Back كلية أميرست Arabic كلية اميرست ARZ آمهرست کالجی AZB Amherst College Danish Amherst College German Κολλέγιο Άμερστ Greek Amherst College Spanish کالج آمهرست Persian Amherst College French Amherst College Italian
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| Latin: Collegii Amherstiensis | |
| Motto | Terras Irradient (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Let them enlighten the lands[1] |
| Type | Private liberal arts college |
| Established | 1821 |
| Accreditation | NECHE |
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| Endowment | $3.775 billion (2021)[2] |
| President | Michael A. Elliott |
Academic staff | 307 (Fall 2021)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 1,971 (Fall 2021)[4] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Rural 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) |
| Colors | Purple & white[5] |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division III – |
| Mascot | Mammoths |
| Website | www |
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Amherst College (/ˈæmərst/ [6] AM-ərst) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.[7] The institution was named after the town, which in turn had been named after Jeffery, Lord Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of British forces of North America during the French and Indian War. Originally established as a men's college, Amherst became coeducational in 1975.[8]
Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution; 1,971 students were enrolled in fall 2021.[9] Admissions is highly selective. Students choose courses from 42 major programs in an open curriculum[10] and are not required to study a core curriculum or fulfill any distribution requirements; students may also design their own interdisciplinary major.[10] Amherst competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. Amherst has historically had close relationships and rivalries with Williams College and Wesleyan University, which form the Little Three colleges. The college is also a member of the Five College Consortium, which allows its students to attend classes at four other Pioneer Valley institutions: Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Among its alumni, faculty and affiliates are six Nobel Prize laureates,[11][12] twenty Rhodes Scholars,[13] Pulitzer Prize recipients, MacArthur Fellows, winners of the Academy, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Awards, President Calvin Coolidge, Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, and other notable writers, academics, politicians, entertainers, businesspeople, and activists.
- ^ "Terras Irradient". Amherst College. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
- ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Common Data Set 2021" (PDF). Amherst College. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Common Data Set 2021" (PDF). Amherst College. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Colors | Visual Identity Toolkit". Amherst College. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "Amherst". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ "Oldest Colleges in Massachusetts". College Prowler. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- ^ "Amherst's History | Timeline". Amherst College. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ^ "Common Data Set 2021" (PDF). Amherst College. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ a b "Areas of Study". Amherst College. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ Clynes, Tom (October 13, 2016). "Where Nobel winners get their start". Nature News. 538 (7624): 152. Bibcode:2016Natur.538..152C. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20757. PMID 27734890. S2CID 4466329.
- ^ "When 0.00019 is a Very High Number | College Row | Amherst College".
- ^ "Winning Institutions Search | The Rhodes Scholarships". www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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