Description of the institute

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, the university is located on a 217-acre (88-hectare) campus in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The university has a total of 16,445 enrolled students as of Fall 2019, including 6,286 undergraduates and 10,159 graduate students. The University of Chicago is ranked among the top universities in the world by major education publications. It has produced many prominent alumni, faculty members and researchers. As of October 2019, 100 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university as students, faculty, or staff, giving it one of the highest concentrations of Nobel laureates in the world.