Stanford University

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Stanford University

Campus from above
Motto	German: Die Luft der Freiheit weht "The wind of freedom blows"
Established	1891[1]
Type	Private
Endowment	$17.2 billion[2] (2007)
President	John L. Hennessy
Professors	1,428 (2007)
Staff	1,771[3] (2007)
Students	14,945 (2007)
Undergraduates	6,759[4]
Postgraduates	8,186[4]
Place	Stanford, California, United States
Campus	Suburban 8,180 acres (33.1 km²)
Athletics	NCAA Division I FBS
Colors	Red and white
Nickname	Cardinal
Mascot	Tree
Fight song	Come Join The Band
Memberships	AAU, Pac-10
Website	www.stanford.edu

The Leland Stanford Junior University, often called Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university next to Palo Alto in California, in the middle of Silicon Valley, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and about 20 miles northwest of San José, in Santa Clara County. Leland and Jane Stanford started the university. They named the university after their son, Leland Stanford Junior, who died at young age.

With one of the largest university campuses in the United States, the University includes the Schools of Engineering, Law, Medicine, Education, Business, Earth Sciences, and Humanities and Sciences. Stanford also hosts volunteer programs and a teaching hospital.

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