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Brandeis University

University information
NameBrandeis University
Mottoאמת (" ", Hebrew)
Motto in EnglishTruth, Even Unto Its Innermost Parts
Established1948
TypePrivate
EndowmentUS $704 million
PresidentFrederick M. Lawrence
ProvostSteve A.N. Goldstein
Faculty326 full-time, 139 part-time
Staff961 full-time, 216 part-time
Under graduates3185
Post graduates1872
CityWaltham
StateMassachusetts
CountryUSA US
CampusSuburban, 235 acres (1.00 km2)
Colors  Blue   White
Athletic nicknameJudges
MascotOllie the Owl (named for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
AthleticsNCAA Division III
UAA, ECAC
Websitewww.brandeis.edu

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Brandeis University (c-eniconˈbrændaɪs) is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles (14 km) west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it was ranked by the U.S. News and World Report as the number 31 national university in the United States. Forbes listed Brandeis University as number 57 among all national universities and liberal arts colleges combined in 2010.

Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named for Louis Brandeis (1856 � 1941), the first Jewish Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.


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