Private university in Stanford, California, US
Stanford University Motto Die Luft der Freiheit weht (German )[1] Motto in English
"The wind of freedom blows"[1] Type Private research university Established October 1, 1891; 132 years ago (October 1, 1891 ) [2] [3] Founder Leland and Jane Stanford Accreditation WSCUC Academic affiliations
Endowment $47.2 billion (2023/24)[4] Budget $8.9 billion (2023/24)[5] President Richard Saller (interim)Jonathan Levin (designate)Provost Jenny Martinez Academic staff
2,323 (Fall 2023)[6] Administrative staff
18,369 (Fall 2023)[7] Students 17,529 (Fall 2023)[6] Undergraduates 7,841 (Fall 2023)[6] Postgraduates 9,688 (Fall 2023)[6] Location , , Campus Large suburb :[8] 8,180-acre (3,310-hectare)[6] Other campuses Newspaper The Stanford Daily Colors Cardinal Red White [9] Nickname Cardinal Sporting affiliations
Mascot Stanford Tree (unofficial)[10] Website stanford .edu
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University )[11] [12] is a private research university in Stanford, California . It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford , the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California , and his wife, Jane , in memory of their only child, Leland Jr .[2] The university admitted its first students in 1891,[2] [3] opening as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. It struggled financially after Leland's death in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake .[13] Following World War II , university provost Frederick Terman inspired an entrepreneurial culture in order to build a self-sufficient local industry (Silicon Valley ).[14]
Stanford is one of the most successful universities worldwide in attracting funding for start-up companies and in also licensing its inventions to existing businesses.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Alumni have founded numerous corporations , which when combined equal the tenth-largest economy in the world.[20] In 1951, the Stanford Research Park was established in Palo Alto and is the world's first university research park.[21] By 2021, the university had 2,288 tenure-line faculty, senior fellows, center fellows, and medical faculty on staff.[22]
The university is organized around seven schools of study on an 8,180-acre (3,310-hectare) campus, one of the largest in the nation.[6] It houses the Hoover Institution , a public policy think tank , and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[23] Students compete in 36 varsity sports, and the university is one of two private institutions in the Pac-12 Conference . Stanford has won 131 NCAA team championships,[24] and was awarded the NACDA Directors' Cup for 25 consecutive years, beginning in 1994.[25] Stanford students and alumni have also won over 302 Olympic medals (including 153 gold) .[26]
Stanford is also the alma mater of several world leaders, including President of the United States , Herbert Hoover , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Rishi Sunak , Prime Minister of Greece , Kyriakos Mitsotakis , and Prime Minister of Japan , Yukio Hatoyama . The university is associated with 74 living billionaires ,[27] 58 Nobel laureates ,[22] 33 MacArthur Fellows ,[22] 29 Turing Award winners,[note 1] as well as 7 Wolf Foundation Prize recipients and 4 Pulitzer Prize winners.[22] Additionally, it is a producer of Fulbright Scholars , Marshall Scholars , Gates Cambridge Scholars , Rhodes Scholars , and members of the United States Congress .[48]
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^ a b c "History: Stanford University" . Stanford University. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
^ a b "Chapter 1: The University and the Faculty" . Faculty Handbook . Stanford University. September 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017 .
^ "FAQ" . Investment Office of Stanford Management Company . August 31, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024 .
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^ "Staff – Facts" . Stanford University. Retrieved February 8, 2024 .
^ "IPEDS-Stanford University" . Retrieved January 16, 2022 .
^ "Color" . Stanford Identity Toolkit . Stanford University. Retrieved January 16, 2022 .
^ The Stanford Tree is the mascot of the band but not the university.
^ " 'Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax – 2013' (IRS Form 990)" (PDF) . foundationcenter.org . 990s.foundationcenter.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
^ "The founding grant: with amendments, legislation, and court decrees" . Stanford Digital Repository . November 26, 1987. Retrieved December 29, 2020 .
^ "History – Part 2 (The New Century): Stanford University" . Stanford.edu. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013 .
^ "History – Part 3 (The Rise of Silicon Valley): Stanford University" . Stanford.edu. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013 .
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^ Devaney, Tim (December 3, 2012). "One University To Rule Them All: Stanford Tops Startup List – ReadWrite" . ReadWrite . Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
^ "The University Entrepreneurship Report – Alumni of Top Universities Rake in $12.6 Billion Across 559 Deals" . CB Insights Research . October 29, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
^ Krieger, Lisa M. (October 24, 2012). "Stanford alumni's companies combined equal tenth largest economy on the planet" . The Mercury News . Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
^ Luger, Michael I.; Goldstein, Harvey A. (1991). Technology in the Garden: Research Parks and Regional Economic Development . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780807843451 .
^ a b c d "Stanford Facts: The Stanford Faculty" . Stanford University. 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2022 .
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^ Athletics, Stanford (May 24, 2022). "Simply Dominant" . gostanford.com . Stanford University. Retrieved June 1, 2022 .
^ Conference, Pac-12 (July 2, 2018). "Stanford wins 24th-consecutive Directors' Cup" . Pac-12 News . Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2019 . {{cite news }}
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^ Athletics, Stanford (July 1, 2016). "Olympic Medal History" . Stanford University Athletics . Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
^ Elkins, Kathleen (May 18, 2018). "More billionaires went to Harvard than to Stanford, MIT and Yale combined" . cnbc . Retrieved November 19, 2021 .
^ "Vinton Cerf – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Allen Newell" . acm.org .
^ "Martin Hellman" . acm.org .
^ "John E Hopcroft" . acm.org .
^ "Barbara Liskov" . acm.org .
^ "Raj Reddy – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Ronald L Rivest – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Robert E Tarjan – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Whitfield Diffie" . acm.org.
^ "Douglas Engelbart" . acm.org .
^ "Edward A Feigenbaum – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Robert W. Floyd – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ Lee, J.A.N. "Charles Antony Richard (Tony) Hoare" . IEEE Computer Society . Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
^ "Alan Kay" . acm.org .
^ "John McCarthy" . acm.org .
^ "A J Milner – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Amir Pnueli" . acm.org .
^ "Dana S Scott – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ "Niklaus E. Wirth" . acm.org .
^ "Andrew C Yao – A.M. Turing Award Winner" . acm.org .
^ * "Top Producers" . us.fulbrightonline.org . Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
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