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University of Utah

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
Provost	Ruth Watkins
Academic staff	3,421 (Fall 2015)
Administrative staff	17,498 (Fall 2015)
Students	31,860 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates	23,789 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates	8,071 (Fall 2015)
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Campus	Urban 1,534 acres (6.21 km2)
Colors	Red and White
Nickname	Utes
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FBS – Pac-12
Mascot	Swoop
Website	www.utah.edu

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 (/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.