Case Institute

Case Western Reserve University

Motto	Think Beyond the Possible
Type	Private University
Established	1826
Academic affiliations	AAU AICUO URA NACAC
Endowment	$1.66 billion (2016)
President	Barbara R. Snyder
Academic staff	3,360 full-time
Students	11,340
Undergraduates	5,121
Postgraduates	6,219
Location	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Campus	Urban, 155 acres (63 ha)
Colors	Blue, Grey, Black
Nickname	Spartans
Sporting affiliations	NCAA, Division III UAA, PAC – football
Website	www.case.edu

Case Western Reserve University (also known as Case Western Reserve, Case Western, Case, and CWRU) is a private doctorate-granting university in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1826, Western Reserve University (named by its location inside the Connecticut Western Reserve) and Case Institute of Technology (established by the endowment of Leonard Case, Jr. in 1881) formally federated in 1967. Time magazine described the merger as the creation of "Cleveland's Big-Leaguer" university.

Seventeen Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Case Western Reserve. In U.S. News & World Report's 2018 rankings, Case Western Reserve was ranked 37th among national universities and 146th among global universities. In 2016, the inaugural edition of The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (WSJ/THE) ranked Case Western Reserve as 32nd among all universities and 29th among private institutions.

Campus sits approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Downtown Cleveland in the neighborhood known as University Circle, an area encompassing 550-acres (220 ha) boasting the greatest concentration of educational, medical, and cultural institutions within one square mile of the United States. Case Western Reserve has a number of programs taught in conjunction with University Circle institutions, including the Cleveland Clinic, the University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Cleveland Play House. Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra, resides on Case Western Reserve campus.