Long Island University (LIU) is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York. LIU was chartered in 1926 in Brooklyn by the New York State Education Department to provide “effective and moderately priced education” to people from “all walks of life”. In 1951, recognizing the educational needs of the growing number of families moving to the suburbs, LIU purchased a 177-acre estate, Hillwood, from cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her third husband Joseph E. Davies. Located in Brookville, the original home, Warburton Hall, had been built by William A. Prime and was extensively renovated by the Huttons. Three years later, the campus was renamed C. W. Post, in honor of Marjorie Post's father. It has a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate programs, including library science, business and many other specialties.

In 1963 LIU established a third campus in Southampton, where it had writing and environmental programs. As the management of this campus became too costly, the university sold it in 2006 to the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. LIU's master's degree programs at this campus were transferred to Riverhead. Ownership of LIU's bachelor’s degree programs located at Southampton was transferred to SUNY Stony Brook.

Motto: Urbi et Orbi (Latin)

Motto in English: To the city and to the world

Established: 1926

Type: Private

Endowment: $86 million

Academic staff: 3,995

Students: 24,170

Undergraduates: 10,634

Postgraduates: 7,466

Location: Brookville, New York

Athletics: NCAA Division I and II, Northeast Conference, East Coast Conference

Nickname: Blackbirds and Pioneers

Mascot: Blackbird and Ocelot

Website: liu.edu

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