Overview

ESTABLISHED

February 28, 1850

HISTORY

The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret 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.It is one of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education.

MISSION STATEMENT

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.

ACCREDITION OR RECOGNITION

University Accredition or recognition: Northwest Commission On Colleges And Universities. (NWCCU)

Year of First Accredition or Recognition :- 1933

Other Specialised or Programmatic Recognitions

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International);

American Association for Leisure and Recreation (AALR), Council on Accreditation; American Bar Association (ABA), Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC);

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), Division of Accreditation; Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE); American Chemical Society (ACS); American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE); American Psychological Association (APA);

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology;

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP); Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE); Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA); Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH); Council on Social Work Education (CSWE);

Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT); Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME); National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB);

National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), Commission on Accreditation; National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation

RANKING : World University Ranking- 572

TYPE : Public University

STUDENTS

30,819 (84% of students from Utah and 6% of foreign students) Undergraduates: 23,371 Postgraduates : 7,448

Location & Facilities

The University of Utah is located in the Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

Campus takes up 1,534 acres (6.21km2), including the Health Sciences complex, Research Park, and Fort Douglas. It is located on the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley, close to the Wasatch Range and approximately 2 miles east of downtown Salt Lake City.

Also Courses are also held at off-campus centers located in Bountiful, Murray, Park City, downtown Salt Lake City, and Sandy.

TRANSPORTATION

A number of campus shuttles, running on biodiesel and used vegetable oil, circle the campus on six different routes. The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) runs several buses through the university area as well as the TRAX University Line (light rail), which travels through downtown Salt Lake City, where riders can transfer to the Sandy / Salt Lake Line, and terminates at the Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub, where riders can transfer to FrontRunner (heavy rail). UTA runs limited trains directly from the university to Sandy on the Sandy / University Line. Students and staff are given free passes to ride UTA buses, TRAX, and FrontRunner.

Other services include library and computing services,veteran services, tutoring services, women resourse centre, university counselling centre, career services, heath centre.

Accomodation: 1)University Student Apartments is committed to making the residential experience an important part of the total university experience.

The University of Utah family housing program is one of the largest of its kind in the country and accommodates students from all over the world. Our apartment community fosters individual lifestyles and educational opportunities within a framework of responsible freedom. Residents enjoy children's programs, cultural activities and individual participation in community affairs.

The University of Utah owns and operates 1094 apartment units that are primarily intended for students and their families. Utilities, cable television, basic telephone service and high speed Internet are included. 2)Single students with or without roommates of the same gender can live in the one and two bedroom apartments located in Medical Plaza Towers.

List of Departments / Schools / Faculty / College

• Arts & Humanities
• Business & Social Sciences
• Engineering
• Language & Cultural Studies
• Medicine & Health
• Science & Technology

Courses Offered

Arts & Humanities

Applied Arts

Classics

Design

Education

Fine Arts

History

Literature

Museum Studies

Performing Arts

Philosophy

Religion and Theology

Visual arts

OTHER Arts & Humanities Studies

Business & Social Sciences

Accounting / Finance

Anthropology / Archaeology

Business / Commerce / Management

Communication and Media Studies

Development Studies

Economics

Geography

Law

Library and Information Science

Physical Education / Sport Science

Political and International Studies

Social Policy / Public Administration

Social Work

Sociology / Psychology

Tourism / Hospitality

OTHER Business & Social Science Studies

Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering

Agricultural Engineering

Architectural Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Computer and IT Engineering

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

General Engineering

Geological Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineering

Mining and Metallurgical Engineering

OTHER Engineering Studies

Language & Cultural Studies

Aboriginal / Indigenous People Studies

African Studies

American & Caribbean Studies

Ancient and Modern Languages

Asian Studies

English Studies

European Studies

French Studies

Germanic Studies

Indian / South Asian Studies

Italian Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

Portugese Studies

Russian / Eastern European Studies

Spanish Studies

OTHER Language & Cultural Studies

Medicine & Health

Anaesthesia

Anatomy

Biomedical Science

Dentistry

Dermatology

Medicine / Surgery

Natural / Alternative Medicine

Nursing

Obstetrics / Gynaecology

Optometry / Ophthalmology

Orthopaedics

Otorhinolaryngology

Pediatrics

Pathology

Podiatry

Psychiatry

Radiography

Speech / Rehabilitation / Physiotherapy

OTHER Medical & Health Studies

Science & Technology

Agriculture / Forestry / Botany

Aquaculture / Marine Science

Architecture

Aviation

Biology / Biochemistry / Microbiology

Chemistry

Computer / Information Technology

Energy / Environmental Studies

Food Science

Geology

Mathematics / Statistics

Multimedia

Neuroscience

Pharmacy / Pharmacology

Physics

Textiles and Fibre Science

Zoology / Veterinary Science

OTHER Science & Technology Studies

Scholarships

College and Departmental, Transfer, Need, Private, Fee-Waiver, Freshman

Intake

Three intakes

fall (Deadline of application june 1), summer(feb1) and spring(nov1), Fall Being the major intake.

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