Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School
- Description: private university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
- Also known as: “North Western University”, “Northwestern”, “northwestern.edu”, and “NU”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Northwestern University Library and Shakespeare Garden.
Northwestern University Library
Library
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Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes. Northwestern University Library is situated 880 feet south of Northwestern University.
Shakespeare Garden
Garden
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The Shakespeare Garden in Evanston, Illinois, United States, is a Shakespeare garden on the campus of Northwestern University. Planned in 1915 and built from 1916 to 1929, the garden was the first Shakespeare Garden in the United States.
Deering Library
Library
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Charles Deering Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970. Deering Library is situated 890 feet south of Northwestern University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Wilmette.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Kenilworth
Village
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Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. Kenilworth is situated 3 miles northwest of Northwestern University.
Northwestern University
- Categories: university, private not-for-profit educational institution, research institute, and education
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Northwestern University” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة نورث وسترن”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսարևմտյան համալսարան”
- Asturian: “Universidá Northwestern”
- Azerbaijani: “Northwestern Universiteti”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimal-Qərb Universiteti”
- Basque: “Ipar-mendebaldeko Unibertsitatea”
- Basque: “Northwestern Unibertsitatea”
- Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходні ўніверсітэт”
- Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходні ўнівэрсытэт”
- Bengali: “নর্থওয়েস্টার্ন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
- Bulgarian: “Северозападен университет”
- Catalan: “Northwestern University”
- Catalan: “Universitat de Northwestern”
- Catalan: “Universitat Northwestern”
- Chinese: “西北大学 (伊利诺州)”
- Chinese: “西北大学”
- Chinese: “西北大學 (伊利諾州)”
- Chinese: “西北大學”
- Czech: “Northwestern University”
- Czech: “Severozápadní univerzita”
- Danish: “Northwestern University”
- Danish: “Northwestern”
- Dutch: “Northwestern University”
- Dutch: “Northwestern-universiteit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة نورث وسترن”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة نورثويسترن”
- Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta Universitato”
- Estonian: “Northwesterni Ülikool”
- Finnish: “Northwestern-yliopisto”
- French: “Northwestern University”
- French: “Northwestern”
- French: “université du Northwestern”
- French: “Université Northwestern”
- Galician: “Universidade do Noroeste”
- Georgian: “ნორზვესტერნი”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის უნივერსიტეტი”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოდასავლეთის უნივერსიტეტი”
- German: “Northwestern University”
- Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Νορθουέστερν”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת נורת’ווסטרן”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת נורתווסטרן”
- Hindi: “नॉर्थवेस्टर्न विश्वविद्यालय”
- Hungarian: “Északnyugati Egyetem”
- Hungarian: “Northwestern Egyetem”
- Hungarian: “Northwestern University”
- Icelandic: “Northwestern University”
- Icelandic: “Northwestern-háskóli”
- Indonesian: “Northwestern University”
- Indonesian: “Universitas Northwestern”
- Irish: “Ollscoil Northwestern”
- Italian: “Northwestern University”
- Italian: “Università di Northwestern”
- Italian: “Università Northwestern”
- Japanese: “ウェインバーグ総合学院”
- Japanese: “ノース・ウェスタン大学”
- Japanese: “ノースウェスタン大学”
- Japanese: “ノースウエスタン大学”
- Kazakh: “Солтүстік-батыс университеті”
- Kirghiz: “Түндүк-Батыш университети”
- Korean: “노스웨스턴 대학”
- Korean: “노스웨스턴 대학교”
- Korean: “노스웨스턴”
- Korean: “노스웨스턴대”
- Korean: “노스웨스턴대학교”
- Luxembourgish: “Northwestern University”
- Macedonian: “Северозападен универзитет”
- Malayalam: “നോർത്ത് വെസ്റ്റേൺ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി”
- Mingrelian: “ოორუე-ბჟადალიშ უნივერსიტეტი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North Western University”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Northwestern University”
- Norwegian: “Northwestern University”
- Ossetian: “Цæгат-Ныгуылæн университет”
- Persian: “دانشگاه شمال شرق”
- Persian: “دانشگاه نورت وسترن”
- Persian: “دانشگاه نورتوسترن”
- Persian: “دانشگاه نورث وسترن”
- Persian: “دانشگاه نورثوسترن”
- Persian: “دانشگاه نورثوسترن”
- Polish: “Northwestern University”
- Polish: “Uniwersytet Northwestern”
- Portuguese: “Northwestern University”
- Portuguese: “Universidade do Noroeste”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Northwestern”
- Romanian: “Universitatea Northwestern”
- Russian: “Northwestern University”
- Russian: “Северо-Западный университет”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Oilthigh an Iar-thuath”
- Serbian: “Северозападни универзитет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjevernozapadni univerzitet”
- Slovak: “Northwestern University”
- Slovenian: “Northwestern University”
- Slovenian: “NU”
- Slovenian: “Severozahodna univerza”
- Slovenian: “Univerza Northwestern”
- South Azerbaijani: “نورتوسترن بیلیمیوردو”
- Spanish: “Northwestern University”
- Spanish: “Universidad de Northwestern”
- Spanish: “Universidad del Noroeste”
- Spanish: “Universidad Northwestern”
- Swahili: “Chuo Kikuu cha Northwestern”
- Swedish: “Northwestern University”
- Tagalog: “Northwestern University”
- Tagalog: “Pamantasang Northwestern”
- Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш университет”
- Thai: “Northwestern University”
- Thai: “มหาวิทยาลัยนอร์ทเวสเทิร์น”
- Turkish: “Northwestern Üniversitesi”
- Turkish: “Northwestern University”
- Ukrainian: “Північно-Західний університет”
- Urdu: “نارتھ ویسٹرن یونیورسٹی”
- Venetian: “Northwestern University”
- Vietnamese: “Đại học Northwestern”
- Welsh: “Prifysgol Northwestern”
- Western Armenian: “Նորթուեթըրն Համալսարան”
- Western Frisian: “Noardwestlike Universiteit”
- Western Panjabi: “نارتھویسٹرن یونیورسٹی”
- Yoruba: “Northwestern University”
- Yue Chinese: “西北大學”
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