Northern Illinois University

General data

Overview

  • ID: https://ror.org/012wxa772
  • ATR ID: 012wxa772
  • ATR Label: Northern Illinois University
  • Status: active
  • Established: 1895
  • Types: education, funder

Locations

  • DeKalb, Illinois, United States
    • GeoNames ID: 4889553
    • Coordinates: 41.92947, -88.75036

Names

  • NIU (acronym)
  • Northern Illinois University (ror_display, label, en)
  • Universidad del Norte de Illinois (label, es)

External IDs

  • fundref: 100007058
  • grid: grid.261128.e
  • isni: 0000 0000 9003 8934
  • wikidata: Q1191344

Domains

  • niu.edu

Relationships

  • child: NIU Observatory
    • https://ror.org/02xse0b92

Administrative Information

  • Created: 2018-11-14 (schema 1.0)
  • Last modified: 2024-12-11 (schema 2.1)

Augmented data

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  "atr_id": "012wxa772",
  "atr_label": "Northern Illinois University",
  "atr_website": "https://www.niu.edu"
}

Test data

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  "website": {
    "ping": {
      "tested_url": "https://www.niu.edu",
      "http_code": 200,
      "message": "[21029] (200) ",
      "datetime": "2026-06-26 12:47:13",
      "elapsed": 1.0987401008605957
    }
  }
}

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