University of Connecticut, Storrs

University of Connecticut

Former names	Storrs Agricultural School, later College (1881–1899) Connecticut Agricultural College (1899–1933) Connecticut State College (1933–1939)
Type	Public Flagship Research university Land-grant university Sea-grant university Space-grant university
Established	1881 (1881)
Academic affiliations	APLU CUMU U21
Endowment	$421.9 million (2017)
Budget	$2.3 billion (2017)
President	Susan Herbst
Academic staff	University System: 4,624 Health Center: 5,248
Students	26,152 - main campus
Undergraduates	19,324
Postgraduates	6,828
Location	Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.
Campus	Urban, suburban and rural Storrs, 4,400 acres UConn Health, 205 acres
Colors	Navy blue, white, gray
Nickname	Huskies
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FBS – The American, Hockey East
Mascot	Jonathan the Husky
Website	www.uconn.edu

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881.

The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km²) campus is in Storrs, Connecticut, approximately a half hour's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston. It is a flagship university that is ranked as the best public national university in New England and is tied for No. 18 in Top Public Schools and No. 56 in National Universities in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report rankings. UConn has been ranked by Money Magazine and Princeton Review top 18th in value. The university is designated "R-1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" with the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifying the student body as "More Selective", its most selective admissions category. The university has been recognized as a Public Ivy, defined as a select group of publicly-funded universities considered to provide a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.

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 was the second U.S. university invited into Universitas 21, an elite international 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, while the schools of law and pharmacy were also 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.