Private university in Chicago, Illinois, US
The University of Chicago Latin : Universitas Chicaginiensis[ 1] [ 2] Motto Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin )Motto in English
"Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched"[ 3] Type Private research university Established 1890; 134 years ago (1890 ) [ 4] Founder John D. Rockefeller Accreditation HLC Academic affiliations
Endowment $10.4 billion (2024)[ 5] President Paul Alivisatos Provost Katherine Baicker Academic staff
2,859[ 6] Administrative staff
15,949 (including Medical Center )[ 6] Students 18,452 Undergraduates 7,559[ 7] Postgraduates 10,893[ 7] Location , , United States
41°47′23″N 87°35′59″W / 41.78972°N 87.59972°W / 41.78972; -87.59972 Campus Large city[ 9] , 217 acres (87.8 ha) (main campus)[ 7] Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, Warren Woods State Park , 42 acres (17.0 ha)[ 8] Other campuses Newspaper The Chicago Maroon Colors Maroon[ 11] Nickname Maroons Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – Mascot Phil the Phoenix Website uchicago .edu
The University of Chicago (UChicago , Chicago , U of C , or UChi )[ 12] is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois , United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side , near the shore of Lake Michigan about 7 miles (11 km) from the Loop .[ 13] [ 14]
The university is composed of the College of the University of Chicago and four graduate research divisions: Biological Science, Humanities, Physical Science, and Social Science, which also include various organized departments and institutes. In addition, the university has eight professional schools, which also house academic research: the Booth School of Business ; Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice ; Divinity School ; Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies ; Harris School of Public Policy ; Law School ; Pritzker School of Medicine ; and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering . The university has additional campuses and centers in London, Paris, Beijing, Delhi, and Hong Kong, as well as in downtown Chicago.[ 15] [ 16]
University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics, law, literary criticism, mathematics, physics, religion, sociology, and political science, establishing the Chicago schools of thought in various fields.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory produced the world's first human-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction in Chicago Pile-1 beneath the viewing stands of the university's Stagg Field .[ 22] Advances in chemistry led to the "radiocarbon revolution" in the carbon-14 dating of ancient life and objects.[ 23] The university research efforts include administration of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory , as well as the Marine Biological Laboratory . The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press , the largest university press in the United States.[ 24]
The university's students, faculty, and staff has included 101 Nobel laureates .[ 25] The university's faculty members and alumni also include 10 Fields Medalists,[ 26] 4 Turing Award winners, 52 MacArthur Fellows ,[ 27] 26 Marshall Scholars ,[ 28] 54 Rhodes Scholars ,[ 29] 27 Pulitzer Prize winners,[ 30] 20 National Humanities Medalists ,[ 31] 29 living billionaire graduates,[ 32] and 8 Olympic medalists .
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^ "Radiocarbon Dating" . American Chemical Society . Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
^ "Duffy is named Director of the University Press" . The University of Chicago Chronicle. April 27, 2000. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2006 .
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^ "Fields Medal" . University of Chicago. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ "MacArthur Fellows" . The University of Chicago . Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
^ "Statistics" . Marshallscholarship.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017 .
^ "Rhodes Scholarships" . University of Chicago. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2024 .
^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners" . Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018 .
^ "National Humanities Medalists" . Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016 .
^ "Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2018" (PDF) . Wealth-X . August 19, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2020 .