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Leland Stanford Jr. University

Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University
Circular seal with tree in the center with motto and university name and founding date ringing the outer circle.
Seal of Stanford University
Other name
Stanford
Motto German: Die Luft der Freiheit weht
Motto in English
The wind of freedom blows
Type Private research university
Established 1891 (1891)
Founder Leland and Jane Stanford
Endowment US$22.398 billion (2016)
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Provost Persis Drell
Academic staff
2,153
Administrative staff
12,148 excluding SHC
Students 16,336
Undergraduates 7,032
Postgraduates 9,304
Location Stanford, California, U.S.
Coordinates: 37°25′42″N 122°10′08″W / 37.4282293°N 122.1688576°W / 37.4282293; -122.1688576
Campus Suburban, 8,180 acres (12.8 sq mi; 33.1 km2)
Colors Cardinal, white
         
Athletics NCAA Division I FBSPac-12
Nickname Cardinal
Sporting affiliations
Sports 37 varsity sports teams
(15 men's, 20 women's, 2 coed)
Mascot None (The Stanford Tree is the mascot of the Band but not the university)
Website www.stanford.edu
Stanford University logo
University rankings
National
ARWU 2
Forbes 1
U.S. News & World Report 5
Washington Monthly 1
Global
ARWU 2
QS 2
Times 3
U.S. News & World Report 3

Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Its 8,180-acre (12.8 sq mi; 33.1 km2) campus is one of the largest in the United States. Stanford's undergraduate program is the most selective in America. Due to its academic strength, wealth, and proximity to Silicon Valley it is often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities.

The university was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Stanford was a former Governor of California and U.S. Senator; he made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. The school admitted its first students 125 years ago on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution.

Stanford University struggled financially after Leland Stanford's death in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would later be known as Silicon Valley. The university is also one of the top fundraising institutions in the country, becoming the first school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year.


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