Rutgers University

Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Campuses and Facilities
• History

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