University of Utah

Ranked among the top 100 universities in the world, the University of Utah is renowned for its teaching and research activities. We cultivate an environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced, and from which tomorrow?s leaders, inventors, healers and artists are born. An engine for economic growth, the University has been ranked first in the nation along with MIT in creating new companies from research-based inventions. Our world-class education is matched only by our unrivaled setting, providing a truly transformative experience for high-performing students who come to Utah from every state and over 100 countries.

The mission of the University of Utah is to serve the people of Utah and the world through the discovery, creation and application of knowledge; through the dissemination of knowledge by teaching, publication, artistic presentation and technology transfer; and through community engagement. As a preeminent research and teaching university with national and global reach, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced. Students at the University learn from and collaborate with faculty who are at the forefront of their disciplines. The University faculty and staff are committed to helping students excel. We zealously preserve academic freedom, promote diversity and equal opportunity, and respect individual beliefs. We advance rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry, international involvement, and social responsibility.

Foundation year: 1850
Short name: U of U / Utah
Type: Public
Students: 30040
Faculty: 2130
Faculty/Students Ratio: 14:1
Region: North America
Location: Salt Lake City, UT