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Lehigh University

Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer. Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2022, the university had 5,911 undergraduate students and 1,781 graduate students.

Lehigh has five constituent colleges:

The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest, with 38% of the university's students. The university offers Interdisciplinary Studies, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering, Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education degrees.[not verified in body]

The university is classified with "Doctoral Universities R1: Very High Research Activity".

Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the historically industrial Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. As of 2025, Lehigh encompasses 2,350 acres (9.5 km2), including 180 acres (0.73 km2) of recreational and playing fields, and 150 buildings comprising four million square feet of floor space.

It is organized into three contiguous campuses on and around South Mountain, including:

In May 2012, Lehigh was the beneficiary of a gift of 755 acres of property in nearby Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation. The gift from the estate of the long-time benefactor allowed the university to expand to its current size of 2,350 acres across all its campuses, and to consider new long-term potential uses for the university's new properties.

As a private institution, Lehigh University is governed by its board of trustees, established in 1866.

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