Cornell University

Also known as Cornell, CUI, cornell.edu, CU, Cornell Univ.

private and statutory land-grant research university in Ithaca, New York, USA

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Cornell University is a prestigious research university located in Ithaca, New York that combines private and public characteristics through its land-grant status. It matters because it serves as both a major center for advanced research and education, and fulfills a public mission to provide broad access to knowledge and practical learning.

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Education, Funder
Founded: 1865
Location: Ithaca, United States
Also known as: CU
Status: Active

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GRID grid.5386.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 877X

Wikidata facts

Official name: Cornell University
Employees: 11062
Revenue: 6551885454
Official website: cornell.edu
Image: Cornell University, Ho Plaza and Sage Hall.jpg
Students count: 24900
Admission rate: 0.11
Motto: I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study

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Commons category: Cornell University
inception: 1865-01-01
postal code: 14853
native label: Cornell University
street address: 300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853
API endpoint URL: shibidp.cit.cornell.edu/idp/shibboleth
social media followers: 88600
official map URL: www.cornell.edu/about/maps/cornell-university-map-2019.pdf
total assets: 18612463436
endowment: 10028480000
admission yield rate: 0.59
P12749: Thomas Conrad Porter
Commons Institution page: Cornell University
ranking: 16
donations: 621585553

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Cornell University (/kɒrˈnɛl/ korr-NEHL) is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since its founding, Cornell University has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2024, the student body included 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 postgraduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.

The university is organized into eight undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions on its main Ithaca campus. Each college and academic division has near autonomy in defining its respective admission standards and academic curriculum. In addition to its primary campus in Ithaca, Cornell University administers three satellite campuses, including two in New York City, the medical school and Cornell Tech, and a branch of the medical school in Al Rayyan in Education City, Qatar.