List of colleges and universities named after people

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Many colleges and universities are named after people. Namesakes include the founder of the institution, financial benefactors, revered religious leaders, notable historical figures, members of royalty, current political leaders, and respected teachers or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of higher education institutions named for people.

Contents 1 Institutions named for people associated with the institution 1.1 Founders or their family members 1.2 Benefactors or their family members 1.3 Other institutional associations 2 Institutions named for contemporary royalty or politicians 3 Institutions named in honor of historical people not connected with the institution 3.1 Religious figures 3.2 Other historical figures 4 Institutions named for people, not yet classified 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Institutions named for people associated with the institution

[edit] Founders or their family members

The following institutions are named for the individual people who are credited as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member.

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan	His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV	University was established by the Aga Khan in 1983 as part of the Aga Khan Development Network. [1]
Alice Lloyd College, Kentucky, USA	Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd	Journalist turned social reformer; founded the school in 1923 as Caney Junior College.
Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India	Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar	Philanthropist who established several higher education institutions[2]
Audrey Cohen College, New York, USA	Audrey Cohen	Educator; established the institution in 1964 as the Women's Talent Corps
Babson College, Massachusetts, USA	Roger Babson	Entrepreneur and business theorist; founded the school in 1919 as Babson Institute
Bard College, New York, USA	John Bard	John Bard and his wife founded the college as St. Stephen's College.
Baylor University, Texas, USA	Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor	Texas judge who is regarded as one of three founders of the university.
Berry College, Georgia, USA	Martha McChesney Berry	founder
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India	Ghanshyam Das Birla	The founder was a member of the Birla family, one of the foremost business houses in India
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand State, India	B.M. Birla	The founder was a member of the Birla family, one of the foremost business houses in India
Blackburn College, Illinois, USA	Gideon Blackburn	Preacher Blackburn, a former president of Centre College, was working to establish the new school at the time of his death in 1838, but opening of the school was delayed until 1859.[3]
Bob Jones University, South Carolina, USA	Bob Jones, Sr.	Evangelist preacher Bob Jones founded Bob Jones University in 1927.
Bond University, Queensland, Australia	Alan Bond	High-profile businessman Alan Bond founded Bond University in 1987.
Bradley University, Illinois, USA	Family of Lydia Moss Bradley	Lydia Moss Bradley founded the school in 1897 in memory of her husband Tobias and their six children, all of whom had died early and suddenly, leaving her a childless widow.
Brigham Young University, Utah	Brigham Young	Mormon church leader Brigham Young personally purchased the buildings of the failed University of Deseret, forming Brigham Young Academy in 1876. Brigham Young University campuses in Hawaii and Idaho now also bear his name.
Butler University, Indiana, USA	Ovid Butler	Established in 1855 as North Western Christian University; renamed in 1875 in honor of its founder, a Restoration Movement preacher and abolitionist who had achieved his goal of forming a Christian university in Indiana [4]
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA	Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, and Richard B. Mellon	The university was formed by the merger of Carnegie Institute of Technology, founded in 1900 by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, founded in 1913 by Andrew and Richard Mellon.
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA	Leonard Case, Jr.	The university was formed by the affiliation of Case School of Engineering (originally Case School of Applied Science, founded by Case in 1877) and Western Reserve University.
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand	King Chulalongkorn the Great	Established in 1917 by King King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam (Thailand) and named in honor of his father.
Clark University, Massachusetts, USA	Jonas Gilman Clark	Clark was both the founder and principal benefactor of the university, making major gifts in his lifetime and leaving a bequest that totaled about $2,915,000 in 1900. [5]
Clarkson University, New York, USA	Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson	Entrepreneur who was killed in 1894 trying to save a worker in his sandstone mining business. His family started the college in his memory.[6]
Cogswell College, California, USA	Henry D. and Caroline Cogswell	Henry Cogswell, who founded the college in 1887 with his wife Caroline, was a dentist and temperance crusader. The defunct Henry Cogswell College also bore his name.
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, USA	Peter Cooper	Industrialist, inventor, and politician who conceived of the idea of having a free institute in New York. He erected a building and endowed the institution, which he presented to the City of New York in 1858.
Cornell College, Iowa, USA	William Wesley Cornell	College was established as Iowa Conference Seminary in 1853 and renamed in 1857 in honor of iron tycoon Cornell, who is sometimes described as the school's founder.[7][8]
Cornell University, New York, USA	Ezra Cornell	University was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White
Creighton University, Nebraska, USA	Edward Creighton	Founded in 1878 through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton, who directed in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband.
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada	George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie	Founded in 1818 by Ramsay, the British Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
Dharmsinh Desai University, Gujarat, India	Dharmsinh Desai	Member of Parliament, educationist and social worker who established the institution in 1968[1]
Drexel University, Pennsylvania, USA	Anthony Joseph Drexel I	Philadelphia financier and philanthropist who founded the school in 1891
Emerson College, Massachusetts, USA	Charles Wesley Emerson	Founded the college in 1880 as a school of oratory
Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya	Lord Egerton Maurice of Tatton	Founded in 1939 on land donated by the British farmer [9]
Dr. Harisingh Gour University, India	Dr. Harisingh Gour	Founded the institution in 1946 as University of Saugar, using his life savings [10]
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Count Eberhard VI and Duke Karl Eugen	Eberhard founded the university in 1477; in 1769 Duke Karl Eugen appended his first name to that of the founder.
Ferris State University, Michigan, USA	Woodbridge Nathan Ferris	Educator who founded the institution in 1884; later served as governor of Michigan and as a US Senator
GIK Institute, Topi, Pakistan	Ghulam Ishaq Khan	Named after a former president of Pakistan
Gibbs College	Katharine Gibbs	Founder of the institution, now operated as a chain of for-profit colleges
Gnessin State Musical College, Moscow, Russia	Sisters Eugenia, Helena and Maria Gnessin	Established in 1895 by the sisters, who were pianists
Gordon College (Massachusetts), USA	Adoniram Judson Gordon	Founder, in 1889; the college was originally known as the Boston Missionary Training School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS), multiple USA locations	Adoniram Judson Gordon and Russell Conwell	Gordon started the Gordon Divinity School in Massachusetts in 1889; Conwell (also founder of ) started the Conwell School of Theology at Temple University; the two schools merged in 1969.
Goucher College, Maryland, USA	John Goucher and Mary Fisher Goucher	Established in 1885 as The Woman's College of Baltimore, renamed in honor of its founders in 1910 [11]
Harvey Mudd College, California, USA	Harvey Seeley Mudd	Benefactor who was involved in planning of the new institution, but died before it opened
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, USA	John Henry Hobart & William Smith	Hobart College was founded in 1796 as Geneva Academy, becoming a college in 1822 under the leadership of Episcopal bishop John Henry Hobart. It was renamed in his honor in 1852. William Smith College was established as a coordinate college for women in 1906 with gifts from nurseryman William Smith.
Houghton College, New York, USA	Willard J. Houghton	Wesleyan Methodist minister who founded the institution in 1883
Hunter College, New York, USA	Thomas Hunter	Founder
Johnson Bible College, Tennessee, USA	Ashley S. Johnson
Johnson & Wales University, USA	Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales
Kalasalingam University, Tamil Nadu, India	Arulmigu Kalasalingam	Founded by Mr. Kalasalingam [12]
Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Bihar, India	Kameshwar Singh	In 1961 Maharaja Kameshwar Singh donated his ancestral house, Anandbag Palace, a rich library and surrounding land to establish a Sanskrit university. [13]
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	King Saud	Founded by King Saud in 1957
LeMoyne-Owen College, Tennessee, USA	Francis Julius LeMoyne & S. A. Owen	LeMoyne (1798-1879), a Pennsylvania doctor, donated $20,000 to the American Missionary Association in 1870 to help establish the institution that became LeMoyne College. The namesake of Owen College, established in 1947 as S.A. Owen Junior College, was a distinguished religious and civic leader. The two historically black institutions merged in 1968.[14]
Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria	Emperor Leopold I, Emperor Francis I	Founded by Emperor Leopold I in 1669, re-established by Emperor Francis I in 1826.
LeTourneau University, Texas, USA	R.G. LeTourneau	Founder, with his wife Evelyn, of LeTourneau Technical Institute, formed in 1946 to educate veterans returning from World War II
Lipscomb University, Tennessee, USA	David Lipscomb	Restoration Movement minister who, together with James A. Harding, founded the institution in 1891
Magee College of University of Ulster, Northern Ireland	Martha Magee	Widow of a Presbyterian minister, who, in 1845, bequeathed £20,000 to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland to found a college for theology and the arts
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India	Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III	Founder
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic University, Madhya Pradesh, India	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi	[2]
Maharishi Open University	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi	[3]
Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, USA	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada	William McMaster	Founded the university in 1887
Millikin University, Illinois, USA	James Millikin	Local businessman who founded the school in 1901
Mills College, California, USA	Susan Tolman Mills and Cyrus Mills	Originally established as the Young Ladies Seminary; Susan and Cyrus Mills bought it in 1866, renamed it Mills Seminary, and later converted it to Mills College. Susan Mills served as principal and president until 1909.
Millsaps College, Mississippi, USA	Reuben Webster Millsaps	A Confederate veteran, Major Millsaps founded the college in 1889-90 by donating $50,000 and land for the campus.
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia	Mikhail Lomonosov	University was established on the instigation of Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov by a decree of Russian Empress Elizabeth in 1755.
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, USA	Dwight Lyman Moody
National Sun Yat-sen University, Republic of China (Taiwan)	Sun Yat-sen	Successor to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, re-established in Taiwan by the ROC government
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kiev, Ukraine	Petro Mohyla	Institution traces its history to the 1632 merger of two other schools by Mohyla, Metropolitan bishop of Kiev and Galicia.
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India	Fath Jang Nawwab Mir Osman Ali Khan Asif Jah VII	Last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad, whose charitable trust founded the institute in the 1960s [4][5]
Oral Roberts University, Oklahoma, USA	Oral Roberts	Televangelist preacher who founded the university in 1963
Osmania University, Andhra Pradesh, India	Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII	Founded the university in 1918
Otis College of Art and Design, California, USA	Harrison Gray Otis	Founded in 1918 on land bequeathed for the purpose by Otis, founder of the Los Angeles Times newspaper
Pace University, New York, USA	Homer Pace and Charles Ashford Pace	Brothers who founded the school in 1906
Patten University, California, USA	Dr. Bebe Patten	Christian evangelist; founded the school in 1944 as the Oakland Bible Institute
Pepperdine University, California, USA	George Pepperdine	Businessman who had built a fortune founding and developing the Western Auto Supply Company; he established the college in 1937
Philipps University of Marburg, Germany	Philipp I of Hesse	founded the university in 1527
Pitzer College, California, USA	Russell K. Pitzer	California citrus grower who founded the college in 1963
Purdue University, Indiana, USA	John Purdue	Businessman Purdue donated funds to the state of Indiana to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA	Stephen Van Rensselaer III	Co-founder, with Amos Eaton
Rice University, Texas, USA	William Marsh Rice	Businessman whose designated that his estate be used to establish the institution
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland	Robert Gordon	Merchant Gordon, who died in 1731, willed his estate to build a residential school for young boys in Aberdeen. That school was the genesis of the institution now called Robert Gordon University.
Roberts Wesleyan College, New York, USA	Benjamin Titus Roberts and John Wesley	Named in honor of both the college founder (Roberts) and the founder of Methodism and the Wesleyan Church (Wesley).
Rockefeller University, New York, USA	John D. Rockefeller	Founded in 1901 by the oil baron and philanthropist as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Royal Holloway, University of London, England	Thomas Holloway	Founded Royal Holloway College as a women-only college in 1879
Sarah Lawrence College, New York, USA	Sarah Lawrence, wife of William Van Duzer Lawrence	The college was founded by New York real-estate mogul William Lawrence and named in honor of his wife.
Scripps College, California, USA	Ellen Browning Scripps
Skidmore College, New York, USA	Lucy Skidmore Scribner and her father, Joseph Russell Skidmore	Lucy Skidmore Scribner formed the Young Women's Industrial Club in 1903 with inheritance money from her father, a prosperous coal merchant. In 1911, the club was chartered under the name "Skidmore School of Arts" as a college for vocational and professional training of young women.
Smith College, Massachusetts, USA	Sophia Smith	Willed her inherited fortune to endow the founding of the college
Stanford University, California, USA	Leland Stanford, Jr.	Founded by railroad magnate and California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford, and named in honor of their only child, who died of typhoid just before his 16th birthday.
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China	Dr. Sun Yat-sen	Physician, president of the Republic of China, and Kuomintang leader who founded the university in 1924
Surendranath College, Kolkata, India	Surendranath Banerjea	Previously called Ripon College, named for the British Viceroy Lord Ripon; renamed in 1948-1949 for its founder, Indian nationalist leader Banerjea.
Thapar University, Punjab, India	Family of Karam Chand Thapar	Industrialist K.C. Thapar founded the school as the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in 1956[15]
Vassar College, New York, USA	Matthew Vassar	Brewer and merchant who founded the college in 1861
Washington College, Maryland, USA	George Washington	Founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington, who consented to give his name to the College and who served five years on the Board of Visitors and Governors, before beginning his presidency of the United States
Wells College, New York, USA	Henry Wells	Founder of Wells Fargo and American Express who established the school as a woman's college in 1868
Wheaton College (Massachusetts), USA	Eliza Wheaton Strong	Wheaton Female Seminary was established in her memory by her family in 1835.
Wheelock College (Massachusetts), USA	Lucy Wheelock	Founded the college in 1888 [16]
Whitworth University, Washington, USA	George Whitworth	Founded institution in 1883 as Sumner Academy; renamed in his honor in 1890

[edit] Benefactors or their family members

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Agnes Scott College, Georgia, USA	Agnes Scott	George Washington Scott, Confederate general and businessman, gave $112,250 to Decatur Female Seminary (which he helped organize), which then renamed itself Agnes Scott College in honor of his mother
Albertson College of Idaho, USA	Joe Albertson	Grocery retailer. Name changed from The College of Idaho in 1991, reverted to The College of Idaho in 2007.[17]
Ball State University, Indiana, USA	The Ball Brothers
Baruch College, New York, USA	Bernard M. Baruch	Originally the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York, was renamed in 1953 for Baruch, a wealthy financier and devoted alumnus. The school received $9 million from his estate upon his death in 1965.[18]
Bates College, Maine, USA	Benjamin E. Bates	Boston financier; provided financial support for school's expansion in 1863
Bennett College, North Carolina, USA	Lyman Bennett	donations from Lyman Bennett, a New York businessman, provided funds to build a permanent campus
Bexley Hall (seminary), Ohio and New York, USA	Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley	benefactor of Kenyon College in Ohio, where Bexley Hall was founded
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy	Luigi Bocconi	University was founded with the help of an endowment from wealthy merchant Ferdinando Bocconi and was named for Bocconi's son, who had died in the First Italo–Ethiopian War
Bowdoin College, Maine, USA	James Bowdoin	Namesake was a former Massachusetts governor, whose son James Bowdoin III was an early benefactor of the school, which was chartered in 1794.
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA	Family of John Brown and Nicholas Brown	Local businessmen, the Browns were among the signers of the College of Rhode Island's original charter in 1764 and became major benefactors; it was renamed in their honor in 1804
Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA	William Bucknell	Originally the University at Lewisburg; renamed in 1886 in honor of the benefactor from Philadelphia who assisted the school during the post-Civil War recession
Carleton College, Minnesota, USA	William Carleton	Originally Northfield College; renamed five years after its establishment (in 1871) to honor benefactor William Carleton, who had given US$50,000 to the fledgling institution
Chapman University, California, USA	Charles C. Chapman	Originally called Hesperian College and later California Christian College; renamed in 1934 in honor of Chapman, the chairman of the institution's board of trustees and a principal benefactor
Clare College, Cambridge, UK	Elizabeth de Clare	Originally founded in 1326 as University Hall but suffered financial hardship; was refounded in 1338 as Clare Hall by an endowment from Elizabeth de Clare, a granddaughter of Edward I.
Clemson University, South Carolina, USA	Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888)	Clemson's will directed that most of his estate be used to establish a college to teach scientific agriculture and the mechanical arts to South Carolinians.
Coe College, Iowa, USA	Daniel Coe	Farmer in the Catskills region of New York who pledged $1,500 toward the 1853 founding of the Cedar Rapids Collegiate Institute (later renamed in his honor). His pledge was made with the stipulation that the school be coeducational.
Colby College, Maine, USA	Gardner Colby	Originally (in 1813) the Maine Literary and Theological Institution and later Waterville College, was renamed for Boston merchant Colby due to his financial support which helped the school survive during the American Civil War.[19]
Colgate University, New York, USA	William Colgate and family	Originally (in 1817) the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and later Madison University, was renamed for Colgate (founder of the company that became Colgate-Palmolive) in 1890 in honor of nearly 70 years of involvement and service by the Colgate family.[20]
Converse College, South Carolina, USA	Dexter Edgar Converse	Cotton mill owner who was among the school's founders and made substantial contributions.[21]
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA	William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth	Large donor to and a leading trustee for the English trust established for the benefit of the college
Denison University, Ohio, USA	William Denison	Local Ohio farmer who donated to the university (then Granville Theological Seminary)
DePauw University, Indiana, USA	Washington Charles DePauw	Originally called Indiana Asbury University, renamed in 1884 in honor of DePauw's substantial donations, which totaled over $600,000 during his lifetime.
Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, USA	John Dickinson	Signer of both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States who was President of Pennsylvania at the time of the college's founding and who donated 500 acres (2.0 km²) of land for the campus
Drake University, Iowa, USA	Francis Marion Drake	Endowed the institution in 1881; later became governor of Iowa
Drew University, New Jersey, USA	Daniel Drew	Financier who endowed the school (originally Drew Theological Seminary) at its founding in 1867
Duke University, North Carolina, USA	Washington Duke	Name changed from Trinity College to Duke University in 1924, after tobacco industrialist James B. Duke established The Duke Endowment. The name honors the donor's deceased father.
Eckerd College, Florida, USA	Jack Eckerd	Founder of Eckerd Drugs; donated $12.5 million to Florida Presbyterian College, which was renamed in his honor in 1972
Eugene Lang College, New York, USA	Eugene Lang	Originally The New School for Liberal Arts; renamed in 1985 following a generous donation by philanthropist and educational visionary Lang and his wife Theresa
Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA	Col. Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Sr.	co-founder of Becton Dickinson
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Massachusetts, USA	Franklin W. Olin	Founder of the Olin Corporation; College's endowment is funded primarily by his F. W. Olin Foundation
Grinnell College, Iowa, USA	Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Hamline University, Minnesota, USA	Leonidas Lent Hamline	Methodist Bishop who provided US$25,000 of his own money to launch the school, founded in 1854.
Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA	John Harvard	Young clergyman whose bequest was (in 1639) the first principal donation to the new institution
Hofstra University, New York, USA	William Hofstra	University was established on the grounds of the Hofstra estate with funds that his widow's will designated for creating a memorial to her husband.[6]
Hollins University, Virginia, USA	John Hollins and Ann Halsey Hollins	early benefactors
Howard Payne University, Texas, USA	Edward Howard Payne	A large gift from Payne (brother-in-law of one of the founders) helped to establish the institution [7]
Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA	Johns Hopkins	Hopkins, who died in 1873, bequeathed $7 million for the founding of the university and Johns Hopkins Hospital. At the time, this was the largest philanthropic bequest in U.S. history, the equivalent of over $131 million in 2006.
Juilliard School, New York, USA	Augustus Juilliard	Named for Juilliard, a textile merchant, who bequeathed a substantial amount for the advancement of music in the United States
Kenyon College, Ohio, USA	Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon	Lord Kenyon was one of the college's earliest benefactors in 1824. Another was Lord Gambier, whose name was given to the associated village, Gambier, Ohio.[22]
Kettering University, Michigan, USA	Charles Kettering	Inventor, proponent of cooperative education, and an early benefactor of the school under one of its previous names.[8]
King College, Tennessee, USA	James King	College was originally located on land donated by Reverend King.
King Edward Medical University (Kemc), Lahore, Pakistan	Edward VII of the United Kingdom	Founded as Lahore Medical College, renamed King Edward Medical College after receiving assistance from the King Edward Medical Memorial Fund[9]
Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo, Sri Lanka	General Sir John Kotelawala	Established on an estate donated by Kotelawala, a former Prime Minister of Ceylon
Université Laval, Quebec, Canada	François de Laval
Lawrence University, Wisconsin, USA	Amos Adams Lawrence	Philanthropist Lawrence contributed $10,000 toward the school's founding
Lewis University, Illinois, USA	Frank J. Lewis	philanthropist who funded the construction of many of the school's buildings
Macalester College, Minnesota, USA	Charles Macalester	Philadelphia, PA, businessman who sponsored the institution's conversion from a school to a college
McGill University, Quebec, Canada	James McGill	The university was established with money and land from McGill's estate.
Meharry Medical College, Tennessee, USA	Samuel Meharry	Samuel Meharry was a young white man who, in 1826, was aided after an accident by a family of freed slaves. Afterward, he promised to repay their help by doing "something for your race," and 50 years later along with four of his brothers he donated $15,000 to assist with the establishment of the medical department at Central Tennessee College; that department later became Meharry Medical College.[23]
Paul Smith's College, New York, USA	Apollos (Paul) Smith
Philander Smith College, Arkansas, USA	Philander Smith	Renamed from Walden Seminary in 1882 to recognize the financial contributions of Adeline Smith, the widow of Philander Smith
Radcliffe College, Massachusetts, USA	Ann Mowlson	Lady Ann Mowlson, née Radcliffe, established the first scholarship at Harvard University (Radcliffe's parent institution) in 1643.
Reed College, Oregon, USA	Simeon Gannett Reed and Amanda Reed	Oregon pioneers; Amanda Reed's estate provided the endowment with which the college was founded.
Rhodes University, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	Cecil Rhodes	The establishment of the university was aided by the Rhodes Trust.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey, USA	Robert Wood Johnson III	Originally Rutgers Medical School, received its current name in 1986[24]
Rowan University, New Jersey, USA	Henry Rowan and Betty Rowan	Formerly Glassboro State College; was renamed in 1992 after the Rowans gave $100 million to the school, at the time the largest gift to a public college.[25]
Russell Sage College, New York, USA	Russell Sage
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA	Henry Rutgers	American Revolutionary War hero whose donations helped the college (originally called Queen's College) survive difficult financial times[10]
Stetson University, Florida, USA	John Batterson Stetson	Creator of the Stetson hat; donated generously to DeLand University, which changed its name to John B. Stetson University in 1889.
Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA	Edwin A. Stevens	His bequest helped to establish the institution
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India	J.R.D. Tata
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India	Sir Dorabji Tata	Established with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust;[26]; trust founder Sir Dorabji Tata was influential in establishing the Tata family's industrial endeavors.[27]
Thiel College, Pennsylvania, USA	A. Louis Thiel	Provided initial funding for the school in 1866, donating $4,000 that he had received from an investment in the new oil industry in Titusville, Pennsylvania [11]
Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA	Charles Tufts	Donated the land for the campus
Tulane University, Louisiana, USA	Paul Tulane	Tulane was converted from a public to a private university in the late 19th century with financing from the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb.
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA	Cornelius Vanderbilt	Provided the institution its initial $1 million endowment.
Wheaton College (Illinois), USA	Warren L. Wheaton	Early donor who also was a founder of the city of Wheaton, Illinois.[28]
Williams College, Massachusetts, USA	Ephraim Williams	Benefactor whose estate helped to found the college in 1793
Wilson College (Pennsylvania), USA	Sarah Wilson	first major donor to the college
Winthrop University, South Carolina, USA	Robert C. Winthrop	Donor whose contribution was enough to rent the institution's first one-room building
Wofford College, South Carolina, USA	Benjamin Wofford	Methodist minister whose $100,000 bequest founded the college in 1854
Yale University, Connecticut, USA	Elihu Yale	benefactor
Young Harris College, Georgia, USA	Young Harris	benefactor

[edit] Other institutional associations

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Barnard College, New York, USA	Frederick A.P. Barnard	President of Columbia College in the years prior to Barnard's founding as Columbia's sister school; was a proponent of higher education for women
Cardinal Stritch University, Wisconsin, USA	Samuel Cardinal Stritch	Originally St. Clare College; renamed in 1946 when Stritch, who had been Archbishop of Milwaukee when the school was established within that archdiocese, became a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Claremont McKenna College, California, USA	Donald McKenna	Originally named Claremont Men's College for its location; the name of McKenna, one of the school's founding trustees, was added to the name when the school became coeducational in 1976[29]
Crichton College, Tennessee, USA	Dr. James B. Crichton	Established in 1941 and formerly called Mid-South Bible College, renamed in honor of this former school president and professor in 1986
C.W. Post College, New York, USA	Charles William Post	Breakfast cereal inventor and father of Marjorie Merriweather Post, who sold the school's campus to Long Island University.[12]
Dawson College, Quebec, Canada	John William Dawson	Professor of geology and principal of McGill University (Dawson's parent institution) from 1855 to 1893
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary	Loránd Eötvös	Physicist who researched and taught in the university (then called University of Budapest), which was renamed in his honor in 1950
Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany	Ernst Moritz Arndt	German patriotic author and poet who was a student at the university and later taught history there; his name was added to the university's name in 1933
Faulkner University, Alabama, USA	James H. Faulkner	Longtime supporter and chairman of the board of trustees
Furman University, South Carolina, USA	Richard Furman	A founder of the South Carolina Baptist Convention whose efforts in support of Baptist missions and education led to the establishment of Furman University (and other institutions) and whose organizational concepts were eventually adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention. His son was the school's first president.[30]
Hamilton College, New York, USA	Alexander Hamilton	Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was one of the institution's first trustees.
Henderson State University, Arkansas, USA	Charles Christopher Henderson	Early trustee of the college originally called Arkadelphia Methodist College
Hendrix College, Arkansas, USA	Eugene Russell Hendrix	Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which had recently purchased the school previously named Central Collegiate Institute
Kean University, New Jersey, USA	Robert Winthrop Kean	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and father of former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean. Campus is located on land that belonged to the Kean family[13], including land purchased while Robert Kean was in Congress.[14][15]
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Rome, Italy	Guido Carli	President of the University from 1978 until his death in 1993
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria	Obafemi Awolowo	first Nigerian premier of the Western Region of Nigeria who was also the university's founding statesman and first Chancellor
Rhodes College, Tennessee, USA	Peyton Nalle Rhodes	Former president of the college which had previously held names including Montgomery Masonic College, Stewart College, Southwestern Presbyterian University, and Southwestern at Memphis.
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary	Ignác Semmelweis	The medical school, first established in 1769, was renamed in 1969 in honor of 19th century Hungarian physician Semmelweis, discoverer of the cause of puerperal fever, who was a professor and chairman in the institution's Faculty of Medicine[31]
Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA	Elizabeth Ann Seton	Mother Seton was the first American-born Catholic saint. The university was founded 1856 by her nephew, Archdiocese of Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, who named the institution for his aunt.
Trevelyan College (Durham University), England	G. M. Trevelyan	Historian who served as Chancellor of Durham University from 1950 to 1957
Van Mildert College (Durham University), England	William Van Mildert	Prince-Bishop of Durham from 1826 to 1836 and a leading figure in the founding of Durham University in 1832
Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, USA	Warren Hugh Wilson	Presbyterian minister who served on the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which named the college in his honor after his death[16]

[edit] Institutions named for contemporary royalty or politicians

Some educational institutions carry the names of members of royalty or political leaders who were in power at the time the institutions were established or given their present names. Some of these schools were given the names of the leaders who officially chartered them (for example, Charles University of Prague in the Czech Republic and College of William and Mary in the United States). Other institutions may have received other forms of support from their namesakes.

The following list includes both institutions named for members of royalty or politicians in power at the time the institutions received those names and institutions that were named for recently deceased royalty or politicians who may have been special supporters of the schools.

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India	Acharya N.G. Ranga	Indian Parliamentarian[17]
Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria	Ahmadu Bello	Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, was the first premier of Northern Nigeria
Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, USA	Austin Peay	Governor of Tennessee; died in office (in 1927) 2 years before school opened
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel	David Ben-Gurion	School was originally named University of the Negev, but was renamed after the death of Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, in 1973
Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor	Holy Roman Emperor who authorized the establishment of the university
Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India	N.T. Rama Rao	Famous actor in Telugu film industry and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh when institution was founded in 1986[32]
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh, India	Yashwant Singh Parmar	Established in 1962 as the Himachal Agricultural College and Research Institute, continued to expand and was named in 1985 for Parmar, who is popularly called "architect of Himachal Pradesh," had been the first Chief Minister of the state, and was an advocate for the Horticulture and Forestry University [33]
Kim Il-sung University, Pyongyang, North Korea	Kim Il-sung	Founder of Communist North Korea
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	King Fahd	First the College of Petroleum and Minerals and later the University of Petroleum and Minerals, was renamed in 1986 in honor of King Fahd,[34] who ruled Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005.
King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia	King Faisal	Established in 1975, the same year that King Faisal was assassinated
Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco	Mohammed V of Morocco	Sultan of Morocco who became King in 1957, the year the university was established
University of Naples Federico II, Italy	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor	Holy Roman Emperor who authorized the establishment of the university
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland	Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, Jharkhand State, India	Dr. Rajendra Prasad	First president of India
College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA	King William III and Queen Mary II of England	College was founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by King William and Queen Mary
Zayed University, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan	first president of United Arab Emirates

[edit] Institutions named in honor of historical people not connected with the institution

[edit] Religious figures

The following universities and colleges are named for people who are noted primarily for their contributions to religion, including theologians, saints, holy people, and founders of religious denominations. Most, but not all, of the institutions of higher education named for religious figures are religious institutions.

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India	Nagarjuna	pro-founder of the Madhyamaka path of Mahayana Buddhism
Albertus Magnus College, Connecticut, USA	Albertus Magnus	Medieval Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian
Albright College, Pennsylvania, USA	Jacob Albright	Preacher who founded the Evangelical Association (later the Evangelical United Brethren Church)
Allen University, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Richard Allen	founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Aquinas College	St. Thomas Aquinas	Medieval Roman Catholic theologian; the name "Aquinas College" is used by several institutions of higher education around the world
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Punjab, India	Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar	12th century Sufi preacher, saint of Punjab, and poet of Punjabi language
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel	Meir Bar-Ilan	leader of Religious Zionism
Barton College, North Carolina, USA	Barton W. Stone	founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Atlantic Christian College was renamed in his honor in 1990
Bellarmine University, Kentucky, USA	Robert Bellarmine	Catholic saint
Calvin College, Michigan, USA	John Calvin	Theologian of the Protestant Reformation
DePaul University, Illinois, USA	St. Vincent de Paul
George Fox University, Oregon, USA	George Fox	Founder of the Quaker movement
Gonzaga University, Washington, USA	Aloysius Gonzaga	Catholic saint; patron saint of youth
Guru Ghasidas University	Guru Ghasidas	Hindu saint; founder of the Satnami sect of Hinduism[18]
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Haryana State, India	Guru Jambheshwar	Founder and guru of the Bishnoi sect of Hinduism [19]
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India	Guru Gobind Singh	Sikh warrior, poet, and spiritual leader [20]
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India	Guru Nanak Dev	founder of Sikhism
John Carroll University, Ohio, USA	John Carroll	Originally St. Ignatius College, renamed in 1923 for Carroll, the first archbishop of the Catholic Church in the United States and founder of fellow Jesuit institution Georgetown University
La Salle University, Pennsylvania, USA	Jean-Baptiste de la Salle	Catholic saint whose work contributed to improving education
Loyola Marymount University, California, USA	Saint Ignatius of Loyola	Founder of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, USA	Saint Ignatius of Loyola	Founder of the Jesuits
Luther College (Iowa), USA	Martin Luther	Leader of the Protestant Reformation who founded Lutheranism
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany	Martin Luther	Leader of the Protestant Reformation who also was a professor in Wittenberg
Momoyama Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan	Saint Andrew	The school's English name is St. Andrew's University, for St. Andrew, one of the twelve disciples of Christ. (The Japanese name refers to its original location in an area of peach orchards.)[35]
Otterbein College, Ohio, USA	Philip William Otterbein	Clergyman who founded the United Brethren in Christ
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands	Saint Radboud	Originally the Catholic University of Nijmegen, renamed in 2004 for the Radboud Foundation (named for Saint Radboud, a medieval Bishop of Utrecht), which had the goal of stimulating Roman Catholic higher education and funded the university.
Universidad de San Andrés, Victoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Saint Andrew	founded by Scottish immigrants in 1838 and named for the patron saint of Scotland
St Aidan's College (Durham University), England	Aidan of Lindisfarne
University of St Andrews, Scotland	Saint Andrew	patron saint of Scotland
St Chad's College (Durham University), England	St. Chad
St Cuthbert's Society (Durham University), England	St. Cuthbert
Saint Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada	St. Francis Xavier
Saint Michael's College, Vermont, USA	Saint Michael the Archangel
Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Maharashtra, India	Guru Gobind Singh	Sikh warrior, poet, and spiritual leader
Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Chennai, India	Chandrashekarendra Saraswati	Hindu saint known as the Sage of Kanchi (1894–1994) [36]
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, Italy	St. Thomas Aquinas[37]	Father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, New Hampshire, USA	Thomas More	Catholic saint
Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA	John Wesley	Wesleyan University is the oldest of the numerous institutions for whom Wesley (Protestant theologian who was the founder of Methodism) was namesake (see Wesleyan)
William Carey College, Mississippi, USA	William Carey	One of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society, considered the "father of modern missions"
Xavier University (Cincinnati), Ohio, USA	St. Francis Xavier

[edit] Other historical figures

Universities and colleges have been named for a diverse variety of historical figures, including national heroes, poets, prominent scientists, and political figures of the past.

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poznań, Poland	Adam Mickiewicz	Polish poet
Allame Tabatabayee University, Tehran, Iran	Allame Tabatabayee	Iranian Islamic cleric
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran	Amir Kabir	Prime minister of Persia in 19th century
Andrew Jackson University, Alabama, USA	Andrew Jackson	United States president
Andrews University, Michigan, USA	John Nevins Andrews	Adventist scholar who was the first officially sponsored overseas missionary for the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Anton Bruckner Private University, Linz, Austria	Anton Bruckner	Austrian composer
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece	Aristotle	Greek philosopher
Arturo Prat University, Chile	Arturo Prat	Chilean military hero
Austin College, Texas, USA	Stephen F. Austin	Texas hero
Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India	Maulana Barkatullah Bhopali	In 1988 Bhopal University was renamed for this scholar (1854-1927) who was an early advocate for Indian independence.[38]
Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India	Subramania Bharathiar	Tamil poet
Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India	Bharathidasan	Tamil poet and author
Bidhan Chandra College, Asansol, West Bengal, India	Bidhan Chandra Roy	Physician and second Chief Minister of West Bengal
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, West Bengal, India	Bidhan Chandra Roy	Physician and second Chief Minister of West Bengal
Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand State, India	Birsa Munda	Leader in 19th century Indian independence movement
Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA	Louis Brandeis	First Jewish Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Brock University, Ontario, Canada	Isaac Brock	British Major General Sir Isaac Brock died during the Battle of Queenston Heights in the War of 1812, near the site of the campus.
Brunel University, England	Isambard Kingdom Brunel	British engineer remembered for his major accomplishments in design and development of civil works
Bryan College, Tennessee, USA	William Jennings Bryan	American lawyer, statesman, politician, and renowned public speaker, who died five days after his participation in the Scopes Trial, near the site of the future college
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany	Carl von Ossietzky	German journalist, publisher, and pacifist, awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize, 1889–1938
Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain	Charles III of Spain	King of Spain, 1759–88
Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru	Cayetano Heredia	19th-century Peruvian physician
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India	Chandrasekhar Azad	Indian revolutionary
Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia	Charles Darwin	English naturalist best known for his theory of natural selection, which forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory
Charles Sturt University, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory, Australia	Charles Sturt	English explorer of Australia
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana State, India	Choudhary Charan Singh	Hissar Agricultural University was renamed in honor of Singh, a former Prime Minister of India
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India	Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj	Shahu Ji was a ruler of Kolhapur who introduced reservation for downtrodden classes in his kingdom in 1902; in 2002 King George's Medical College in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, was also renamed in his honor [39]
Christopher Newport University, Virginia, USA	Christopher Newport	Captain of the ship that brought the first English settlers to Jamestown, Virginia
Clark Atlanta University, Georgia, USA	Davis Wasgatt Clark	First president of the Freedman's Aid Society, abolitionist organization which assisted fugitive slaves
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France	Claude Bernard	French physiologist
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, Australia	John Curtin	A Prime Minister of Australia
Daniel Webster College, New Hampshire, USA	Daniel Webster	19th century American statesman
Davidson College, North Carolina, USA	William Lee Davidson	American Revolutionary war general
De Montfort University, Leicester, England	Simon de Montfort	Earl of Leicester in the 13th century
Deakin University, Victoria, Australia	Alfred Deakin	Australia's second Prime Minister
Devi Ahilya University, Madhya Pradesh, India	Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar	Female ruler of the Malwa kingdom, India, in the 18th century
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar	Indian jurist, scholar and political leader who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, an opponent of the Indian caste system, and a Buddhist revivalist. He was one of the first Untouchables to obtain a college education in India. [21]
Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar	[22]
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, India	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar	[23]
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, India	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar	[24]
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia	Edith Cowan	First woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament
Emory University, Georgia, USA	John Emory	American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Emory and Henry College, Virginia, USA	John Emory and Patrick Henry	American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and American patriot, respectively
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands	Desiderius Erasmus	Dutch humanist and theologian (died 1536)
Fisk University, Tennessee, USA	Clinton B. Fisk	Officer in the Reconstruction era Freedmen's Bureau
Francis Marion University, South Carolina, USA	Francis Marion	American Revolutionary War hero who was nicknamed the "Swamp Fox" for successfully using guerrilla tactics to out-fox the British on swampy terrain in South Carolina [40]
Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Francisco Marroquín	first bishop of Guatemala, in 16th century
Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania, USA	Benjamin Franklin and John Marshall
Franklin College Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland	Benjamin Franklin	American founding father who was the United States' first ambassador to Europe
Franklin Pierce College, New Hampshire, USA	Franklin Pierce	United States president
Franklin Pierce Law Center, New Hampshire, USA	Franklin Pierce	United States president
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Thuringia, Germany	Friedrich Schiller	German writer
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia	Patih Gadjah Mada	Famous military leader and prime minister (mahapatih) of the 14th century Majapahit Empire
George Mason University, Virginia, USA	George Mason	American statesman and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA	George Washington
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Maharashtra, India	Gopal Krishna Gokhale	Indian nationalist leader. The institute is located in the premises of the Servants of India Society, which he established in 1905. The grounds include his bungalow and a massive banyan tree under which Gokhale and M.K. Gandhi discussed political issues. [41]
Gordon College, Georgia, USA	General John B. Gordon	Confederate corps commander in the American Civil War; later served three terms in the U.S. Senate and two terms as Georgia Governor
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttarakhand, India	Govind Ballabh Pant	Indian freedom fighter [42]
Grey College, Durham, England	Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey	British Prime Minister at the time that Durham University was founded
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia	Samuel Griffith
Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, USA	Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden	King of Sweden
Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, USA	John Hampden & Algernon Sydney
Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany	Heinrich Heine	German poet, born in Düsseldorf
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttar Pradesh, India	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna	Garhwal University, founded 1973, was renamed in 1989 following the death of Shri Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Indian statesman born in the district of Pauri Garhwal. [25][26]
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland	George Heriot and James Watt
Howard University, Washington, DC, USA	Oliver O. Howard
Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Madhya Pradesh, India	Indira Gandhi	Prime Minister of India [27]
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India	Indira Gandhi	[28]
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India	Indira Gandhi
Ivan Franko National University of L'viv, Ukraine	Ivan Franko	Ukrainian writer and political activist
Jai Prakash University, Bihar, India	Jai Prakash Narayan	Indian freedom fighter and political leader [29]
James Madison University, Virginia, USA	James Madison	United States president
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Andhra Pradesh, India	Jawaharlal Nehru	first Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India	Jawaharlal Nehru	first Prime Minister of India
James Cook University, Queensland, Australia	James Cook	British sea captain and explorer
Jiwaji University, Madhya Pradesh, India	Jiwaji Rao Scindia	Last Scindia Maharaja of Ujjain and Gwalior [43]
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany	Johann Gutenberg
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria	Johannes Kepler	German mathematician and astronomer
John Cabot University, Italy	John Cabot	Italian navigator and explorer
Josephine Butler College (Durham University), England	Josephine Butler	Victorian era feminist
Judson College (Alabama), USA	Ann Hasseltine Judson	First American Baptist woman to serve as an overseas missionary
Judson College, Illinois, USA	Adoniram Judson	First American Baptist man to serve as an overseas missionary
Kennedy-King College, Illinois, USA	Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King	Founded as Woodrow Wilson Junior College in 1935 and renamed in 1969 in honor of the two leaders who had been assassinated in 1968
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran	Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī	Persian scientist (1201–1274) known as a philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, theologian, physician, and prolific writer [44]
Kyiv Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine	Taras Shevchenko	Ukrainian poet, artist, and humanist
La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia	Charles La Trobe	first Governor of Victoria
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA	Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar State, India	Lalit Narayan Mishra	Originally Mithila University; renamed in 1975 after the assassination of Indian political leader Mishra [45]
Lamar University, Texas, USA	Mirabeau B. Lamar	second president of the Republic of Texas
Lambuth University, Tennessee, USA	Walter R. Lambuth	pioneer Methodist missionary bishop
Lehman College, New York, USA	Herbert Lehman	Governor of New York
Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee, USA	Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln University (California), USA	Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), USA	Abraham Lincoln
Liverpool John Moores University, England	John Moores
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia	Lachlan Macquarie	Early governor of the colony of New South Wales
Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India	Kamaraj	Politician who was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Maharshi Dayanand University	Swami Dayananda	Indian social reformer [30]
Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University	Mahatma Gandhi	[31]
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India	Mahatma Gandhi
Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Madhya Pradesh, India	Makhan Lal Chaturvedi	Indian freedom fighter, poet and journalist
Malcolm X College, Illinois, USA	Malcolm X
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland	Maria Sklodowska-Curie
Universidad Mariano Gálvez, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Mariano Gálvez	Guatemalan political leader
Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA	Father Jacques Marquette
Marshall University, West Virginia, USA	John Marshall
University of Mary Washington, Virginia, USA	Mary Ball Washington	Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women, was renamed in 1938 in honor of the mother of George Washington
Massey University, New Zealand	William Massey	Former prime minister of New Zealand
Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, India	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	Muslim scholar and a leader of the Indian independence movement
Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain	Miguel Hernández	Spanish poet
Mohan Lal Sukhadia University , Udaipur, Rajasthan, India	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	Originally Udaipur University; was renamed in 1984 in respect of Sukhadia, the architect of modern Rajasthan [46]
Monash University, Australia	General John Monash	Australian military commander of the First World War
Murdoch University, Western Australia	Walter Murdoch	Australian academic and essayist
Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland	John Napier	Mathematician who was born on the site of the modern university
Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology[32], India	Acharya Narendra Deva	School was named in his honor in 1975
Naresuan University, Thailand	King Naresuan the Great	King of Siam (now Thailand) from 1590 to 1605
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China	Cheng Cheng-kung (Koxinga)	Military leader at the end of the Chinese Ming Dynasty, a leader of the anti-Qing movement opposing the Qing Dynasty, and a general who defeated the Dutch to claim Taiwan in 1662.
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, Republic of China	Chiang Kai-shek	Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925 and led the national government of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece	John Capodistria	First head of state of independent Greece
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa	Nelson Mandela
Newman University, Kansas, USA	John Henry Cardinal Newman	Englishman who served as a Roman Catholic cardinal
Netaji Subhas Open University, West Bengal, India	Subhas Chandra Bose	Prominent leader of the Indian Independence Movement
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland	Nicolaus Copernicus	Polish astronomer
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Nigeria	Nnamdi Azikiwe	A champion of Nigerian independence who became the nation's first president
Oberlin College, Ohio, USA	Jean-Frédéric Oberlin	Alsatian clergyman and philanthropist remembered for his efforts to improve the lives of his impoverished parishioners[47]
Oglethorpe University, Georgia, USA	James Oglethorpe	Englishman who established the colony of Georgia [48]
Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany	Otto von Guericke	Germany physicist of the 17th century
University of Paris V: René Descartes, France	René Descartes	French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer
University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie, France	Pierre Curie, Marie Curie	Physicists
University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot, France	Denis Diderot	French philosopher
Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India	Periyar Ramasami	Indian social reformer and politician
Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand	Mahidol Adulyadej	Prince Father Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla (1892-1929) was the father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and is regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand.
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan	Mohammad Ali Jinnah	Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم — "Great Leader") is an honorific title for Jinnah, the politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General.
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland	Queen/Saint Margaret of Scotland	Founded in 1875, named for the queen of Scotland who died in 1093
Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal, India	Rabindranath Tagore	Bengali poet and philosopher
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, India	Rajiv Gandhi	[33]
Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, USA	John Randolph and Nathaniel Macon	When the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church established the college in 1830, it named it for two non-Methodists to dispel the notion that the school would be sectarian. The non-Methodist namesakes were Randolph, a Virginia statesman, and Macon, a North Carolina statesman.[49]
Randolph College (Randolph-Macon Woman's College before July 2007), Virginia, USA	John Randolph	Virginia statesman
Rani Durgavati University, Madhya Pradesh, India	Rani Durgavati	Originally the University of Jabalpur; was renamed in 1983 for the Gond dynasty queen of Garha Mandla (1524-1564) [50]
Robert Morris College, Illinois, USA	Robert Morris	Merchant known as the "Financier of the American Revolution"; signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution
Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania, USA	Robert Morris	Merchant known as the "Financier of the American Revolution"; signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution
Roger Williams University, Rhode Island, USA	Roger Williams
Roosevelt University, Illinois, USA	Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Illinois, USA	Rosalind Franklin
University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain	Antoni Rovira i Virgili	Politician and journalist who was president of the regional parliament of Catalonia in exile after the Spanish Civil War
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Egerton Ryerson	Nineteenth century educator, politician, and Methodist minister,[51] known as the father of Ontario's public school system
Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA	Sam Houston
Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India	Vallabhbhai Patel	Political and social leader of India who played a major role in the country's struggle for independence
Schiller International University, USA-based	Friedrich Schiller
Shahid Beheshti University and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran	Mohammad Hosseiny Beheshti	The former National University of Iran was renamed in 1983 in honor of Beheshti, a leader of Iran's Islamic revolution who is called Shahid (martyr) after his 1981 death in a bomb explosion.[52]
Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India	Shivaji	Founder of the Maratha empire in 1674; considered a great hero in Maharashtra
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada	Simon Fraser	Fur trader and explorer who charted much of what is now British Columbia
Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela	Simón Bolívar	leader of several independence movements throughout South America
Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, USA	Stephen F. Austin	Texas hero
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand	Thao Suranaree	Local heroine of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, who is credited with saving the city from the rebel army during King Anouvong's rebellion of 1827
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Maharashtra, India	Ramanand Teerth	Educator and social activist remembered for his role in the Hyderabad liberation struggle.[53]
Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Tamil Nadu, India[34][broken citation]	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar	Indian jurist, scholar and political leader who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India	M.G. Ramachandran	Namesake was the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[54]
Truman State University, Missouri, USA	Harry S. Truman	United States president
Washington & Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, USA	George Washington and Thomas Jefferson	American founding fathers and the nation's first and third presidents (respectively)
Washington & Lee University, Virginia, USA	George Washington and Robert E. Lee	Two prominent Virginians: Washington was the first U.S. president and Lee was a Confederate Army general
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA	George Washington	Originally named for one of its founders, Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, who did not want the institution to bear his name; renamed in 1854 for its original location on Washington Avenue in Downtown St. Louis (the avenue in turn was named for George Washington) [55]
Whitman College, Washington, USA	Marcus and Narcissa Whitman	Pioneer Christian missionaries in Walla Walla, Washington, (site of the college) who were murdered by the Cayuse and Umatilla
Whittier College, California, USA	John Greenleaf Whittier	American poet
Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada	Wilfrid Laurier	Waterloo Lutheran University dropped its church affiliation in 1973, becoming a public institution named for an earlier Prime Minister of Canada
Wilkes University, Pennsylvania, USA	John Wilkes
William Paterson University, New Jersey, USA	William Paterson
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Maharashtra, India	Yashwantrao Chavan	Chief Minister of Maharashtra and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister of India
Vesalius College, Brussels, Belgium	Andreas Vesalius	Physician who was the founder of modern anatomy
Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India	Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar	19th-century academic, philosopher, educator, printer, entrepreneur, writer, translator, reformer and philanthropist
Visweswaraiah Technological University, Karnataka, India	Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya	Indian engineer and statesman
Walters State Community College, Tennessee, USA	Herbert S. Walters	Banker and politician who served for a short time in the U.S. Senate
Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	Walter Sisulu	South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress
Wayne State University, Michigan, USA	Anthony Wayne	American Revolutionary War general and statesman

[edit] Institutions named for people, not yet classified

Institution	Namesake	Notes
Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Uttar Pradesh, India	Choudhary Charan Singh	Founded in 1966 as Meerut University, was later renamed in honor of Singh, Prime Minister of India in 1979-1980 [56]
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University [35]	Jyotiba Phule
Mother Teresa Women's University , Tamil Nadu, India	Mother Teresa	[36]
Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Prince Sultan
Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune, India	Rajarshi Shahu	[37]
Robinson College, Cambridge, England	David Robinson
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University	Dr. Sampurnanand	[38]
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences]	Sanjay Gandhi	[39]
Sharif University, Tehran, Iran	Sharif Vaghefi
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology[40]	Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
Shimer College, Illinois, USA	Frances Wood Shimer
Silpakorn University, Thailand	Silpa Bhirasri
SNDT Women's University, India	Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey
Spelman College, Georgia, USA	Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit	Adi Shankara	[41]
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Andhra Pradesh, India	Sathya Sai Baba
Sri Krishnadevaraya University	Krishnadevaraya	[42]
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Uttar Pradesh, India	Rajarshi Tandon	[43]

[edit] See also

• Lists of etymologies

[edit] References