Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1873 with a gift from Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is governed by a Board of Trust, which elects the chancellor as chief executive officer; Daniel Diermeier holds the post. Its main campus covers about 340 acres in Nashville.
The university is organised into 12 schools and colleges. Its Quick Facts page lists more than 7,500 undergraduate and more than 6,300 graduate and professional students, and 1,841 faculty members. It reports more than $1 billion in annual research and development expenditure. Besides Nashville, it lists a campus in New York City’s Chelsea neighbourhood and has announced planned campuses in West Palm Beach and San Francisco and an institute in Chattanooga.