Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

University of Louisville

The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19th century one of the first city-funded public colleges in the United States. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University".

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1999
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
199900
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
157289
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
117812

Location

Louisville, KY, 40292-0001

38.216862, -85.760412

Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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