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Vanderbilt University

"Vandy" redirects here. For other uses, see Vandy (disambiguation).

Vanderbilt University
Latin: Universitas Vanderbiltia[1]
Former name
Central University
(1873–1877)
MottoCrescere aude (Latin)[2]
Motto in English
"Dare to grow"[2]
TypePrivate research university
Established1873 (1873)
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment$10.2 billion (2022)[4][5]
ChancellorDaniel Diermeier
ProvostC. Cybele Raver
Academic staff
4,783 (2020)[6]
Total staff
9,253[7]
Students13,710 (2023)[8]
Undergraduates7,151 (2023)[8]
Postgraduates6,659 (2023)[8]
Location
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
United States

36°8′51″N 86°48′9″W / 36.14750°N 86.80250°W / 36.14750; -86.80250
CampusLarge city[9], 330 acres (1.3 km2)
Other campusesBrentwood
NewspaperThe Vanderbilt Hustler
ColorsBlack and gold[10]
   
NicknameCommodores
Sporting affiliations
MascotMr. Commodore (Mr. C)
Websitevanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.[11] Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966.[12]

The university comprises ten schools and enrolls nearly 13,800 students from the US and 70 foreign countries.[13][14] Vanderbilt is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[15] Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, and Dyer Observatory. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, formerly part of the university, became a separate institution in 2016. With the exception of the off-campus observatory, all of the university's facilities are situated on its 330-acre (1.3 km2) campus in the heart of Nashville, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from downtown.

Vanderbilt alumni, faculty, and staff have included 54 current and former members of the United States Congress, 18 U.S. Ambassadors, 13 governors, 9 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Vice Presidents of the United States, and 2 U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Other notable alumni include 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 27 Rhodes Scholars,[16] 2 Academy Award winners, 1 Grammy Award winner, 6 MacArthur Fellows, 4 foreign heads of state, and 5 Olympic medalists. Vanderbilt has more than 145,000 alumni, with 40 alumni clubs established worldwide.[17]

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  12. ^ Walker, Teresa M. "SEC's only private school, Vanderbilt, thriving without athletic director | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". lubbockonline.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  13. ^ "Quick Facts". Vanderbilt University. Archived from the original on February 25, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
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