Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) was founded in 1853 by a group of St. Louisans, according to the university. Its address is 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri. The university says it has six campuses in and around St. Louis, including the Danforth Campus, the Medical Campus and the rural Tyson Research Center.
Its academic units are Arts & Sciences, the Brown School, the Bursky School of Public Health, the McKelvey School of Engineering, Olin Business School, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, the School of Continuing & Professional Studies, the School of Law and the School of Medicine. The university facts page reports 15,952 students in fall 2025, of whom 14,824 were traditional students and 1,128 part-time or evening students. Andrew D. Martin, appointed by the Board of Trustees in July 2018, is the 15th chancellor.