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Brown University

Private university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.08 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.62 point in time: 2020
API endpoint URL	https://sso.brown.edu/idp/shibboleth protocol: Shibboleth
athletics program	Brown Bears
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, medium, highly residential arts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Brown University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Brown University faculty
child organization or unit	Watson School for International and Public Affairs Women Writers Project Brown University Library Brown University Graduate School Brown University School of Engineering Ladd Observatory Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Alpert Medical School Brown University School of Public Health Annenberg Institute at Brown University
coat of arms	Coat of arms of Brown University
coat of arms image	Brown Coat of Arms.svg
Commons category	Brown University
Commons gallery	Brown University
coordinate location	41.8261, -71.4031
count of students	10,333 point in time: 2019 10,338 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country	United States
described by source	The American Cyclopædia statement is subject of: The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Brown University
donations	284,564,529 United States dollar point in time: 2011 336,516,571 United States dollar point in time: 2012 331,829,666 United States dollar point in time: 2013 337,680,866 United States dollar point in time: 2014 336,481,435 United States dollar point in time: 2015 377,081,968 United States dollar point in time: 2016 386,783,998 United States dollar point in time: 2017 474,642,932 United States dollar point in time: 2018 495,032,643 United States dollar point in time: 2019 444,957,133 United States dollar point in time: 2020 545,189,061 United States dollar point in time: 2021 608,598,931 United States dollar point in time: 2022 671,560,189 United States dollar point in time: 2023 659,667,235 United States dollar point in time: 2024
employees	4,654 point in time: September 2020
endowment	4,377,466,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 6,141,243,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 6,520,175,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
founder	James Manning John Brown Moses Brown Morgan Edwards
funder	Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to enable Costs of War's research and dissemination in support of accountability, the promotion of peace, and the protection of civilians and human rights Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 299,350 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's work to study safe consumption sites for people who use drugs in the United States Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support Cost of War’s research and dissemination on the costs of current U.S. national security strategy Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide support to Costs of War’s ongoing campaign to educate the public and policymakers about the budgetary, human, and political costs of the ongoing U.S. post-9/11 wars Open Society Foundations point in time: 2019; prize money: 200,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's Climate and Development Lab in developing a decarbonization plan for New England Open Society Foundations point in time: 2019; prize money: 105,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support research and dissemination on the costs of current U.S. national security strategy Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support dissemination of research by the Costs of War Project at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to hold a small workshop at the Brown University Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, on April 22, 2016
graduation rate	0.96 multiplier of normal graduation time: 1.5
has part(s)	Brown University Library Brown University Department of Physics
headquarters location	Providence country: United States; postal code: 02912; Songkick venue ID: 43624; street address: 1 Prospect Street
image	Manning Chapel.jpg media legend: Hope College (til venstre) er fra 1822, mens Manning Hall (til høyre) er fra 1834 (nb)
inception	1765
industry	higher education
instance of	private university research university colonial colleges private not-for-profit educational institution academic publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2a03:b600:648::/107
language used	English
legal form	Q130264551
located in the administrative territorial entity	Providence
logo image	Brown University logo.svg
member of	Ivy League ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Association of Research Libraries Consortium of Social Science Associations arXiv point in time: 2021 Northeast University Semiconductor Network start time: 2023 Association of American Universities start time: 1933 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2022 Coalition for Networked Information Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Council on Governmental Relations
motto text	In Deo Speramus (la) literal translation: In God We Trust
named after	Nicholas Brown, Jr.
normal graduation time	4 year applies to part: undergraduate education
official map URL	https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Facilities_Management/maps/ https://m.brown.edu/map
official website	https://www.brown.edu/ language of work or name: English
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 point in time: 31 October 2022 Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
owner of	Brown Stadium Meehan Auditorium Murray Stadium Stevenson Field Oliver Hazard Perry The Brown Noser
postal code	02912
ranking	99 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022 98 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 84 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 90 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 75 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015 74 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 67 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013 65 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012 65 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010 65 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011 71 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008 49 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003 82 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004 86 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005 85 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006 70 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007 60 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 73 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 63 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 42 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 47 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 52 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 49 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 49 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 53 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 56 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 57 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 60 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 79 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 69 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 65 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
seal image	Brown seal.svg
significant event	mixed-sex education start time: 1892
social media followers	199,478 point in time: 6 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14884486 189,269 point in time: 28 May 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14884486 211,729 point in time: 25 February 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14884486 65,300 point in time: 3 August 2022; YouTube channel ID: UCjnWysJh9-r9wo82zlbMT3A 228,788 point in time: 5 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14884486 74,800 point in time: 15 January 2024; YouTube channel ID: UCjnWysJh9-r9wo82zlbMT3A 79,300 point in time: 25 January 2025; YouTube channel ID: UCjnWysJh9-r9wo82zlbMT3A
street address	One Prospect Street, Providence, RI, 02912
topic has template	Template:Brown University object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
topic's main category	Category:Brown University Category:Brown University faculty
total assets	6,894,193,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 4,167,220,800 United States dollar point in time: 2011 4,137,082,720 United States dollar point in time: 2012 4,397,600,917 United States dollar point in time: 2013 4,896,703,269 United States dollar point in time: 2014 5,103,251,337 United States dollar point in time: 2015 4,975,814,069 United States dollar point in time: 2016 5,349,852,480 United States dollar point in time: 2017 5,776,361,953 United States dollar point in time: 2018 6,193,056,294 United States dollar point in time: 2019 9,768,989,460 United States dollar point in time: 2021 9,240,581,030 United States dollar point in time: 2022 9,401,196,408 United States dollar point in time: 2023 10,038,579,738 United States dollar point in time: 2024
total revenue	920,552,777 United States dollar point in time: 2011 845,977,325 United States dollar point in time: 2012 1,030,235,476 United States dollar point in time: 2013 1,100,952,729 United States dollar point in time: 2014 1,080,375,719 United States dollar point in time: 2015 1,105,267,335 United States dollar point in time: 2016 1,268,115,085 United States dollar point in time: 2017 1,331,598,997 United States dollar point in time: 2018 1,590,495,113 United States dollar point in time: 2019 1,482,840,270 United States dollar point in time: 2020 2,168,375,421 United States dollar point in time: 2021 1,790,921,493 United States dollar point in time: 2022 1,585,724,817 United States dollar point in time: 2023 1,645,616,164 United States dollar point in time: 2024
tuition fee	60,944 United States dollar point in time: 2021

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