City Hospital of Louisville

University of Louisville

Motto	It's Happening Here
Type	Public
Established	1798
Endowment	$715.7 million (2016)
Budget	$1.3 billion
President	Gregory Postel (interim)
Provost	Dale Billingsley (interim)
Academic staff	2,316
Administrative staff	4,585
Students	22,640 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	16,033 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates	5,963 (Fall 2016)
Location	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Coordinates: 38°12′54.07″N 85°45′36.80″W / 38.2150194°N 85.7602222°W / 38.2150194; -85.7602222
Campus	Urban Belknap: 345 acres HSC: 62 acres Shelby: 233 acres Total: 640
Colors	Red and Black
Athletics	NCAA Division I – ACC
Nickname	Cardinals
Affiliations	ORAU APLU CUMU
Mascot	Cardinal Bird
Website	www.louisville.edu

The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky, a member of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University". UofL enrolls students from 118 of 120 Kentucky counties, all 50 U.S. states, and 116 countries around the world.

The University of Louisville School of Medicine is touted for the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery as well as the first successful hand transplantation. The University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance, the nation's first accident services, now known as an emergency room (ER), and one of the first blood banks in the US.

Between 1999 and 2006 UofL was one of the fastest growing medical research institutions according to National Institutes of Health rankings. As of 2006, the melanoma clinic ranked third in among public universities in NIH funding, the neurology research program fourth, and the spinal cord research program 10th.

UofL is also known for its Louisville Cardinals athletics programs. Since 2005 the Cardinals have made appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball Final Four in 2005, 2012, and 2013 (vacated), football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl in 2007 (champions) and Sugar Bowl in 2013 (champions), the College Baseball World Series 2007, 2013, 2014, and 2017, the women's basketball Final Four in 2009 (runner-up) and 2013 (runner-up), and the men's soccer national championship game in 2010. The Louisville Cardinals Women's Volleyball program has three-peated as champions of the Big East Tournament (2008, 2009, 2010), and were Atlantic Coast Conference Champions in 2015 and 2017. Women's track and field program has won Outdoor Big East titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and an Indoor Big East title in 2011.