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Princeton University

University information
NamePrinceton University
Latin nameUniversitas Princetoniensis
Motto  (Latin)
Motto in EnglishUnder God's Power She Flourishes
Established1746
TypePrivate
EndowmentUS$17.1 billion
PresidentShirley M. Tilghman
Faculty1172
Staff1103
Students7567
Under graduates5113
Post graduates2479
CityPrinceton
StateNew Jersey
CountryUSA
CampusSuburban, 500 acre (2 km2)
(Princeton Borough and Township)
Former namesCollege of New Jersey (1746 � 1896)
ColorsOrange and black   
Athletic nicknameTigers
Athletics38 varsity teams
Ivy League
NCAA Division I
AffiliationsMAISA; AAU
Websiteprinceton.edu

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Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.

Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Princeton does not have schools of medicine, law, divinity, or business, but it does offer professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the School of Architecture.

Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, the university moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and was renamed Princeton University in 1896. (The present-day College of New Jersey in nearby Ewing, New Jersey, is an unrelated institution.)

Princeton was the fourth institution of higher education in the U.S. to conduct classes. While it once had close ties to the Presbyterian Church, it has never been affiliated with any denomination and today imposes no religious requirements on its students. The university has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Princeton has been associated with 33 Nobel Laureates, 17 National Medal of Science winners, and three National Humanities Medal winners. On a per-student basis, Princeton has the largest university endowment in the world.


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