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Southern Methodist University

private university in Dallas, Texas, United States
Organization private_university Q1536258

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
private university, private not-for-profit educational institution[12]
Official website
www.smu.edu[18]
Short name
SMU[21]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
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Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Status and dates

Inception
1911[17]

Location

Country
United States[11]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.844°, -96.785°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Dallas[10]
Postal code
75275-0221[13]
Street address
6425 Boaz St, Dallas, TX, 75275-0221[33]

Industry and activity

Industry
higher education[15]

Financials

Employees
+2831[19]
Total assets
+3505468000[24]

Relations

Child organization or unit
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences[14]
Has part(s)
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences[16]
Member of
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Digital Library Federation, Shibboleth Consortium, Association of American Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship, Coalition for Networked Information, Center for Research Libraries[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
More facts +12
Religion or worldview
United Methodist Church[9]
Academic calendar type
semester
Admission rate
+0.53[32]
Admission yield rate
+0.21
Athletics program
SMU Mustangs
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
doctoral university: higher research activity, majority undergraduate, research doctoral: humanities/social sciences-dominant, four-year, medium, highly residential, four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in, balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence[25][26][27][28][29][30]
Count of students
+12373, +10372[22][23]
Described by source
Open GLAM Survey[20]
Endowment
2.1B (1.6B–2.1B, n=3)[34][35][36]
Language used
English[31]
P14536
436876
Social media followers
+5020
🏷️ Also known as
en SMU en SMU Mustangs en Southern Methodist en Southern Methodist University ar جامعة ساوثرن ميثوديست cs Jižanská metodistická univerzita el Νότιο Μεθοδιστικό Πανεπιστήμιο es SMU es Southern Methodist es Universidad Metodista del Sur fa دانشگاه متودیست جنوبی fr Université méthodiste du sud fr Université méthodiste du Sud he האוניברסיטה המתודיסטית הדרומית hu Déli Metodista Egyetem ja サウスメソジスト大学 ja サザンメソジスト大学 ja 南メソジスト大学 ko 서던메소디스트 대학교 pt Southern methodist university
🔖 Identifiers · 47
ROR ID
042tdr378
ISNI
0000000419367929
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 0000000419367929 GND (DNB) 0000 0001 2287 6044 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
VIAF cluster ID
133549807
Library of Congress authority ID
n79046214, n2010056190
GND ID
1011969-3
GRID ID
grid.263864.d
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dallas Hall.jpg ↗
API endpoint URL
idp.smu.edu
ARWU university ID
Southern-Methodist-University
BHL creator ID
1073
British Museum person or institution ID
143513
Crunchbase organization ID
southern-methodist-university
Show all 47 identifiers +35
Dialnet author ID
3627798
Domain name
smu.edu
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Southern-Methodist-University
Facebook username
smudallas
Freebase ID
/m/02fgdx
GeoNames ID
4733299
ISIL
US-txdam
Instagram username
smudallas
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID
228246
KISTI ID
K000207887
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1011969-3
LinkedIn company or organization ID
smudallas
LittleSis organization ID
15000
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
178169726
MusicBrainz place ID
b4e175e4-2614-44e1-9694-cd2947d4d245
NL CR AUT ID
kn20081002013
Namuwiki ID
서던 메소디스트 대학교
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007268365905171
Open Funder Registry funder ID
100005605
QS World University ID
southern-methodist-university
Quora topic ID
Southern-Methodist-University
Ringgold ID
2765
SEVIS school ID
8515
SNAC ARK ID
w6km38xv
SNARC ID
John Piatrowski
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
45041
Scilit organization ID
3018
Subreddit
smu
Terms of service URL
www.smu.edu
TikTok username
smu
Times Higher Education World University ID
southern-methodist-university
Topic's main category
Category:Southern Methodist University
X (Twitter) username
SMU, SMUHigherEd
Yale LUX ID
group/73470f1b-5a9f-4743-a774-8bbfe98f7f5d
YouTube channel ID
UCbLRmiYkXF2YHOXzIqasjzg
📚 Sources · 3

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Elevation above sea levelP2044
184 m 2026-09-26 S/SCH · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Located in time zoneP421
America/Chicago 2026-09-26 S/SCH · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
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OpenAlex IDP10283
I178169726 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
← Affiliated with 315
Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, Louis L. Jacobs, Shlomo Weber, Dieter Cremer, Ömer Özak, Adam L. Cohen, Ahmed Jaad, Akihito Kamata +307 more
Notable alumni 254
Laura Bush, Kathy Bates, Jayne Mansfield, James Cronin, Kourtney Kardashian, Amy Acker, Dorothy Malone, Lauren Graham +246 more
Employees / affiliates 28
Lewis Binford, György Sándor, Cynthia Potter, Alexander Uninsky, Omar Suleiman, Charles Curran, Mack Harrell, Nancy Scheper-Hughes +20 more
Owned entities 3
Meadows Museum, Moody Coliseum, Gerald J. Ford Stadium
← Category combines topics 2
Category:Southern Methodist University alumni, Category:Southern Methodist University faculty
← Operator 2
Moody Coliseum, Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Academic calendar type 1
semester
Athletics program 1
SMU Mustangs
Belongs to 1
Atlantic Coast Conference
Category for alumni of educational institution 1
Category:Southern Methodist University alumni
Category for employees of the organization 1
Category:Southern Methodist University faculty
Country 1
United States
Industry 1
higher education
Instance of 1
private university
Language used 1
English
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Dallas
Religion or worldview 1
United Methodist Church
Topic's main category 1
Category:Southern Methodist University
← Archives at 1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Southern Methodist University
← Conferred by 1
Doak Walker Award
← Parent organization or unit 1
Meadows School of the Arts
← Represents 1
SMU Mustangs
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Located in the administrative territorial entity Dallas emerging0.89confirmed5 independent sources

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