Stanford University

Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr, who died from typhoid at the age of 15. The university admitted its first students in 1891, opening as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. It struggled financially after Leland died in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, university provost Frederick Terman inspired an entrepreneurial culture to build a self-sufficient local industry. In 1951, Stanford Research Park was established in Palo Alto as the world's first university research park. By 2021, the university had 2,288 tenure-line faculty, senior fellows, center fellows, and medical faculty on staff.

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• Entity:  Location

• Motto:  Die Luft Der Freiheit Weht (German)
• Type:  Private Research University
• Established:  1885
• Founders:  Leland And Jane Stanford
• Academic affiliations:  Aau, Cofhe, Ura, Space-Grant
• Endowment:  $40.8 Billion (2025)
• Budget:  $8.9 Billion (2023/24)
• President:  Jonathan Levin
• Provost:  Jenny Martinez
• Academic staff:  2,323 (Fall 2023)
• Administrative staff:  18,369 (Fall 2023)
• Students:  17,529 (Fall 2023)
• Undergraduates:  7,841 (Fall 2023)
• Postgraduates:  9,688 (Fall 2023)
• Campus:  Large Suburb: 8,180 Acres
• Other campuses:  Pacific Grove, Redwood City, Washington, D.c.
• Colors:  Cardinal Red, White
• Mascot:  Stanford Tree (Unofficial)
• Sporting affiliations:  Ncaa Division I Fbs – Acc, Ira, Pccsc, Mpsf
• Wikidata description:  Private Research University In Stanford, California, Usa
• Wikidata label:  Stanford University
• Wikidata aliases:  Stanford University, Leland Stanford Junior University, University Of Stanford, Stanford, The Farm, Stanford.edu, Leland Stanford Jr. University, Leland Stanford University

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