Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Seal of Arizona State University
Type	Public research university
Established	1885
Endowment	$643.2 million (2015)
President	Michael M. Crow
Provost	Mark Searle
Academic staff	3,095
Students	50,246 Tempe campus 11,277 Downtown Phoenix campus 4,173 Polytechnic campus 3,701 West campus 13,750 ASU Online
Undergraduates	67,507
Postgraduates	15,794
Location	Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Campus	Urban Tempe: 631.6 acres (2.556 km2) Polytechnic: 612.99 acres (2.4807 km2) West: 277.92 acres (1.1247 km2) Downtown Phoenix: 27.57 acres (111,600 m2)
Newspaper	The State Press
Colors	ASU Maroon and Gold
Athletics	Pac-12, NCAA Division I
Nickname	Sun Devils
Mascot	Sparky
Affiliations	URA ABOR Pac-12 MPSF PLuS Alliance
Website	www.asu.edu

Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. The 2016 university ratings by U.S. News & World Report rank ASU No. 1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the second year in a row.

ASU is the largest public university by enrollment in the U.S. It had approximately 82,060 students enrolled in 2014, including 66,309 undergraduate and 15,751 graduate students. ASU's charter, approved by the board of regents in 2014, is based on the "New American University" model created by ASU President Crow. It defines ASU as "a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but rather by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves."

ASU is classified as a research university with very high research activity (RU/VH) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Since 2005, ASU has been ranked among the top research universities, public and private, in the U.S. based on research output, innovation, development, research expenditures, number of awarded patents and awarded research grant proposals. The Center for Measuring University Performance ranks ASU 31st among top U.S. public research universities. ASU was classified as a Research I institute in 1994, making it one of the nation's newest major research universities (public or private).