Tufts University
private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts
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Summary
Tufts University is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.049% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,904 views/month, #4 of 8,192).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Digital Library Federation[3], ArXiv[4], ORCID, Inc.[5], Association of American Universities[6], Association of American Colleges and Universities[7], American Council on Education[8], National Humanities Alliance[9], Coalition for Networked Information[10], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[11], Council on Governmental Relations[12]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Massachusetts[13]
- Country: United States[14]
- Instance of: private not-for-profit educational institution[15]
- Named after: Charles Tufts[16]
- Postal code: 02155-5555[17]
- Child organization or unit: Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences[18]
- Commons category: Tufts University[19]
- Industry: higher education[20]
- Has part(s): Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine[21], Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences[22]
- Inception: 1852[23]
- Official website: https://tufts.edu[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tufts University[25]
- Employees: 1233[26]
- Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28], The Encyclopedia Americana[29]
- Ranking: 83[30], 99[31], 100[32], 275[33], 379[34], 312[35], 181[36], 204[37], 214[38], 252[39], 238[40], 243[41], 237[42], 253[43]
- Affiliation: Universities Research Association[44]
- Official name: Tufts University[45]
- Legal form: Non-Profit Corporation[46]
- Native label: Tufts University[47]
- Owner of: WMFO[48]
- Count of students: 9517[49], 12,432[50]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Tufts University include Tufts Pass[51], a mountain pass[52].
Why It Matters
Tufts University has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Works attributed to it include Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study[55], a website[56], written by Rice University[57]. Entities named for it include Tufts Pass[51], a mountain pass[52].