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Northeastern University

private university in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Summary

Northeastern University is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.098% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,656 views/month, #8 of 8,192).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Digital Library Federation[3], ORCID, Inc.[4], Association of American Colleges and Universities[5], American Council on Education[6], Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship[7], Coalition for Networked Information[8], Center for Research Libraries[9], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[10], Council on Governmental Relations[11], Coalition for Independent Technology Research[12]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston[13]
  • Country: United States[14]
  • Instance of: private not-for-profit educational institution[15]
  • Headquarters location: Boston[16]
  • Postal code: 02115-5005[17]
  • Child organization or unit: Northeastern University London[18], Mills College at Northeastern University[19]
  • Commons category: Northeastern University[20]
  • Industry: higher education[21]
  • Chairperson: Joseph Elias Aoun[22]
  • Inception: 1898[23]
  • Coordinate location: 42.34, -71.08833333333334[24]
  • Official website: https://www.northeastern.edu/[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Northeastern University[26]
  • Employees: 1830[27], 5050[28]
  • Ranking: 342[29], 375[30], 388[31], 397[32], 399[33], 365[34], 361[35], 346[36], 326[37], 344[38], 362[39], 396[40]
  • Affiliation: Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts[41]
  • Topic has template: Template:Northeastern University[42]
  • Motto text: Lux, Veritas, Virtus[43]
  • Short name: NU[44], NEU[45]
  • Owner of: Matthews Arena[46], WRBB[47], Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex[48], Cabot Center[49], Northeastern University Silicon Valley[50]
  • Total revenue: 1,164,078,053[51], 1,211,579,271[52], 1,287,557,389[53], 1,368,032,665[54], 1,409,056,955[55]

Why It Matters

Northeastern University has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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