Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University (WFU) is a <a href="/facts/Private_university/KHHzGNID">private</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/Winston-Salem%2c_North_Carolina/5LVtdGNa">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a>, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest%2c_North_Carolina/5jouLDm6">Wake Forest</a>, north of <a href="/facts/Raleigh%2c_North_Carolina/6WznvprP">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. 
Wake Forest also maintains other academic campuses or facilities in <a href="/facts/Charlotte%2c_North_Carolina/JVJT5LzT">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>; <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>; <a href="/facts/Venice/Xzc2uVDg">Venice</a>; <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>; and <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>.
Wake Forest's <a href="/facts/Undergraduate/GVvPMLFN">undergraduate</a> and <a href="/facts/Graduate_school/e19zs58x">graduate schools</a> include the <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest_University_School_of_Business/HpwEMaSG">School of Business</a>, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Professional Studies, <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest_University_School_of_Divinity/UNNd0Xm9">School of Divinity</a>, <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest_University_School_of_Law/Sn6MM7T5">School of Law</a>, and <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest_University_School_of_Medicine/Fm1sWP8V">School of Medicine</a>. 
There are over 250 student clubs and organizations at the university, including fraternities and sororities, intramural sports, a <a href="/facts/Old_Gold_%2526_Black/R2EcplA4">student newspaper</a> and a <a href="/facts/WFDD/YkCpAEqH">radio station</a>. The university is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among "<a href="/facts/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States/09FfyUgE">R-2: Doctoral Universities – High Research Activity</a>" and its undergraduate admissions is considered <a href="/facts/College_admissions_in_the_United_States/rwXQqmkV">selective</a>.
According to the <a href="/facts/National_Science_Foundation/FlDT8TbW">National Science Foundation</a>, Wake Forest spent $191 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 117th in the nation.
As of 2024, 18 <a href="/facts/Rhodes_Scholar/aVf26dt3">Rhodes Scholars</a>, including 13 since 1986, 5 <a href="/facts/Marshall_Scholarship/MRQ8TNua">Marshall Scholars</a>, 15 <a href="/facts/Truman_Scholars/JNAcom54">Truman Scholars</a> and 62 <a href="/facts/Fulbright/94E6ee46">Fulbright</a> recipients since 1993 have been affiliated with Wake Forest. Past and present alumni of Wake Forest include nine <a href="/facts/List_of_Wake_Forest_University_people/8hFQKYFH">college founders and presidents</a>, six <a href="/facts/List_of_Wake_Forest_University_people/8hFQKYFH">U.S. governors</a>, 16 members of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a>, 5 <a href="/facts/List_of_Wake_Forest_University_people/8hFQKYFH">U.S. federal officials</a>, 5 <a href="/facts/List_of_Wake_Forest_University_people/8hFQKYFH">U.S. diplomats</a>, a <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a> winner, <a href="/facts/Athletics_at_the_Summer_Olympics/hY4y7yWn">Olympic athletes</a> and many <a href="/facts/List_of_Wake_Forest_University_people/8hFQKYFH">U.S. district judges</a>.
Wake Forest athletic teams are known as the <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons/FK5N4RNs">Demon Deacons</a> and compete in eighteen <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I/fJv6wUW1">NCAA Division I</a> intercollegiate sports. Those teams have won 10 <a href="/facts/NCAA/nLkY4pm1">NCAA</a> team championships and the university is a founding member of the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Coast_Conference/I2rTzAcD">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC).

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