Back جامعة برانديز Arabic جامعة برانديز ARZ Universidá Brandeis AST Brandeys Universiteti Azerbaijani برندایس بیلیمیوردو AZB Брандэйскі ўніверсітэт Byelorussian Universitat Brandeis Catalan Prifysgol Brandeis Welsh Brandeis University German Universitato Brandeis Esperanto
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| Motto | Hebrew: אמת, romanized: Emet (Truth) |
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Motto in English | "Truth even unto its innermost parts"[1] |
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | October 20, 1948[2] |
| Accreditation | NECHE |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $1.22 billion (2023)[4] |
| President | Ronald D. Liebowitz |
| Provost | Carol Fierke |
Academic staff | 544 (2021)[5] |
Administrative staff | 1,314 (2021)[5] |
| Students | 5,581 (2022) |
| Undergraduates | 3,687 (2022)[6] |
| Postgraduates | 1,894 (2022)[6] |
| Location | , , United States 42°21′56″N 71°15′35″W / 42.365664°N 71.259742°W |
| Campus | Small city[7], 235 acres (95 ha)[5] |
| Newspaper | |
| Colors | Blue[8] |
| Nickname | Judges |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | The Judge and Ollie the Owl (named for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.) |
| Website | www |
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Brandeis University (/ˈbrændaɪs/) is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located within the Boston City Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian, coeducational University, Brandeis was established on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named after Louis Brandeis, a former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Brandeis is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity"[9] and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[10] The university has been a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) since 1985. In 2018, it had a total enrollment of 5,800 students on a campus of 235 acres (95 hectares).[5] The university has a liberal arts focus.
Alumni and faculty of the university have included Nobel Prize laureate Roderick MacKinnon, Fields Medalist Edward Witten, and co-creators of the television show Friends David Crane and Marta Kauffman.
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- ^ As of June 2023. Office of Investment Management (Report). Brandeis University. June 2023. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
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- ^ a b "Overview" (PDF). Brandeis University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "College Navigator – Brandeis University". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "The University Color". brandeis.edu. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ "Brandeis University". Indiana University. 2021. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE, New England Commission of Higher Education, archived from the original on October 9, 2021, retrieved May 26, 2021