Tufts University

Tufts University
Latin: Universitas Tuftensis
Former names
Tufts College (1852–1954)
MottoPax et Lux (Latin)
Motto in English
"Peace and Light"
TypePrivate research university
Established1852 (1852)
AccreditationNECHE
Academic affiliations
Endowment$2.4 billion (2022)[2]
PresidentSunil Kumar
ProvostCaroline Genco
Academic staff
1,288 (fall 2021)[2]
Students12,648 (fall 2021)[2]
Undergraduates6,559 (fall 2021)[2]
Postgraduates6,089 (fall 2021)[2]
Location, ,
United States

42°24′22″N 71°07′12″W / 42.406°N 71.120°W / 42.406; -71.120
CampusLarge suburb[3], 150 acres (0.61 km2)
Other campuses
NewspaperThe Tufts Daily
Colors  Tufts Blue
  Brown[4]
NicknameJumbos
Sporting affiliations
MascotJumbo the Elephant[5]
Websitewww.tufts.edu

Tufts University is a private research university located in the Greater Boston area. The main campus is located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of the towns of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, with additional facilities located in Boston and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning.[6] Tufts remained a small liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates.[7]

Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and Talloires, France.[8][9] It has the country's oldest graduate school of international relations, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The largest school is the School of Arts and Sciences, which includes both the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, which is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[10] The School of Engineering offers an entrepreneurial focus through its Gordon Institute and maintains close connections with the original college.[11] It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities, which emphasizes academic research.[12][13]

Tufts has a campus in Downtown Boston that houses the medical, dental, and nutrition schools and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, affiliated with several medical centers in the area.[14] Joint undergraduate degree programs are offered with the New England Conservatory, the College of Europe, and Sciences Po Paris.[15] The university's alumni, faculty, and affiliates include three Nobel Prize laureates, twelve Pulitzer Prize winners, five state governors, two U.S. Senators, four Emmy Award winners, one Grammy Award winner, and three Academy Award winners.[16] Tufts has also graduated four Rhodes Scholars, five Marshall Scholars, five Truman Scholars, and five Goldwater scholars.[17]

  1. ^ NAICU – Member Directory Archived November 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e Tufts University 2022 Annual Financial Report (PDF) (Report). Tufts University. 2022.
  3. ^ "IPEDS-Tufts University".
  4. ^ Tufts Branding Guidelines (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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  6. ^ Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History "Tufts University, 1852". Archived July 8, 2012, at archive.today.
  7. ^ Gittleman, Sol. (November 2004). An Entrepreneurial University: The Transformation Of Tufts, 1976–2002. Tufts University. ISBN 1-58465-416-3.
  8. ^ "Graduate & Professional Degree Programs". tufts.edu. September 15, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  9. ^ Bylaws of the Trustees of Tufts College, Article VI, sec. 6.1. Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "School of the Museum of Fine Arts will be run by Tufts University". Boston Globe. 2016. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  11. ^ "About – Gordon Institute". Tufts University School of Engineering. 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  12. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  13. ^ "Association of American Universities (AAU)". Aau.edu. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "Clinical Affiliates". Tufts University School of Medicine. 2017. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  15. ^ "Master of Arts in Transatlantic Affairs | The Fletcher School". fletcher.tufts.edu. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  16. ^ "Tufts Alumni – Tufts Alumni Notables". Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  17. ^ Multiple sources: