Northeastern University

private university in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Organization university Q37548
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Northeastern University

Summary

Northeastern University is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.098% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,572 views/month, #8 of 8,192).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northeastern University was a member of Digital Library Federation[3].
  • Northeastern University was a member of ORCID, Inc.[4].
  • Northeastern University was a member of Association of American Colleges and Universities[5].
  • Northeastern University was a member of American Council on Education[6].
  • Northeastern University was a member of Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship[7].
  • Northeastern University was a member of Coalition for Networked Information[8].
  • Northeastern University is located in Boston[9].
  • Northeastern University is in the country of United States[10].
  • Northeastern University's image is recorded as Northeastern University.jpg[11].
  • Northeastern University's instance of is recorded as university[12].
  • Northeastern University's instance of is recorded as private not-for-profit educational institution[13].
  • Northeastern University's logo image is recorded as Northeastern Wordmark.svg[14].
  • Northeastern University's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[15].
  • Northeastern University's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121733359[16].
  • Northeastern University's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147444432[17].
  • Northeastern University's GND ID is recorded as 11614-2[18].
  • Northeastern University's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80044968[19].
  • Northeastern University's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12114243m[20].
  • Northeastern University's IdRef ID is recorded as 029536499[21].
  • Northeastern University's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02322132[22].
  • Northeastern University's postal code is recorded as 02115-5005[23].
  • Northeastern University's child organization or unit is recorded as Northeastern University London[24].
  • Northeastern University's child organization or unit is recorded as Mills College at Northeastern University[25].
  • Northeastern University's Commons category is recorded as Northeastern University[26].
  • Northeastern University's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36534037[27].

Body

Founding

+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Northeastern University[28].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NU'}[29] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NEU'}[30].

Leadership

Northeastern University's chairperson is recorded as Joseph Elias Aoun[31].

Operations

Northeastern University's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[15]. Subsidiaries include Northeastern University London[24], a college[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 2010[34] and Mills College at it[25], a women's college[35], in United States[36], founded in 1852[37].

Industry

Northeastern University's industry is recorded as higher education[38].

Why It Matters

Northeastern University ranks in the top 0.098% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,572 views/month, #8 of 8,192).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [21] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  16. [24] . wikidata.org.
  17. [25] . wikidata.org.
  18. [26] . wikidata.org.
  19. [27] . wikidata.org.
  20. [38] . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . clir.org. clir.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [4] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [5] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [6] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [7] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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