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Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university in , United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: private university in Nashville, Tennessee, US
  • Also known as: “Central University of Methodist Episcopal Church South”, “Vandy”, and “VU”
  • Address: 2201 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37235
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vanderbilt University Medical Center and FirstBank Stadium.

Hospital
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The is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in , , as well as clinics and facilities throughout . is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Vanderbilt University.

Stadium
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is a football stadium located in . Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team. is situated 1,300 feet west of Vanderbilt University.

Stadium
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is a baseball stadium in . It is the home field of the Vanderbilt Commodores college baseball team. The stadium opened in 2002 adjacent to Vanderbilt Stadium and and holds 3,700 people. is situated 940 feet west of Vanderbilt University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Gulch and Nashville.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the south fringe of downtown Nashville, , near Interstate 40, Interstate 65 and Interstate 24. It is known to be a trendy and hip neighborhood, and a popular destination for locals, college students, and visitors.

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is the capital of the state of . With 716,000 residents in 2022, it is the state's largest city. is sometimes called the "Country Music Capital of the World" or more often "Music City, USA"; however, has done much to escape its country music image and become a regional center of culture and commerce.

Hamlet
is an affluent neighborhood in , United States. is located south of downtown Nashville on Hillsboro Pike. is within a region extending south to and and east-west to and . is situated 3 miles south of Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt University

Latitude
36.14376° or 36° 8′ 38″ north
Longitude
-86.80445° or 86° 48′ 16″ west
Elevation
551 feet (168 metres)
Open location code
868M45VW+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131042264
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4664532
Wiki­data ID
Q29052
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Vanderbilt University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة فاندربلت”
  • Arabic: “جامعة فاندربيلت”
  • Armenian: “Վանդերբիլթի համալսարան”
  • Armenian: “Վանդտրբիլտի համալսարան”
  • Asturian: “Universidá de Vanderbilt”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vanderbilt Universiteti”
  • Basque: “Vanderbilt Unibertsitatea”
  • Belarusian: “Вандэрбільтаў унівэрсытэт”
  • Belarusian: “Вандэрбільтаўскі ўніверсітэт”
  • Belarusian: “Універсітэт Вандэрбільта”
  • Belarusian: “Унівэрсытэт Вандэрбільта”
  • Bengali: “ভান্ডারবিল্ট বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
  • Bengali: “ভেন্ডারবিল্ট বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
  • Bengali: “ভ্যান্ডারবিল্ট বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
  • Catalan: “Universitat Vanderbilt”
  • Chinese: “范德堡大学”
  • Chinese: “范德堡大學”
  • Chinese: “范德比大學”
  • Chinese: “范德比尔特大学”
  • Czech: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Czech: “Vanderbiltova univerzita”
  • Danish: “Vanderbilt Universitet”
  • Danish: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Dutch: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة فاندربيلت”
  • Esperanto: “Universitato Vanderbilt”
  • Esperanto: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Estonian: “Vanderbilti Ülikool”
  • Finnish: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Finnish: “Vanderbiltin yliopisto”
  • French: “université Vanderbilt”
  • French: “Université Vanderbilt”
  • French: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Georgian: “ვანდერბილტის უნივერსიტეტი”
  • German: “Universität Vanderbilt”
  • German: “Vanderbilt Universität”
  • German: “Vanderbilt University”
  • German: “Vanderbilt-Universität”
  • German: “Vanderbilt-University”
  • Greek: “Βάντερμπιλτ”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Βάντερμπιλτ”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת ואנדרבילט”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת ונדרבילט”
  • Hungarian: “Vanderbilt Egyetem”
  • Hungarian: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Icelandic: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Icelandic: “Vanderbilt-háskóli”
  • Iloko: “Unibersidad ti Vanderbilt”
  • Indonesian: “Universitas Vanderbilt”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Vanderbilt”
  • Italian: “Università di Vanderbilt”
  • Italian: “Università Vanderbilt”
  • Italian: “Vanderbilt Commodores”
  • Italian: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Japanese: “Vanderbilt大学”
  • Japanese: “ヴァンタービルト大学”
  • Japanese: “ヴァンダービルト大学”
  • Japanese: “バンダービルト大学”
  • Kirghiz: “Вандербильт Университети”
  • Korean: “반더빌트 대학교”
  • Korean: “밴더빌트 대학”
  • Korean: “밴더빌트 대학교”
  • Luxembourgish: “Vanderbilt Universitéit”
  • Macedonian: “Вандербилтов универзитет”
  • Manx: “Ollooscoill Vanderbilt”
  • Mingrelian: “ვანდერბილტიშ უნივერსიტეტი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Norwegian: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه وندربیلت”
  • Polish: “Uniwersytet Vanderbilt”
  • Polish: “Uniwersytet Vanderbilta”
  • Polish: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade de Vanderbilt”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Vanderbilt”
  • Portuguese: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Russian: “Вандербильтский университет”
  • Russian: “Университет Вандербильта”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Oilthigh Vanderbilt”
  • Serbian: “Универзитет Вандербилт”
  • Slovenian: “Univerza Vanderbilt”
  • Slovenian: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Slovenian: “Vandy”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وندربیلت بیلیم‌یوردو”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Vanderbilt”
  • Spanish: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Spanish: “Vandy”
  • Sundanese: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Swedish: “Vanderbilt University”
  • Tagalog: “Pamantasang Vanderbilt”
  • Tatar: “Вандербилт үнивирситите”
  • Turkish: “Vanderbilt Üniversitesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Університет Вандербільта”
  • Urdu: “وینڈربلٹ یونیورسٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Vanderbilt universiteti”
  • Venetian: “Università Vanderbilt”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại học Vanderbilt”
  • Welsh: “Prifysgol Vanderbilt”
  • Western Armenian: “Վանտըրպիլթի Համալսարան”
  • Western Panjabi: “وانڈربلٹ یونیورسٹی”
  • Yue Chinese: “范德比大學”

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