Brandeis University

Brandeis University () is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located within the Boston City Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian, coeducational University, Brandeis was established on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named after Louis Brandeis, a former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Brandeis is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The university has been a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) since 1985. In 2018, it had a total enrollment of 5,800 students on a campus of . The university has a liberal arts focus.

Alumni and faculty of the university have included Nobel Prize laureate Roderick MacKinnon, Fields Medalist Edward Witten, and co-creators of the television show ''Friends'' David Crane and Marta Kauffman. Provided by Wikipedia