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Western University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Seal
Former names
Pittsburgh Academy (1787–1819)
Western University of Pennsylvania (1819–1908)
Motto Veritas et Virtus (Latin)
Motto in English
Truth and Virtue
Type State-related
Established February 28, 1787
Endowment $3.525 billion (2016)
Chancellor Patrick D. Gallagher
Provost Patricia E. Beeson
Academic staff
4,880
Students 28,617
Undergraduates 18,757
Postgraduates 9,860
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Campus Urban, 132 acres (53 ha)
Colors Blue & Gold
         
Athletics NCAA Division IACC, EAGL
Nickname Panthers
Mascot Roc the Panther
Affiliations AAU, APLU, EDUCAUSE, MSA, ORAU, URA
Website www.pitt.edu
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Designated November 2, 1979
University rankings
National
ARWU 37
Forbes 204
U.S. News & World Report 66
Washington Monthly 136
Global
ARWU 70
QS 145
Times 79
U.S. News & World Report 47

The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1787 after the American Revolutionary War, it was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy. It developed and was renamed as Western University of Pennsylvania by a change to its charter in 1819. After surviving two devastating fires and various relocations within the area, the school moved to its current location in the Oakland neighborhood of the city; it was renamed as the University of Pittsburgh in 1908. For most of its history, Pitt was a private institution, until 1966 when it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.

The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges located at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and 28,766 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university also includes four undergraduate schools located at campuses within Western Pennsylvania: Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. The 132-acre Pittsburgh campus has multiple contributing historic buildings of the Schenley Farms Historic District, most notably its 42-story Gothic revival centerpiece, the Cathedral of Learning. The campus is situated adjacent to the flagship medical facilities of its closely affiliated University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), as well as the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, and Carnegie Mellon University.


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