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• WP:UNI/BOX

Purpose

{{Infobox university}} – An infobox for articles about universities and colleges.

Usage

Copy a blank version to use. All fields must be lower case, and all are optional except for name, established and city.

{{Infobox university
| name              = 
| native_name       = 
| image_name        = 
| image_size        = 
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = 
| latin_name        = 
| motto             = 
| motto_lang        = 
| mottoeng          = 
| established       = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} -->
| closed            = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} -->
| type              = 
| affiliation       = 
| endowment         = 
| budget            = 
| officer_in_charge = 
| chairman          = 
| chancellor        = 
| president         = 
| vice-president    = 
| superintendent    = 
| provost           = 
| vice_chancellor   = 
| rector            = 
| principal         = 
| dean              = 
| director          = 
| head_label        = 
| head              = 
| academic_staff    = 
| administrative_staff = 
| students          = 
| undergrad         = 
| postgrad          = 
| doctoral          = 
| other             = 
| city              = 
| state             = 
| province          = 
| country           = 
| coor              = 
| campus            = 
| former_names      = 
| free_label        = 
| free              = 
| colors            = 
| colours           = 
| athletics         = 
| sports            = 
| nickname          = 
| mascot            = 
| affiliations      = 
| website           = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| logo              = 
| footnotes         = 
}}

  
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Example

University of Illyria

Universiti von Illyria
Seal of the University of Illyria
Latin: Universitas Illyriensis
Former names	Utopian University
Motto	Melior a lepidus fossor quam a stultus lepor lepos
Motto in English	Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
Type	Public
Active	1666 (1666)–1850 (1850)
Affiliation	Church of Illyria
Endowment	US$123,456,789
Chancellor	Andrew Aguecheek
Visitor	Archbishop Topas
Academic staff	300
Administrative staff	600
Students	10,000
Undergraduates	5,000
Postgraduates	1,000
Doctoral students	100
Other students	1,200 (further education)
Location	Illyria, Illyria, Utopia 12°20′42″N 98°45′54″W / 12.345°N 98.765°W / 12.345; -98.765
Campus	Rural
Colours	Red and Blue
Nickname	The Nematodes
Affiliations	AIU, Utopian Athletic League
Mascot	Nobby the Nematode
Website	www.illyria.edu
This university is completely fictional.

{{Infobox university
| name              = University of Illyria
| native_name       = Universiti von Illyria
| image_name        = Dabney-minimalist.png
| image_size        = 162px
| image_alt         = Stylized outline of a shield surmounted by a torch
| caption           = Seal of the University of Illyria
| latin_name        = Universitas Illyriensis
| motto             = Melior a lepidus fossor quam a stultus lepor lepos
| motto_lang        = la
| mottoeng          = Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
| established       = {{Start date|1666}}
| closed            = {{End date|1850}}
| type              = ]
| affiliation       = ]
| endowment         = ]123,456,789
| officer_in_charge = 
| chairman          = 
| chancellor        = ]
| president         = 
| vice-president    = 
| superintendent    = 
| provost           = 
| vice_chancellor   = 
| rector            = 
| principal         = 
| dean              = 
| director          = 
| head_label        = ]
| head              = ]
| academic_staff    = 300
| administrative_staff   = 300
| students          = 10,000
| undergrad         = 5,000
| postgrad          = 1,000
| doctoral          = 100
| other             = 1,200 (])
| city              = ]
| state             = ]
| province          = 
| country           = ]
| coor              = {{Coord|12.345|-98.765|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus            = ]
| former_names      = Utopian University
| free_label        = 
| free              = 
| colors            = 
| colours           = Red and Blue {{color box|red}}{{color box|blue}}
| athletics         = 
| sports            = ], ], ]
| nickname          = The Nematodes
| mascot            = Nobby the Nematode
| affiliations      = ], ]
| website           = {{URL|www.illyria.edu}}
| logo              = ]
| footnotes         = This university is completely fictional.
}}

Description of fields

Syntax

Field names with asterisks (*) are required fields. Note that the examples below are presented in wikicode and do not necessarily reflect actual statistics.

Description

name *

Official name in English.

native_name

Official name in its native language.

image_name

University-related graphic, preferably the university's official seal or logo. Use the image filename without File: namespace prefix. Produces an image of 200px by default.

image_size

Use in conjunction with image_name. Allows editors to specify an image width rather than use the default. This defaults to the user's thumbnail size, or the image size if smaller.

image_alt

Alt text for image, for visually impaired readers. This should not contain wiki syntax, and should not duplicate the caption. See WP:ALT.

caption

Caption text for the infobox image. May include wiki syntax.

latin_name

University name in Latin.

motto

University's motto; usually in Latin.

motto_lang

If the motto is not in English, the ISO 639-2 code for its language (e.g. "fr" for French). If more than one, use {{lang}} instead.

mottoeng

University's motto in English if another language is used above.

established *

Date of establishment/founding. Give year if no exact date is available. Use the template {{Start date}}.

closed

For former universities, provide the date of closure. Give year if no exact date is available. Use the template {{End date}}.

type

Public, private, four year, undergraduate, graduate, etc.

affiliation

Religious affiliation. Note that affiliations, which is described below, is used for academic/sporting affiliations.

endowment

Financial endowment value.

budget

Total budget / income.

rector, officer_in_charge, chairman, chancellor, president, vice-president, superintendent, provost, vice_chancellor, principal, dean, director

Names of university officers. Use all that apply and wikilink where possible.

head_label, head

Use head_label to specify another officer title; use head for the officer's name.

academic_staff

Number of faculty / academic staff members.

administrative_staff

Number of administrative / support staff.

students

Total student count. use undergrad, postgrad, doctoral and other for additional detail.

undergrad

Total undergraduate enrollment.

postgrad

Total postgraduate enrollment.

doctoral

Total doctoral enrollment.

other

Other student enrollment. Specify a category if possible.

city *

City the university is located in. Provide wikilink if possible.

state

U.S. state or similar administrative subdivision. Use in conjunction with country, and do not use with province. Provide wikilink if possible.

province

For all other administrative subdivisions; use as an alternative to state in conjunction with country.

country

Country in which the university is based. Use in conjunction with city and, optionally, state or province. Provide wikilink if possible.

coor

Displays coordinates, in parentheses, after the location fields. Use the template {{Coord}} with type:edu and display=inline,title.

campus

Urban, rural, multiple campuses, etc.

former_names

Previous names the university was known by.

free_label, free

Use free_label to display any specialty field title. Use free to display the related data.

colors, colours

Official university colo(u)rs. Use the appropriate parameter based on whether the location primarily uses the spelling color or colour.

athletics, sports

Primary university sports. Use the appropriate parameter.

nickname

University's athletic nickname or moniker.

mascot

University's athletic mascot.

affiliations

List of academic/sporting affiliations and memberships. Provide wikilink if possible.

website

Official university website. Use the template {{URL}}.

logo

Use for an athletics logo, corporate emblem, or similar graphic. Enter full image syntax.

footnotes

Footnotes for the infobox. Useful for including references for data.

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Misplaced Pages, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Subtemplates

• Use {{Start date and age}} for the date on which an organisation was "established", "founded", "opened" or otherwise started, unless that date is before 1583 CE.
• Use {{URL}} for an organisation's URL.

Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• adr
• agent
• category
• country-name
• extended-address
• fn
• geo
• label
• latitude
• locality
• longitude
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• url
• vcard

See also