Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was federated in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 by the Presbyterian Church, and the Case Institute of Technology, founded in 1880. In 2026, the university enrolled 12,145 students (6,590 undergraduates and 5,555 graduate and professional students) from all 50 U.S. states and 106 countries, and employed more than 1,188 full-time faculty members. Case Western Reserve University comprises eight schools that offer more than 100 undergraduate programs and about 160 graduate and professional options across fields in STEM, medicine, arts, and the humanities.