Global InformationUniversity of Miami information
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| Latin: Universitas Miamiensis | |
| Motto | Magna est veritas (Latin) |
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Motto in English | "Great is the truth" |
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | April 8, 1925 |
| Accreditation | SACSCOC and 24 others[1] |
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| Endowment | $1.37 billion (2023)[3] |
| Budget | $5.2 billion (2024)[4] |
| President | Julio Frenk |
| Provost | Guillermo Prado |
Academic staff | 3,513 (Fall 2023)[4] |
Administrative staff | 15,491 (Fall 2023)[4] |
| Students | 19,593 (Fall 2023)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 12,570 (Fall 2023)[4] |
| Postgraduates | 6,710 (Fall 2023)[4] |
| Location | Coral Gables-Miami , Florida , United States 25°43′18″N 80°16′45″W / 25.7216°N 80.2793°W |
| Campus | Small city[6], 453 acres (1.83 km2) (total)[5] |
| Newspaper | The Miami Hurricane |
| Colors | Orange, white and green[7] |
| Nickname | Hurricanes |
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| Mascot | Sebastian the Ibis |
| Website | www |
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The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U[8][9]) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. As of 2023[update], the university enrolled 19,593 students[4] in two colleges and eight schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, including the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami's Health District, the law school on the main campus, the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science on Virginia Key, and additional research facilities in southern Miami-Dade County.[10]
The University of Miami offers 148 undergraduate, 148 master's, and 67 doctoral degree programs.[4][11] With 19,334 faculty and staff as of 2023, the University of Miami is the second-largest employer in Miami-Dade County.[12] The university's main campus in Coral Gables spans 240 acres (0.97 km2), has over 5,700,000 square feet (530,000 m2) of buildings, and is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Downtown Miami, the heart of the nation's ninth-largest and world's 65th-largest metropolitan area. As of 2023, it is the 75th-largest research university in the nation with annual research expenditures of $456 million.[4]
As of 2023, the University of Miami has 229,710 alumni from all 50 states and 174 foreign nations.[13] University of Miami faculty include a number of notable academics across nearly all disciplines, including four Nobel Prize recipients. The university is classified among "Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities.[14][15]
The University of Miami's intercollegiate athletic teams are collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes and compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[16] Its football team has won five national championships since 1983[17] and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982.[18] In 2023, its men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division I Final Four for the first time in program history.
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- ^ "University of Miami – Statements of Financial Position" (PDF). Retrieved February 28, 2024.
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- ^ McCoy, Jeffrey (January 14, 2007). "DefenseLink News Article: America Supports You: University of Miami 'Adopts' Sailors in Iraq". American Forces Press Service. US Department of Defense. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
Maybe we'll see 'the U' in a BCS Bowl Game next year.
- ^ Lesmerises, Doug (September 2, 2009). "Ohio State football finding increasingly fertile recruiting ground in Florida". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
This was a generation that grew up rooting for Miami, the school known as 'The U,' which won 34 straight games from 2000–02.
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- ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "Our Members". Association of American Universities. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Miami (Florida)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
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