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Cornell University
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private and statutory land-grant research university in Ithaca, New York, USA
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Cornell University, also known by the acronym CU, is an educational and funding institution located in Ithaca, United States. It was established in 1865 and maintains an active status. The legal name for the entity is Cornell University, and it operates under the jurisdiction of the US.
The university enrolls 24,900 students and employs 11,062 people. Its admission rate is 0.11, with an admission yield rate of 0.59.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1865
- Location
- Ithaca, United States
- Also known as
- CU
- Status
- Active
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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