Stanford University
private research university in Stanford, California, USA
Facts
50 propertiesIdentity
- Instance of
- private university, research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, open-access publisher[21][22][23]
- Official website
- stanford.edu[50]
- Native label
- Stanford University
- Official name
- Stanford University, Leland Stanford Junior University
Status and dates
Location
- Country
- United States[20]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 37.428°, -122.170°
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- California, Santa Clara County, Palo Alto[17][18][19]
- Postal code
- 94305[29]
Industry and activity
- Field of work
- higher education, research[1][2]
- Industry
- higher education[44]
Financials
- Employees
- +16673
- Total assets
- +49933606000
People
- Founder
- Leland Stanford, Jane Stanford[24][25]
Relations
- Child organization or unit
- Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, Stanford University Mechanical Engineering Department, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication, Stanford Cancer Institute, Frydman Lab, Stanford Literary Lab, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford University School of Engineering, Hoover Institution, Stanford Transportation, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford Recreation & Wellness, Stanford University Centers and Institutes, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
- Member of
- ORCID, Inc., Digital Library Federation, Pac-12 Conference, World Wide Web Consortium, Consortium of Social Science Associations, Dryad, Orbital Reef University Advisory Council, Association of American Universities, 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, Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Council on Governmental Relations[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
More facts +29
- Academic calendar type
- academic quarter
- Admission rate
- +0.05
- Admission yield rate
- +0.68
- Affiliation
- Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises, Associated Students of Stanford University
- Athletics program
- Stanford Cardinal
- Budget
- +54746302
- Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
- doctoral universities: very high research activity, majority graduate, research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school, four-year, large, highly residential, arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence, four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Corporate officer
- John Etchemendy, Persis Drell, Marc Tessier-Lavigne
- Count of students
- 17k (16k–17k, n=4)
- Date of official opening
- October 1, 1891
- Described by source
- 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
- Different from
- Stanford
- Endowment
- 37.8B (28.9B–37.8B, n=3)
- Language used
- English
- Located in the statistical territorial entity
- Stanford
- Mascot
- Stanford Tree[49]
- Member count
- +2219
- Motto text
- The wind of freedom blows, Die Luft der Freiheit weht, Vítr svobody věje
- Named after
- Leland Stanford, Jr.[26]
- Official color
- red
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher, Wikidata: WikiProject Systemic Racism Knowledge Graph
- P14409
- 60012708
- P14536
- 350530
- P14541
- 4CY8tP
- Present in work
- Watch Dogs 2
- Ranking
- 2 (2–15, n=37)
- Significant event
- mixed-sex education[48]
- Social media followers
- 984k (728k–984k, n=4)
- Trading name
- Stanford University
🏷️ Also known as
en Stanford University
en Leland Stanford Jr. University
en University of Stanford
en Leland Stanford University
en stanford.edu
en Leland Stanford Junior University
en Stanford
en The Farm
ar جامعة ستانفورد
ar جامعه ستانفورد
cs Stanford University
cs Stanfordova univerzita
cs Stanford
cs Leland Stanford Junior University
cs Stanfordská univerzita
da Stanford-universitetet
da Stanford
de Stanford University Medical School
de Universität Stanford
de Stanford-Universität
🔖 Identifiers · 135
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- 00f54p054
- ISNI
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- 2885-X
- OpenAlex ID
- P4310316103
- GRID ID
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- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stanford Oval May 2011 panorama.jpg ↗
- 15min.lt theme ID
- 357
- ARAE ID
- stanford-university-1891
- ARWU university ID
- Stanford-University
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- Academia.edu institutional ID
- stanford
- ArchINFORM keyword ID
- 3076
- Autonomous system number
- 47k (32–47k, n=4)
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- 0000057533
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- 00073943n
- Baidu Tieba name
- 斯坦福大学
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 11884671g
- Bluesky handle
- stanford.edu
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- stanford-university
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- 0002L9750
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf10133116
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140563741832471680
- Comparably company ID
- stanford-university
- Crunchbase organization ID
- the-school-of-engineering-at-stanford-university
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- 30987967
- Dialnet author ID
- 1031493
- EFIS filmfirm ID
- 3056
- ELMCIP ID
- 18030
- ERR keyword ID
- 142771
- ETS Designated Institution code
- 4704
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
- 154433
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- topic/Stanford-University
- FAST ID
- 532770
- FOLDOC ID
- Stanford+University
- Facebook username
- stanford
- FactGrid item ID
- 47th Academy Awards
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- 291602603
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- /m/06pwq
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- 235365
- GeoNames ID
- 5398590
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
- 7014536
- GitHub topic
- stanford
- Golden ID
- Stanford_University-99DDW
- Google Maps Customer ID
- 3012327721397938303
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- 8539678734835078480
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Stanford_University
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 4163020
- Harper's tag
- stanford-university
- Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
- organization/294003248325
- ISIL
- US-CSt
- IdRef ID
- 026637251
- Instagram username
- stanford
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID
- 243744
- Interlingual Index ID
- i59478
- Japan Search name ID
- スタンフォード大学
- KISTI ID
- K000207935
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 2885-X
- Lex ID
- Stanford_University
- Libraries Australia ID
- 35519832
- LibraryThing author ID
- stanforduniversity
- LinkedIn company or organization ID
- stanford-university
- LittleSis organization ID
- 14938
- Media Arts Database ID
- C46875
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
- 97018004
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA03595538
- NE.se ID
- stanford-university
- NL CR AUT ID
- ko2003174378
- NLA Trove people ID
- 982579
- NLP ID
- a0000002678983
- NSK (VIAF) ID
- 000132691
- NSK ID
- 981005781702209366
- NUKAT ID
- n01011772
- National Library of Brazil ID
- 000362686
- National Library of Greece ID
- 343734
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls001230600
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000126083
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007268325705171
- National Library of Latvia ID
- 000100320
- National Library of Lithuania ID
- LNB:V*139754;=BP
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810669799605606
- National Library of Portugal ID
- 445665
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
- XX138211
- New York Times topic ID
- organization/stanford-university
- OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
- stanforduniversity-a22ec8
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3991447
- Open Funder Registry funder ID
- 100005492
- OpenCorporates ID
- us_ca/C1264149
- OpenMLOL author ID
- 32778
- OpenStreetMap relation ID
- 12044740
- OpenStreetMap way ID
- 29268613
- PermID
- 4297085592
- QS World University ID
- stanford-university
- Quora topic ID
- Stanford-University
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A012312625
- ResearchGate institute ID
- Stanford-University
- Ringgold ID
- 6429
- SCImago Institutions Rankings ID
- 15199
- SEVIS school ID
- 7892
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 50719
- SNARC ID
- collateral damage
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
- 36582
- Science Museum people ID
- cp113273
- Scilit organization ID
- 2018
- Scopus affiliation ID
- 60012708
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
- vtls012404195
- Subreddit
- stanford
- TMDB company ID
- 160524
- Te Papa agent ID
- 18301
- Theatricalia theatre ID
- 1bq
- Threads username
- stanford
- Times Higher Education World University ID
- stanford-university
- Topic's main category
- Category:Stanford University
- Treccani ID
- stanford-university
- U-Multirank university ID
- stanford-university
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID
- 83364
- Uni24k indentifier
- 17043
- UniRank ID
- 5135
- Union List of Artist Names ID
- 500312883
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
- stanfordo-universitetas
- WOEID
- 2498941
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- kd7gwzv4
- WikiKids ID
- Stanford-universiteit
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 04309878-n
- X (Twitter) topic ID
- 1291139053174153217
- X (Twitter) username
- stanford
- Yale LUX ID
- place/1478f603-8555-45fe-8049-4909902942c3
- Yle topic ID
- 18-145990
- YouTube channel ID
- UC-EnprmCZ3OXyAoG7vjVNCA
- Zhihu topic ID
- 19554375
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- 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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- ROR
- Edition
- 20260926 · as of 2026-09-26 · newer edition 20261021 landed
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- Credit
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ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.
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
Notable alumni 2434+
Employees / affiliates 1021+
← Affiliated with 328+
← Affiliation 26+
← Parent organization or unit 26+
Has these parts 10+
Hoover Institution,
Stanford University Press,
Stanford Graduate School of Business,
Stanford Law School,
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics,
Center for Research on Education Outcomes,
Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence,
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
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Chairperson 8
Child organization or unit 8
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Named after 4+
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← Operator 4+
Corporate officer 3
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Owned entities 3+
Owner of 3
← Category combines topics 3+
← Occupant 3+
← Publisher 3+
Belongs to 2+
Field of work 2
Founder 2
Instance of 2
People who died here 2+
← Conferred by 2+
← Place of publication 2+
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Category for alumni of educational institution 1
Category for employees of the organization 1
Country 1
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FactGrid item ID 1
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Headquarters location 1
Industry 1
Language used 1
Located in the statistical territorial entity 1
Location 1
Named after 1
Official color 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
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Present in work 1
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SNARC ID 1
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Stanford University include Stanford[51], a census-designated place in the United States[52], in United States[53]; Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales[54], an IQ test[55]; Stanford torus[56], a hypothetical technology[57]; and Mount Stanford[58], a mountain[59], in United States[60].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Stanford University include Stanford[51], a census-designated place in the United States[52], in United States[53]; Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales[54], an IQ test[55]; Stanford torus[56], a hypothetical technology[57]; and Mount Stanford[58], a mountain[59], in United States[60].
🛰️ Living Edge
· news-derived, source-cited
high ≥ 0.90 · emerging ≥ 0.65 · low below — calibrated against hand-rated truth (single-source .44 · two-source .62 · production-typical .70), so a band is a measurement, not a promise. High is rare by design: it needs both a supported assertion and an evidence sentence. A confirmed or contradicted chip is a Wikidata cross-check; no chip means Wikidata has no value for that property — the ordinary case here, and it says nothing either way. A confirm-only note marks a property whose check can never disagree (Wikidata's border and capital data is not exhaustive), so silence there is a limit of the check, not of the claim.
served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold
Located in the administrative territorial entity
California
high0.98contested18 independent sources
evidence “Maxine Burkett is a professor of climate, environment, and society at Stanford University in California.” sciencefriday.com · read source
Member of
Ivy Plus
emerging0.722 independent sources
evidence “The only other Ivy Plus institutions with more male than female first-year enrollees last year—the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, and Dartmouth College—also had more male than female applicants.” chicagomaroon.com · read source
Headquarters location
California
emerging0.703 independent sources
evidence “According to 2025 figures from Stanford University in California, around 60 percent of the world’s most advanced AI models come from the United States, around 30 percent from China, and less than five percent from Europe.” euobserver.com · read source