Iowa State University

public research university in Ames, Iowa, United States
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Iowa State University is a public research university founded in 1858. Its headquarters are located in Ames[1]. As of 2020, the university employed 6.8 thousand people[1].

Key Facts

  • Member of: ORCID, Inc.[3], Digital Library Federation[4], Association of Research Libraries[5], Association of American Colleges and Universities[6], American Council on Education[7], Open Education Network[8], Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship[9], Coalition for Networked Information[10], Association of Public and Land-grant Universities[11], Center for Research Libraries[12], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[13], Council on Governmental Relations[14]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ames[15]
  • Country: United States[16]
  • Instance of: land-grant university[17], public educational institution of the United States[18], corporate body[19]
  • Headquarters location: Ames[20]
  • Location: Ames[21]
  • Postal code: 50011-2030[22]
  • Child organization or unit: Iowa State University Library[23]
  • Commons category: Iowa State University[24]
  • Chairperson: Wendy Wintersteen[25]
  • Has part(s): Ada Hayden Herbarium[26]
  • Inception: 1858[27]
  • Significant event: mixed-sex education[28]
  • Official website: https://www.iastate.edu[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Iowa State University[30]
  • Commons gallery: Iowa State University[31]
  • Employees: 6753[32]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[33], New International Encyclopedia[34]
  • Ranking: 494[35], 400[36], 481[37], 319[38], 321[39], 348[40], 355[41], 489[42], 470[43]
  • Official name: Iowa State University of Science and Technology[44]
  • Motto text: Science with practice[45]
  • Legal form: Nonprofit Corporation[46]
  • Native label: Iowa State University of Science and Technology[47]
  • Category of associated people: Category:Iowa State University people[48]
  • Different from: University of Iowa[49]

Why It Matters

Iowa State University has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . lib.iastate.edu. Retrieved . lib.iastate.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . clir.org. clir.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . old.arl.org. old.arl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [12] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [13] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [14] ↑ . cogr.edu. Retrieved . cogr.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . news.iastate.edu. Retrieved . news.iastate.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . public.iastate.edu. Retrieved . public.iastate.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . qschina.cn. Retrieved . qschina.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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