University reference
Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University, established in 1889, is an active ROR organization in Cullowhee, US. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/010h78f45
- Country
- US
- City
- Cullowhee
- Administrative area
- North Carolina
- Website
- https://www.wcu.edu
- Established
- 1889
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Acronyms
- WCU
- External identifiers
fundref 100007176 grid grid.268170.a isni 0000 0001 0722 0389 wikidata Q1050078 - Organization relationships
parent 0566a8c54 - Latitude
- 35.31371
- Longitude
- -83.17653
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | WCU |
|---|---|
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100007176 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.268170.a |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 0722 0389 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q1050078 |
| ROR parent relationships | 0566a8c54 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q1050078 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2522943813 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-07-26T14:47:56Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Western Carolina University | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.wcu.edu | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q30 | ||||||||||||
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Engineering Education and Pedagogy, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
418.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 418.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 332.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 293.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 296.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 407.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 265.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 350.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 242.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 242.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 258.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 209.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 196.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 210.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 207.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 198.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 7429385dd147
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- bfdc6b5ea881
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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