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'''Case Western Reserve University''' ('''CWRU''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]]. Case Western Reserve was established after '''Western Reserve University'''—which was founded in 1826 and named for its location in the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]]—and '''Case Institute of Technology'''—which was founded in 1880 through the endowment of [[Leonard Case Jr.]]—formally [[affiliated school|federated]] in 1967.
 
Case Western Reserve University comprises [[#Schools and programs|eight schools]] that offer more than 100 undergraduate programs and about 160 graduate and professional options.<ref name="Schools&Programs">{{cite web |title=Schools + Programs – Degree Programs – Case Western Reserve University |url=http://case.edu/schools/index.html |access-date=April 3, 2022 |website=Case.edu}}</ref> In 2023, the university enrolled 12,266 students (Undergraduate: 6,186; Graduateundergraduate and Professional:plus 6,080 graduate and professional) from all 50 states and 102 countries and employed more than 1,110 full-time faculty members.<ref name=Facts/> The university's athletic teams, Case Western Reserve Spartans, play in [[NCAA Division III]] as a founding and current member of the [[University Athletic Association]]. The Spartans compete in 19 varsity sports—1010 men's sports and 9 women's varsity sports.
 
Case Western Reserve University is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] and is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref name="Carnegie_classification">{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications – Institution Profile |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=201645 |access-date=March 30, 2020 |publisher=Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924023810/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=201645 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the [[National Science Foundation]], in 2019 the university had [[research and development]] (R&D) expenditures of $439 million, ranking it 20th among private institutions and 58th in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Rankings by total R&D expenditures |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd}}</ref>
 
Seventeen [[#Nobel laureates|Nobel laureates]] have been affiliated with Case Western Reserve's faculty and alumni or one of its two predecessors.<ref name="CaseNobel">{{cite web |date=2010-03-17 |title=Nobel Prize winners |url=http://www.case.edu/corporate/nobellaureates.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613134925/http://www.case.edu/corporate/nobellaureates.html |archive-date=June 13, 2010 |access-date=2010-03-17 |publisher=CWRU}}</ref> The famous [[Michelson–Morley experiment]] was conducted at Case Western in 1887, and [[Albert A. Michelson]] became the first American to win the [[Nobel Prize]] in a science.
 
==History==