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Harvard University Harvard University Seal of Harvard University Latin: Universitas Harvardiana Motto Veritas[1] Motto in English Truth Established 1636[2] Type Private Endowment US$32 billion (2011)[3][4] President Drew Gilpin Faust Academic staff 2,107[5] Admin. staff 2,497 non-medical10,674 medical Students 21,225 Undergraduates 7,181 total6,655 College526 Extension Postgraduates 14,044 Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. Campus Urban210 acres (85 ha) (Main campus)22 acres (8.9 ha) (Medical campus)359 acres (145 ha) (Allston campus)[6] Newspaper The Harvard Crimson Colors Crimson Athletics 41 Varsity TeamsIvy LeagueNCAA Division I Nickname Harvard Crimson Website H Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States[7] and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvards history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.[8][9][10][11] Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. Although never formally affiliated with a church, the college primarily trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Harvards curriculum and students became secular throughout the 18th century and by the 19th century had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston elites.[12][13] Following the American Civil War, President Charles W. Eliots forty year tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a centralized research university, and Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900.[14] James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after t