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The University of Utah

University of Utah
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Former names
University of Deseret
Type Public
Flagship
Space-grant
Established February 28, 1850 (1850-02-28)
Academic affiliations
Utah System of Higher Education
APLU
Endowment $1.077 billion (2016)
Budget $3.55 billion (2014)
President David W. Pershing
Academic staff
3,310 (Fall 2015)
Administrative staff
16,172 (Fall 2015)
Students 31,551 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 23,794 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates 7,757 (Fall 2015)
Location Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Campus Urban
1,534 acres (6.21 km2)
Colors Red and White
         
Nickname Utes
Mascot Swoop
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBSPac-12
Website www.utah.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 50
Forbes 159
U.S. News & World Report 111
Washington Monthly 39
Global
ARWU 100
QS 411-420
Times 201-250
U.S. News & World Report 125

The University of Utah (also referred to as the U, the U of U, or Utah) is a public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. As the state's flagship university, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs. The university is classified in the highest ranking: "R-1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The Carnegie Classification also considers the university as "selective", which is its second most selective admissions category. Graduate studies include the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the School of Medicine, Utah's only medical school. As of Fall 2015, there are 23,909 undergraduate students and 7,764 graduate students, for an enrollment total of 31,673.

The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Listeni/dɛz.əˈrɛt./) by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900.


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