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Washington University in St. Louis
| Motto | Per veritatem vis
(Strength through truth) |
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| Established |
1853 |
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| School type |
Private |
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| Chancellor |
Mark S. Wrighton |
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| Location |
St. Louis, MO, USA |
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| Enrollment |
7,188 undergraduate,
5,832 graduate |
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| Faculty |
2,911 |
| Endowment |
US$3.5 billion |
| Campus |
Suburban, 169 acres (0.68 km²) |
| Website |
www.wustl.edu |
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL, Wash. U.) is a private research university 15 minutes west of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It includes schools of arts & sciences, law, business, medicine, social work, art, architectureArchitecture is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of fu, and engineeringEngineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. This is accomplished through knowledge, mathematics, and practical experience applied to the design of useful objects or processes. Professional practitioners of engineering are called en. In the 2004 U.S. News & World ReportNews & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. It was founded in 1933 as United States News which in 1948 merged with World Report''. The magazine was employee-owned until 1984, when it was purchased by Mortimer Zuckerman, who is also the co-publisher of t rankings, its undergraduate program was tied for ninth in the nation; in the 2005 list, it was ranked 11th. WUSTL's medical and social work schools are both ranked second in the nation. Tuition for both in-state and out-of-state undergraduates is $38,739.00.
Washington University was founded as a nonsectarian, private institution in 1853 by the Unitarian minister William Greenleaf EliotWilliam Greenleaf Eliot ( 1811 1887) was a U. educator and Unitarian clergyman. He founded Washington University in St. Louis in 1854, and served as its president from 1870 to 1887. He was the grandfather of poet T., grandfather of the Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme comme laureate poet T. S. EliotThomas Stearns Eliot ( September 26, 1888 January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. Life and work Eliot was born into a prominent Unitarian Saint Louis, Missouri family; his fifth cousin, Tom Eliot, was C, and by St. Louis leader Wayman Crow.
The current Chancellor of the University is Dr. Mark S. Wrighton, a CaltechCalifornia Institute of Technology MottoThe truth shall make you free Established 1891 School type Private President David Baltimore Location Pasadena, CA, USA Enrollment 900 undergraduate,1,200 graduate Faculty 386 Endowment US$1. 3 billion Campus Urban,-trained chemist who was formerly provost at MIT.
