Motto | Hebrew: אמת, romanized: Emet (Truth) |
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Motto in English | "Truth even unto its innermost parts"[1] |
Type | Private research university |
Established | October 20, 1948[2] |
Founder | Israel Goldstein and Albert Einstein |
Accreditation | NECHE |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $1.22 billion (2023)[4] |
President | Ronald D. Liebowitz |
Provost | Carol Fierke |
Academic staff | 544 (2021)[5] |
Administrative staff | 1,314 (2021)[5] |
Students | 5,581 (2022) |
Undergraduates | 3,687 (2022)[6] |
Postgraduates | 1,894 (2022)[6] |
Location | , , United States 42°21′56″N 71°15′35″W / 42.365664°N 71.259742°W |
Campus | Small city[7], 235 acres (95 ha)[5] |
Newspaper | |
Colors | Blue[8] |
Nickname | Judges |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | The Judge and Ollie the Owl (named for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.) |
Website | www |
Brandeis University (/ˈbrændaɪs/) is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located within the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian, coeducational University, Brandeis was established on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named after Louis Brandeis, a former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Brandeis is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity"[9] and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[10] The university has been a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) since 1985. In 2018, it had a total enrollment of 5,800 students on a campus of 235 acres (95 hectares).[5] The university has a liberal arts focus.
Alumni and faculty of the university have included Nobel Prize laureate Roderick MacKinnon, Fields Medalist Edward Witten, and co-creators of the television show Friends David Crane and Marta Kauffman.