Stony Brook University

Also known as State University of New York at Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook, SBU, SUNY SB, Stony Brook, stonybrook.edu, SUNY Stonybrook, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook

public university in Stony Brook, New York, United States

Key facts

Former names: State University College on Long Island, (1957–1962)
Type: Public research university center
Established: September 16, 1957 ; 68 years ago ( 1957-09-16 )
Parent institution: State University of New York
Accreditation: MSCHE
Academic affiliations: AAU URA USU sea-grant space-grant
Endowment: $724.4 million (2025)
Chancellor: John B. King Jr.
President: Andrea Goldsmith
Provost: Carl W. Lejuez
Students: 27,252 (fall 2025)
Undergraduates: 18,632 (fall 2025)

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The State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly referred to as Stony Brook University (SBU), is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's two flagship institutions. Its campus consists of 213 buildings on over 1,454 acres (588 hectares) of land in Suffolk County and it is the largest public university (by area) in the state of New York.

Opened 69 years ago in 1957 in Oyster Bay as the State University College on Long Island, the institution moved to Stony Brook in 1962. Stony Brook is part of the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".