St. Louis, abbreviated as "WashU or WUSL", located in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is a private comprehensive research university in the United States.

As a member of Silk Road University Alliance, association of american universities, University Research Association, Oak Ridge University Alliance and American Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, it is known as one of the "New Ivy League".

As of 202 1, Washington university in St. Louis has 7 colleges, 4,320 faculty members and17,047 students, including 8,058 undergraduates and 8,989 postgraduates.

By the end of 20021,* * 26 alumni or teaching and research personnel had won the Nobel Prize, 4 Pulitzer Prize winners, 10 National Science Medal winners, 3 American Poets Award winners and 29 Rhodes scholars.

Washington University in St. Louis laid the foundation stone on February 22nd, 1853, formerly known as Eliot Theological Seminary; 1854 was renamed "Washington College".

1857 changed its name to "University of Washington"; On 1976, it was officially renamed as "Washington University in St. Louis".