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University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut Seal.svg
Former names
Storrs Agricultural School
Storrs Agricultural College
Connecticut Agricultural College
Connecticut State College
Type Public flagship
land-grant
sea-grant
space-grant
Established 1881 (1881)
Endowment $377.2 million (2016)
President Susan Herbst
Academic staff
University System: 4,624
Health Center: 5,248
Students 32,027
Undergraduates 23,630 (fall 2016)
19,324 - Storrs
4,306 - Regional
Postgraduates 8,397 (fall 2016)
Location Storrs, Mansfield, Connecticut, United States
Campus Urban, suburban, and rural
Storrs, 4,400 acres
UConn Health, 205 acres
Colors Navy blue, white and gray
              
Athletics NCAA Division I FBSThe American, Hockey East
Nickname Huskies
Mascot Jonathan the Husky
Affiliations
Website www.uconn.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 99-119
Forbes 147
U.S. News & World Report 60
Washington Monthly 63
Global
ARWU 301-400
QS 421-430
Times 301-350
U.S. News & World Report 283

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a land grant public research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881, and is a sea-grant university and a member of the Space Grant Consortium. The university serves more than 32,000 students on its five campuses, including more than 8,000 graduate students in multiple programs.

UConn is one of the founding institutions of the Hartford, Connecticut/Springfield, Massachusetts regional economic and cultural partnership alliance known as New England's Knowledge Corridor. UConn is a member of Universitas 21, a global network of 24 research-intensive universities, who work together to foster global citizenship. UConn is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two brothers who donated the land for the school. In 1893, the school became a land grant college. In 1939, the name was changed to the University of Connecticut. Over the next decade, social work, nursing, and graduate programs were established, and the schools of law and pharmacy were absorbed into the university. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975.

Competing in the American Athletic Conference as the Huskies, UConn has been particularly successful in their men's and women's basketball programs. The Huskies have won 21 NCAA championships.


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