Washington University in St. Louis
The Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri. It includes schools of law, medicine, social work, and architecture.Washington University was founded in 1853 by the Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, grandfather of the Nobel Prize laureate poet T. S. Eliot.
The school's sports teams are called the Bears. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the University Athletic Association.
It also collaborates with a large St. Louis hospital, BJC HealthCare, sharing many of its medical resources and staff.