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Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. Wake Forest also maintains other academic campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; Venice; Vienna; and London.

Wake Forest University's undergraduate and graduate schools include the School of Business, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Divinity, School of Law, and School of Medicine. Students can participate in over 250 student clubs and organizations including fraternities and sororities, intramural sports, a student newspaper and a radio station. The university is classified among "R-2: Doctoral Universities – High Research Activity" and its undergraduate admissions is considered selective. According to the National Science Foundation, Wake Forest spent $191 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 117th in the nation.

Wake Forest University athletic teams are known as the Demon Deacons and compete in sixteen NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. Those teams have won 10 NCAA team championships and the university is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Provided by Wikipedia