Editing Worcester Polytechnic Institute (section)

{{Short description|Private university in Worcester, Massachusetts, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 | image                  = WPI logo.svg
| image_size              = 200
 | motto                  = ''{{langx|de|Lehr und Kunst}}''
 | mottoeng               = "Theory and Practice"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.wpi.edu/academics/library/history/techbible/president.html |title=From the President |publisher= Worcester Polytechnic Institute |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref>
 | established            = {{start date and age|1865}}
 | former_name            = Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (1865–1886)
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = $589 million (2022)<ref>As of March 7, 2022. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx?la=en&hash=362DC3F9BDEB1DF0C22B05D544AD24D1C44E318D|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=2022 |access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>
 | accreditation          = [[New England Commission of Higher Education|NECHE]]
 | president              = [[Grace Wang]]
 | provost                = [[Andrew Sears]]
 | students               = 7,308<ref>{{cite web | title = College Navigator - Worcester Polytechnic Institute | language = en | access-date = 2024-07-22 | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MA&id=168421}}</ref> (2022)
 | undergrad              = 5,246 (2022)
 | postgrad               = 2,062 (2022)
 | city                   = [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
 | state                  = [[Massachusetts]]
 | country                = United States
 | campus                 = Midsize City, {{cvt|80|acre|km2}}
 | athletics_affiliations = {{hlist|[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] - [[New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference|NEWMAC]]|[[Liberty League]]|NEWA|[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC]]|[[New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association|NEISA]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[WPI Engineers|Engineers]]
 | mascot                 = Gompei the Goat
 | website                = {{url|https://www.wpi.edu/| wpi.edu}}
 | faculty                = 478
 | coordinates            = {{coord|42|16|28|N|71|48|27|W|region:US-MA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | free_label2            = Student Gender Distribution
 | free2                  = 63/37 male/female (2022)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Life |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/wpi-2233/student-life |access-date=October 27, 2023}}</ref>
 | colors                 = {{color box|#AC2B37}} Crimson<br>{{color box|#A9B0B7}} Gray
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts|HECCMA]]|[[Association of Independent Technological Universities|AITU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''Tech News''<ref name="TechNews" />
 | logo                   = WPI wordmark.svg
| logo_size               = 150
}}

The '''Worcester Polytechnic Institute''' ('''WPI''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], United States. Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 academic departments with over 50 bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degree programs. It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/worcester-polytechnic-institute/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213151519/https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/worcester-polytechnic-institute/ |archive-date=February 13, 2025 |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education}}</ref>