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Cornell University

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Cornell University

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Also known as Cornell, CUI, cornell.edu, CU, Cornell Univ.

private and statutory land-grant research university in Ithaca, New York, USA

AI overview

Cornell University is a prestigious research university located in Ithaca, New York that combines private and public characteristics through its land-grant status. It matters because it serves as both a major center for advanced research and education, and fulfills a public mission to provide broad access to knowledge and practical learning.

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Type
Education, Funder
Founded
1865
Location
Ithaca, United States
Also known as
CU
Status
Active
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GRID grid.5386.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 877X

Wikidata facts

Has part
Cornell Law School
Named after
Ezra Cornell
Official name
Cornell University
Country
United States
Located in
Ithaca
Founded by
Andrew Dickson White
Headquarters
Ithaca
Subsidiary
Cornell University Press
Industry
higher education
Employees
11062
Revenue
6551885454
Location
Ithaca
Official website
cornell.edu
Image
Cornell University, Ho Plaza and Sage Hall.jpg
Students count
24900
Admission rate
0.11
Motto
I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study
Significant event
mixed-sex education
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athletics program
Cornell Big Red
topic's main category
Category:Cornell University
Commons category
Cornell University
inception
1865-01-01
category for alumni of educational institution
Category:Cornell University alumni
postal code
14853
native label
Cornell University
category for employees of the organization
Category:Cornell University faculty
street address
300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853
API endpoint URL
shibidp.cit.cornell.edu/idp/shibboleth
social media followers
88600
official map URL
www.cornell.edu/about/maps/cornell-university-map-2019.pdf
language used
English language
total assets
18612463436
endowment
10028480000
admission yield rate
0.59
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
academic calendar type
semester
P12749
Thomas Conrad Porter
Commons Institution page
Cornell University
ranking
16
donations
621585553
funder
Open Society Foundations
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Encyclopedic overview

Cornell University (/kɒrˈnɛl/ korr-NEHL) is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since its founding, Cornell University has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2024, the student body included 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 postgraduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.

The university is organized into eight undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions on its main Ithaca campus. Each college and academic division has near autonomy in defining its respective admission standards and academic curriculum. In addition to its primary campus in Ithaca, Cornell University administers three satellite campuses, including two in New York City, the medical school and Cornell Tech, and a branch of the medical school in Al Rayyan in Education City, Qatar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cornell University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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