University of Vermont Catamounts

The University of Vermont

Latin: Universitas Viridis Montis University of the Green Mountain
Motto	Studiis et Rebus Honestis (Latin)
Motto in English	For studies and other honest pursuits
Type	Flagship Land-grant Public Research
Established	1791 (1791)
Endowment	$467.7 million
President	E. Thomas Sullivan
Academic staff	1,196 (full-time)
Undergraduates	10,081
Postgraduates	1,817 (inc. 447 medical)
Location	Burlington, Vermont, U.S. 44°28′34″N 73°11′42″W / 44.476°N 73.195°W / 44.476; -73.195Coordinates: 44°28′34″N 73°11′42″W / 44.476°N 73.195°W / 44.476; -73.195
Campus	450 acres (1.8 km2)
Colors	Green and gold
Nickname	Catamounts
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I – AEC, Hockey East
Website	www.uvm.edu

The University of Vermont (UVM), officially The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public research university and, since 1862, the U.S. state of Vermont's sole land-grant university. Founded in 1791, UVM is among the oldest universities in the United States and is the fifth institution of higher education established in the New England region of the U.S. northeast. It is also listed as one of the original eight Public Ivy institutions in the United States.

The university is incorporated in the city of Burlington–Vermont's most populous municipality. The campus' Dudley H. Davis Center was the first student center in the country to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. The largest hospital complex in Vermont, the University of Vermont Medical Center, has its primary facility on the UVM campus and is affiliated with the Robert Larner College of Medicine.

The University of Vermont was founded as a private university in 1791, the same year Vermont became the 14th state in the U.S. The university enrolled its first students 10 years later. Its first president, the Rev. Daniel C. Sanders, was hired in 1800, and served as the sole faculty member for seven years. Instruction began in 1801, and the first class graduated in 1804. In 1865, the university merged with Vermont Agricultural College (chartered November 22, 1864, after the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act), emerging as the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. The University of Vermont draws 6.8% of its annual budget of about $600 million from the state, and Vermont residents make up 35 percent of enrollment; 65 percent of students come from other states and countries.