Rutgers University

multi-campus public research university in New Jersey, United States
Organization public_research_university Q499451
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Summary

Rutgers University is a public research university[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of public research university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,775 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Oak Ridge Associated Universities[3], ORCID, Inc.[4], Association of Research Libraries[5], Consortium of Social Science Associations[6], ArXiv[7], American Council on Education[8], National Humanities Alliance[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]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Jersey[14]
  • Country: United States[15]
  • Instance of: Colonial Colleges[16], land-grant university[17], sea grant institution[18]
  • Named after: Henry Rutgers[19]
  • Child organization or unit: Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey[20], Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University[21], DIMACS[22], New Jersey Space Grant Consortium[23], Rutgers School of Criminal Justice[24]
  • Commons category: Rutgers University[25]
  • Chairperson: Jonathan Scott Holloway[26]
  • Has part(s): Rutgers University–Newark[27], Rutgers University–Camden[28], Rutgers University–New Brunswick[29], Robert Wood Johnson Medical School[30], Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences[31]
  • Inception: November 10, 1766[32]
  • Coordinate location: 40.501666666667, -74.448055555556[33]
  • Official website: https://www.rutgers.edu/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rutgers University[35]
  • Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[36], The American Cyclopædia[37], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[38], New International Encyclopedia[39]
  • Ranking: 79[40], 96[41], 64[42], 52[43], 61[44], 54[45], 59[46], 38[47], 44[48], 43[49], 46[50], 47[51]
  • Topic has template: Template:Rutgers University[52]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Rutgers University include Rutgers Glacier[53], a glacier[54].

Why It Matters

Rutgers University has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for it include Rutgers Glacier[53], a glacier[54].

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  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · 沈澄心 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Slovak national library (viaf) id → vtls013225642
    Cantic id → 981061132248206706
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cantic id: 981061132248206706, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
  2. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 10996237
    Harper's tag → rutgers-college, rutgers-college-new-brunswick-n-j
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 10996237, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/10996237 in United States"
  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → rutgers-college, rutgers-college-new-brunswick-n-j
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: rutgers-college, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289957138|rutgers college (#289957138)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  4. 12w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Scimago institutions rankings id → 15045
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Scimago institutions rankings id: 15045, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/181713401|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (#181713401)]] in [[:toollabs:mix"
  5. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 386140
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 386140, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  6. 15w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Youtube channel id → UCwIbQjoUUGfL5nM30r0fmQw
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Rutgers University, update youtube data ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/5e709c706510|details]])"
  7. 16w ago · Luamssuk · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → Nonprofit Corporation
    Endowment → {'amount': '+1862822888'}, {'amount': '+2000023144'}
    Instance of → public research university, Colonial Colleges, land-grant university +1
    Named after → Henry Rutgers
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Linkedin company or organization id: rutgersu"
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