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Northwestern University

Private university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

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academic calendar type	academic quarter
admission rate	0.09 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.52 point in time: 2020
area	971,000 square metre
athletics program	Northwestern Wildcats
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority graduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Northwestern University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Northwestern University faculty
chairperson	Morton O. Schapiro start time: 2009; end time: 2022
child organization or unit	Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies Northwestern University School of Communication Bienen School of Music Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Northwestern University Graduate School Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy Medill School of Journalism Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Northwestern University in Qatar International Institute for Nanotechnology Northwestern University Library Building Committee start time: 12 July 1962; end time: 1970s Northwestern University Library Planning Committee start time: 10 May 1961; end time: 22 June 1962; latest date: 12 July 1962
color	Purple white
Commons category	Northwestern University
Commons gallery	Northwestern University
coordinate location	42.0565, -87.6753
count of students	15,000 point in time: unknown 22,448 point in time: 2019 20,360 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country	United States
described by source	The New Student's Reference Work statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/Northwestern University
different from	Northwestern University
donations	265,414,664 United States dollar point in time: 2012 331,106,325 United States dollar point in time: 2013 625,656,043 United States dollar point in time: 2014 501,895,829 United States dollar point in time: 2015 457,650,977 United States dollar point in time: 2016 395,669,600 United States dollar point in time: 2017 373,724,245 United States dollar point in time: 2018 351,726,297 United States dollar point in time: 2019 361,701,672 United States dollar point in time: 2020 448,339,219 United States dollar point in time: 2021 545,275,891 United States dollar point in time: 2023 434,258,008 United States dollar point in time: 2022 500,396,039 United States dollar point in time: 2024
employees	2,500 point in time: unknown 3,915 applies to part: academic staff; point in time: 2019 10,438 point in time: September 2020
endowment	11,091,516,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2019 14,121,488,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 14,958,441,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
grants	Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
has characteristic	Governo Menabrea
has list	list of Northwestern University buildings
has part(s)	Northwestern University Libraries object of statement has role: academic library Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law object of statement has role: law school The Block Museum of Art object of statement has role: art museum
headquarters location	Evanston
image	Northwestern Arch.jpg media legend: ''The Arch'', entrée principale de l'université Northwestern sur le campus d'Evanston. (fr)
inception	1851
industry	higher education
instance of	private university private not-for-profit educational institution research institute
language used	English
league or competition	pupa Free Cinema
located in the administrative territorial entity	Evanston Cook County
location	Evanston
logo image	Northwestern University.png
mascot	Willie the Wildcat
member of	Consortium of Social Science Associations Shibboleth Consortium arXiv point in time: 2021 ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Association of American Universities start time: 1917 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2022 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Coalition for Networked Information Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition National Digital Stewardship Alliance Council on Governmental Relations
motto text	Quaecumque sunt vera (la)
named after	Northwest Territory
native label	Northwestern University
official name	Northwestern University
on focus list of Wikimedia project	WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries
owner of	Ryan Field Northwestern University Press Norris University Center Northwestern Field Old College Patten Gymnasium Rocky Miller Park University Hall WNUR-FM Welsh–Ryan Arena Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts
position held by head of the organization	President of Northwestern University
postal code	60208 Illinois 60201
published in	New International Encyclopedia
ranking	29 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 25 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 22 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 26 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 27 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015 28 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012 29 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008 29 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005 33 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006 29 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 34 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022 30 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 33 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024 30 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 47 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 32 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 27 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 29 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 34 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 32 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 26 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 28 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 34 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 31 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 29 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 50 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 42 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 30 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025
replaces	Evanston College for Ladies
review score	4.6/5 review score by: Google Maps; point in time: 31 March 2022; number of reviews/ratings: 610 user rating
significant event	mixed-sex education start time: 1869
social media followers	66,859 point in time: 4 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 33639255 15,900 point in time: 2 July 2021; YouTube channel ID: UCJEiIxcZVfCpQ9zWQxPJWbA 71,462 point in time: 9 January 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 33639255 18,500 point in time: 17 March 2022; YouTube channel ID: UCJEiIxcZVfCpQ9zWQxPJWbA 76,230 point in time: 11 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 33639255 20,700 point in time: 17 February 2023; YouTube channel ID: UCJEiIxcZVfCpQ9zWQxPJWbA 13,257 point in time: 25 May 2023; subreddit: northwestern 23,400 point in time: 14 January 2024; YouTube channel ID: UCJEiIxcZVfCpQ9zWQxPJWbA 4 point in time: 12 February 2024; point in time: 16 March 2024; point in time: 11 April 2024; Mastodon address: northwesternu@mstdn.social 26,700 point in time: 1 February 2025; YouTube channel ID: UCJEiIxcZVfCpQ9zWQxPJWbA
street address	633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208 Illinois 60201 Evanston
topic has template	Template:Northwestern University object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
topic's main category	Category:Northwestern University
total assets	15,855,683,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 9,839,073,934 United States dollar point in time: 2012 10,889,523,081 United States dollar point in time: 2013 12,773,853,117 United States dollar point in time: 2014 13,433,515,174 United States dollar point in time: 2015 13,658,756,847 United States dollar point in time: 2016 14,485,530,707 United States dollar point in time: 2017 15,469,351,745 United States dollar point in time: 2018 15,193,337,485 United States dollar point in time: 2019 19,369,511,926 United States dollar point in time: 2021 18,481,250,303 United States dollar point in time: 2023 18,624,987,614 United States dollar point in time: 2022 19,217,819,256 United States dollar point in time: 2024
total revenue	2,319,535,916 United States dollar point in time: 2012 2,885,933,026 United States dollar point in time: 2013 2,895,842,638 United States dollar point in time: 2014 2,924,436,906 United States dollar point in time: 2015 2,833,160,505 United States dollar point in time: 2016 2,955,151,358 United States dollar point in time: 2017 3,143,787,745 United States dollar point in time: 2018 3,108,297,108 United States dollar point in time: 2019 3,140,527,328 United States dollar point in time: 2020 3,678,521,388 United States dollar point in time: 2021 3,319,115,351 United States dollar point in time: 2023 4,010,424,246 United States dollar point in time: 2022 4,177,750,770 United States dollar point in time: 2024

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Vatican Library ID (former scheme)	ADV10013369
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