". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Arthur J. Goldberg". Oyez. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  13. ^ "John Paul Stevens". Oyez. Retrieved August 13, 2023.