East Florida Seminary (1853–1861; 1866–1905) Florida Agricultural College (1884–1903) University of Florida at Lake City (1903–1905) St. Petersburg Normal and Industrial School (1893–1905) South Florida Military and Educational College (1894–1905) University of the State of Florida (1905–1909)[1]
Motto
Civium in moribus rei publicae salus (Latin) On seal: "In God We Trust"
Motto in English
"The welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens"[note 1]
Type
Public land-grant research university
Established
January 6, 1853; 171 years ago (January 6, 1853)[note 2]
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member and flagship of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853[12] and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.[13]
After the Florida state legislature's creation of performance standards in 2013, the Florida Board of Governors designated the University of Florida as a "preeminent university".[14][15] The University of Florida is one of three members of the Association of American Universities in Florida and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[16][17]
The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It is the third largest Florida university by student population[18] and is the fifth largest single-campus university in the United States with 57,841 students enrolled for during the 2020–21 school year.[19] The University of Florida is home to 16 academic colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. It offers multiple graduate professional programs—including business administration, engineering, law, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine—on one contiguous campus and administers 123 master's degree programs and 76 doctoral degree programs in 87 schools and departments. The university's seal is also the seal of the state of Florida, which is on the state flag, though in blue rather than multiple colors.
The University of Florida's intercollegiate sports teams, the Florida Gators, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). As of 2021,[update] University of Florida students and alumni have won 143 Olympic medals, including 69 gold medals.[20]
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^Van Ness, C & McCarthy, K. (2003). Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future: The University of Florida, 1853–2003. Gainesville, FL: The University of Florida's 150th Anniversary Committee.
^UF Archives, "[1]"
^Barry Klein, "FSU's age change: history or one-upmanship? Archived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine" St. Petersburg Times (July 29, 2000). Retrieved April 18, 2012.
^As of June 30, 2021. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
^Gainesville.com. "UF has plans for $2.2B in projects in next 10 years". Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
^ abFLBOG. "2018–19 Combined Final Book" (PDF). Florida Board of Governors. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ abc"College Navigator".
^"Off-Campus Programs – Distance Learning – University of Florida". distance.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^"InsideHigherEd.com – $100 Million Gift for U of Florida Biomedical Research".
^"UF Color Standards". March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
^Julian M. Pleasants, Gator Tales: An Oral History of the University of Florida, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 6–7 (2006). The university's 1853 "founding date" represents the year the East Florida Seminary opened in Ocala. The seminary was the oldest of the four colleges consolidated by the Florida Legislature to form the modern University of Florida in 1905.
^University of Florida, 1853–1905 >> University of Florida's Beginnings Archived September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
^Divya Kumar, "Governor signs bill to grant UF, FSU preeminence Archived October 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine," The Oracle (April 23, 2013). Retrieved May 25, 2015.
^Lynn Hatter, "FSU, UF Become Florida's 'Preeminent' Universities Archived October 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine," WFSU (June 10, 3013). Retrieved May 26, 2015.
^American Association of Universities, AAU Membership, Member Institutions and Years of Admission Archived May 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
^"Carnegie Foundation, Carnegie Classifications". Retrieved September 13, 2018.
^Nathan Crabbe, "UF is no longer largest in state as classes start; Official says UF emphasis is on quality, not quantity Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine," The Gainesville Sun (August 25, 2009). Retrieved April 18, 2012.
^"Enrollment - Institutional Planning and Research - University of Florida". ir.aa.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
^"Florida Gators Olympic History". Florida Gators. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
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