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University of Notre Dame
View from above of the University of Notre Dame's main building
Motto	Vita, Dulcedo, Spes
Type	Private, Coeducational
Established	1842
Endowment	US$5.5 billion
President	Rev. John I. Jenkins
Administrative staff	1241
Students	11,733
Undergraduates	8,371
Postgraduates	3,362
Location	Notre Dame , Indiana , United States
Campus	Suburban
Athletics	NCAA Division I
Nickname	Fighting Irish
Website	www.nd.edu

The University of Notre Dame (or simply Notre Dame) is a private Catholic university near South Bend, Indiana. It was founded in 1842 by Father Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Sorin was also the school's first president. In the beginning, it was an all-male school. In 1972 females were admitted. The university has five colleges and one professional school. Notre Dame offers master's degrees and doctoral degrees. The university's undergraduates live on campus in single-gendered residence halls. Alumni are located around the world. The school's athletic teams are known as the Fighting Irish.

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Edward Sorin, founder of the university, photographed in 1890
The current Main Building, built after the great fire of 1879
The University of Notre Dame in 1903
A view of the old part of the campus, with the Basilica and Main Building
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, completed in 1888
South Quad, built in the 1920s–1940s, houses many residential halls
The Hesburgh Library, decorated by the Word of Life mural.
The Golden Dome, built under Sorin, has become the symbol of the university
Historic Washington Hall on the Main Quadrangle, popularly termed the "God Quad"
Autumn on the God Quad, formally known as the Main Quadrangle
The new wing of the Law School
Kylemore Abbey
The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, photographed in 2012, was the 15th and longest-serving president of Notre Dame.
Jordan Hall of Science
Bond Hall, house of the School of Architecture from 1964 until 2019
The Hesburgh Library, which is the center of the campus's intellectual life
The Law School in winter
The interior of the Kresge Law Library at the Notre Dame Law School
Clarke Memorial Fountain
Hallway within Hurley Hall
The Pieta by Ivan Meštrović, a European émigré
The hall of the Notre Dame Council of the Knights of Columbus
Basilica of the Sacred Heart at night
Notre Dame Stadium
Football Stadium during a game
Notre Dame playing against Navy
Coach Knute Rockne
The Joyce Center, home stadium for Notre Dame's basketball teams
The Notre Dame Band of the Fighting Irish
Scientist and explorer, John Augustine Zahm (BA, 1871)
Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, and president of Notre Dame (1943–1945), John Francis O'Hara (1911)
1995 Nobel Prize for Medicine, Eric F. Wieschaus (BS, 1969)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Amy Coney Barrett (JD, 1997)
66th United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice (MA, 1975)
U.S. Senator and Congressman, Joe Donnelly (BA, 1977; JD, 1981)
U.S. Senator from New Jersey, Jeffrey Chiesa (BBA, 1987)
39th President of El Salvador, José Napoleón Duarte (BS, 1948)
33rd President of Panama, Ernesto Pérez Balladares (MA, 1969)
Chairman and CEO of Bank of America, Brian Moynihan (JD, 1985)
Best-selling author, Nicholas Sparks (BA, 1988)
Television personality, Regis Philbin (BA, 1953)
Talk show host and creator of The Phil Donahue Show, Phil Donahue (BBA, 1957)
Anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter, Hannah Storm (BA, 1983)
Former Deputy Administrator of NASA, Dava Newman (BS, 1986)
United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut, Kevin Ford (BS, 1982)
United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut, Jim Wetherbee (BS, 1974)
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Alan Page (BA, 1967)
Former American football quarterback and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Joe Montana (BBA, 1978)
Football coach, Knute Rockne (BS, 1914)
alt2=The Band of the Fighting Irish plays on the steps of Bond Hall before every home game

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