Tulane University is a private
university headquartered in
New Orleans, Louisiana. The University was founded in
1834 as the
Medical College of Louisiana. With the addition of law and general colleges, it was renamed
The University of Louisiana in
1847. After the
American Civil War philanthopist
Paul Tulane[?] made major donations to the University, which was renamed in his honor.
The main campus is on 110 acres of land in Uptown New Orleans, with a medical school and teaching hospital in the New Orleans central business district, and various subsidiary research centers and other facilities in other parts of Louisiana.
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