University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

Latin: Universitas Kentuckiensis
Motto	United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Type	Flagship Public Land-grant
Established	1865
Endowment	$1.143 billion (2015)
President	Eli Capilouto
Provost	Tim Tracy
Administrative staff	13,145 FTE (2015-2016)
Students	30,720 (2015–16)
Undergraduates	22,705 (2015–16)
Postgraduates	7,022 (2015–16)
Location	Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Campus	Urban, 784 acres (3.17 km2)
Colors	Blue and white
Athletics	NCAA Division I – SEC
Nickname	Wildcats
Mascot	"The Wildcat," "Scratch"
Affiliations	APLU ORAU SURA
Website	www.uky.edu

Coordinates: 38°02′N 84°30′W / 38.033°N 84.500°W / 38.033; -84.500

The University of Kentucky (UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University), the largest college or university in the state, with 30,720 students as of Fall 2015, and the highest ranked research university in the state according to U.S. News and World Report.

The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 120 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and seven professional programs. The University of Kentucky has fifteen libraries on campus. The largest is William T. Young Library, a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. In recent years, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1997. The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking to be determined by the university itself, by the year 2020.