President
Joseph E. Aoun

Founded
1898 in Boston, at the Huntington Avenue YMCA, as a part-time night school

Location
Northeastern's main campus is situated on more than 66 acres along Huntington Avenue, also known as the Avenue of the Arts, and consists of 41 academic and administrative buildings and 28 dormitory and residential buildings.

Motto
Lux, Veritas, Virtus (Light, Truth, Virtue)

Schools & Colleges
Northeastern's academic programs are divided among a host of schools and colleges, including:

The Bouvé College of Health Sciences and Graduate Schools, School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy

College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School, School of Education, School of Journalism

College of Business Administration and Graduate School, Graduate School of Professional Accounting and Taxation

College of Computer Science and Graduate School

College of Criminal Justice and Graduate School

College of Engineering and Graduate School, School of Engineering Technology, The Lowell Institute School

School of Law

College of Professional Studies

School of Technological Entrepreneurship

Governance
Northeastern is governed by an independent Board of Trustees, composed of business and civic leaders elected by the Northeastern University Corporation for renewable four-year terms.

Professional, administrative, technical, office, crafts and service staff
1,837

Alumni
164,86: 102,450 men and 62,410 women (fall 2004)

Athletics
Division I: nine men's, 10 women's teams