Western Carolina University

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instance of	university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1889
short name	WCU
academic calendar type	semester

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	North Carolina
location	Cullowhee · postal code: 28723 · street address: Highway 107
street address	Highway 107, Cullowhee, NC, 28723-9646
postal code	28723-9646
coordinate location	35.3110, -83.1840
official website	https://www.wcu.edu · language of work or name: English

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	master's colleges and universities: larger programs high undergraduate research doctoral: single program - education four-year, medium, primarily residential four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

parent organization or unit	University of North Carolina
affiliation	University of North Carolina
member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities
athletics program	Western Carolina Catamounts

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Ramsey Regional Activity Center in Cullowhee, NC.jpg
logo image	Western Carolina University Logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (7)

Commons category	Western Carolina University
topic's main category	Category:Western Carolina University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Western Carolina University alumni
described by source	Open GLAM Survey · 3 April 2021
API endpoint URL	http://fs.wcu.edu/adfs/services/trust · protocol: Shibboleth
content partnership category	Category:Media contributed by Western Carolina University
social media followers	20,930 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16349298 · 6 February 2023 5,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCRPpniqemwSaBOE0OWwKZoA · 22 February 2025 Earlier figures (2) 20,432 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16349298 · 27 February 2022 19,469 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16349298 · 4 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (32)

ARWU university ID	western-carolina-university
BaGLAMa GID	725
Crunchbase organization ID	western-carolina-university
Facebook username	WesternCarolinaUniversity
Freebase ID	/m/01chgb
GND ID	5019390-9
GRID ID	grid.268170.a
Instagram username	western_carolina · Instagram numeric ID: 215454208
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	200004
ISNI	0000000107220389
J9U entity ID	987013316975705171
KISTI ID	K000208379
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n81094163
LinkedIn company or organization ID	western-carolina-university
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	103406327
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100007176
openMLOL author ID	166869
OpenStreetMap relation ID	8408116
Quora topic ID	Western-Carolina-University
Ringgold ID	2739 · subject named as: Western Carolina University
ROR ID	010h78f45
SEVIS school ID	2829
subreddit	wcu
Threads username	western_carolina
TikTok username	western_carolina
Times Higher Education World University ID	western-carolina-university
UniRank ID	6254
VIAF cluster ID	131360474
X (Twitter) username	WCU · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16349298 · 28 December 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCRPpniqemwSaBOE0OWwKZoA · subject named as: Western Carolina University · number of works: 791 · number of subscribers: 3,870 · number of viewers/listeners: 2,235,529 · 17 September 2023
‎Scilit organization ID	3345
‎Yale LUX ID	group/961e3738-20ec-4508-83b5-77e764bc0ab3