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University of Florida, Gainesville

University of Florida
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Former names
University of the State of Florida
Motto Civium in moribus rei publicae salus (Latin)
Motto in English
In the character of its citizens is the strength of the State.
Type State university
Land-grant university
Sea-grant university
Space-grant university
Established 1853
Endowment $1.461 billion (2016)
Chairman Steven M. Scott
President W. Kent Fuchs
Provost Joseph Glover
Academic staff
29,596 (Fall 2015)
Students 52,519 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 36,246
Postgraduates 16,273
Location Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
29°38′54″N 82°20′58″W / 29.64833°N 82.34944°W / 29.64833; -82.34944Coordinates: 29°38′54″N 82°20′58″W / 29.64833°N 82.34944°W / 29.64833; -82.34944
Campus Suburban, 2,000 acres (8.1 km2)
Total: 2,000 acres (8.1 km2)
Colors Orange and Blue
         
Athletics NCAA Division I FBSSEC
Nickname Gators
Mascot Albert and Alberta
Affiliations
Website www.ufl.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 45
Forbes 78
U.S. News & World Report 50
Washington Monthly 18
Global
ARWU 90
QS 185
Times 120
U.S. News & World Report 82

USN&WR 2016 Global Rankings

Overall Global University Ranking 53
Agricultural Sciences 8
Plant and Animal Science 10
Environment/Ecology 22
Pharmacology and Toxicology 49
Space Science 57
Social Sciences and Public Health 59
Chemistry 65
Engineering 71
Clinical Medicine 75
Microbiology 75
Psychiatry/Psychology 84
Physics 85
Neuroscience and Behavior 87
Biology and Biochemistry 91
Computer Science 92
Materials Science 97
Economics and Business 98
Geosciences 113
Molecular Biology and Genetics 137
Mathematics 142

The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) campus in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.

The University of Florida is one of sixty-two elected member institutions of the Association of American Universities (AAU), the association of preeminent North American research universities, and the only AAU member university in Florida. The University is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. After the Florida state legislature's creation of performance standards in 2013, the Florida Board of Governors designated the University of Florida as one of the two "preeminent universities" among the twelve universities of the State University System of Florida. For 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida as the fourteenth best public university in the United States.

The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It is the third largest Florida university by student population, and is the eighth largest single-campus university in the United States with 49,913 students enrolled for the fall 2012 semester. The University of Florida is home to sixteen academic colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. It offers multiple graduate professional programs—including business administration, engineering, law, dentistry, medicine, and veterinary medicine—on one contiguous campus, and administers 123 master's degree programs and seventy-six doctoral degree programs in eighty-seven schools and departments.


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