Rutgers University
multi-campus public research university in New Jersey, United States
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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].