| Headquarters Location | Dekalb |
| Foundation Date | 1895 |
| Coordinate Location | 41.933888888889, -88.777777777778 |
| Located In The Administrative Territorial Entity | DeKalb |
| Topic’S Main Category | Category:Northern Illinois University |
| Freebase Id | /m/02yxjs |
| Viaf Cluster Id | 128693502 |
| Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Id | 147703 |
| Inception | 1895 |
| Postal Code | 60115-2828 |
| Carnegie Classification Of Institutions Of Higher Education | doctoral university: higher research activity, high undergraduate, research doctoral: comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school, four-year, large, primarily residential, four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in (+1 more) |
| Headquarters Location | DeKalb |
| Country | United States |
| Official Name | Northern Illinois State Normal School (from 1895, until 1921), Northern Illinois State Teachers College (from 1921, until 1955), Northern Illinois State College (from 1955, until 1957), Northern Illinois University (from 1957) |
| Quora Topic Id | Northern-Illinois-University |
| Isni | 0000000090038934 |
| Ringgold Id | 2848 |
| Subreddit | NIU (from 2010-11-24) |
| Member Of | Association of American Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (from 2022), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Center for Research Libraries (+2 more) |
| Child Organization Or Unit | College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University |
| Open Funder Registry Funder Id | 100007058 |
| Encyclopædia Britannica Online Id | topic/Northern-Illinois-University |
| Category For Alumni Of Educational Institution | Category:Northern Illinois University alumni |
| Grid Id | grid.261128.e |
| Bibliothèque Nationale De France Id | 121204542 |
| Idref Id | 029616212 |
| Image | Altgeld Hall and Still Hall along College Ave.jpg |
| Nl Cr Aut Id | kn20080929015 |
| Musicbrainz Place Id | 41d7f5d0-742e-4b25-944a-1803b962ba80 |
| Microsoft Academic Id (Discontinued) | 102502594 |
| Street Address | 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., Dekalb, IL, 60115-2828 |
| Scopus Affiliation Id | 60009550 |
| Library Of Congress Authority Id | n79088908 |
| Ror Id | 012wxa772 |
| X (Twitter) Username | niulive (as of 2020-04-22, from 2009-04-02), NIUlive |
| Api Endpoint Url | https://idp.niu.edu/idp/shibboleth |
| Times Higher Education World University Id | northern-illinois-university |
| Award Received | Silver Anvil Award (as of 2009-01-01) |
| Social Media Followers | 41,023 (as of 2021-01-07), 41,453 (as of 2020-04-22), 40,806 (as of 2022-02-27), 40,881 (as of 2023-02-10) |
| Crunchbase Organization Id | northern-illinois-university |
| Count Of Students | 16,769 (as of 2020-09) |
| Admission Rate | 0 (as of 2020) |
| Admission Yield Rate | 0 (as of 2020) |
| Openalex Id | I102502594, P4310315949 |
| Songkick Venue Id | 60111 |
| National Library Of Israel J9U Id | 987007266035405171 |
| Mascot | husky |
| Isil | US-IDekN |
| Endowment | 89,682,575 United States dollar (as of 2022-06-30), 99,278,295 United States dollar (as of 2021-06-30) |
| Grants | NIU Athletics Hall of Fame |
| Academic Calendar Type | semester |
| Sevis School Id | 1867 |
| Snarc Id | Q46616 |
| Kisti Id | K000207630 |
| Arwu University Id | northern-illinois-university |
| Yale Lux Id | group/56c94863-30a7-4e60-b31b-69edf63e16a3 |
| Athletics Program | Northern Illinois Huskies |