The university was established in 1855 . Daniel A. Reed is the second in head after the president of this university . There are 24149 undergraduate students in University of Washington . University of Washington has 1103 administrative staff . The former name of University of Washington was University of California (1868–1958) . Seawolves are the nicknames given to the students of University of Washington . Ronald J. Daniels is the president of this university . The campus of university is 0.445 km2,703 acres (suburban) . The university is of Private Roman Catholic Research Non-profit Coeducational Higher education institution,Sea-grant,Land-grant type . There are 8273 students in University of Washington . The location of this university is Coordinates: 40°20′43″N 74°39′22″W / 40.34528°N 74.65611°W / 40.34528; -74.65611,Arlington, VA, US Fairfax, VA, US Front Royal, VA, US Prince William, VA, US Songdo, South Korea . There are 8251 postgraduate students in University of Washington . The academic affiliations of University of Washington is Association of American Universities,ORAU,UNC System,Universities Research Association,URA . 8864 academic staff are at University of Washington . The mascot of this university is Scotty the Scottish Terrier . University of Washington has NCAA Division I – Big Ten sport affiliations . Lux sit (Latin) is the motto of University of Washington . www.ncsu.edu is this university's website . The colors of this university are purple,columbia blue,grey,gold . The university was endowed $233.9 million
For The Advancement of Science and Arts is the apopthegm of University of Washington