Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)

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2201 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240
(615) 322-7311
www.vanderbilt.edu/

Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee. It is known for being one of the most respected universities in the nation and is world-renowned for its excellent medical department.

Vanderbilt was founded in 1873 with a gift of $1 million by shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt who, despite having never been to the South, hoped his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War. Today, Vanderbilt enrolls around 11,000 students in ten schools—four undergraduate and six graduate and professional. Also affiliated with the university are several research facilities and a world-renowned medical center, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), which is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in Middle Tennessee. Vanderbilt is one of North America's top research institutions and is a member of the Association of American Universities, to whose membership Vanderbilt was elected in 1950.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbilt_University
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Coordinates:   36°8'36"N   86°48'17"W

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  • The only hospital in Tennessee ranked among U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Hospitals 2007 and 2008 for Heart and Heart Surgery.
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