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Minerva University
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<p>Minerva University (formerly Minerva Schools at <a href="/facts/Keck_Graduate_Institute/9Ku8bRjk">Keck Graduate Institute</a>) is a <a href="/facts/Private_university/KHHzGNID">private</a> <a href="/facts/Residential/EUBWCrmD">residential</a> <a href="/facts/University/skaJt2Io">university</a> headquartered in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco%2c_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a>. It was established in 2012 by <a href="/facts/Ben_Nelson_(businessman)/nmc1co4v">Ben Nelson</a> using $25 million in venture funding from <a href="/facts/Benchmark_Capital/u5nMEPIh">Benchmark Capital</a>. All classes are conducted as seminars capped at 19 students. Students travel to and live together in residential housing in a new country each semester, starting their education in San Francisco, and then living in Seoul, Taipei, Hyderabad, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Berlin, and then ending their program in San Francisco. </p>