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Latin: Universitas Chicaginiensis | |
Motto | Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched[1] |
Type | Private |
Established | 1890[1] |
Academic affiliations | AAU NAICU URA |
Endowment | $7.928 billion (2018)[2] |
President | Robert J. Zimmer |
Provost | Daniel Diermeier |
Academic staff | 2,859[3] |
Students | 16,445 |
Undergraduates | 6,286[1] |
Postgraduates | 10,159[1] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Urban 217 acres (87.8 ha) (Main Campus)[4] 41°47′23″N 87°35′59″W / 41.78972°N 87.59972°W 42 acres (17.0 ha) (Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, Warren Woods State Park)[5] 30 acres (12.1 ha) (Yerkes Observatory) |
Colors | Maroon and White[6] |
Nickname | Maroons |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division III – UAA |
Mascot | Phil the Phoenix |
Website | www |
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The University of Chicago is a university in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois. It started when the American Baptist Education Society used money from John D. Rockefeller to build it. The university began in 1890. William Rainey Harper was the university's first president in 1891. The first classes were held in 1892.