The University of Arizona (UA) is a place without
limits-where teaching, research, service and innovation merge to improve lives
in Arizona and beyond. We aren't afraid to ask big questions, and find even
better answers.
We're innovators and discoverers.
In 1885, establishing Arizona's first university in the
middle of the Sonoran Desert was a bold move. But our founders were fearless,
and we have never lost that spirit. To this day, we're revolutionizing the
fields of space sciences, optics, biosciences, medicine, arts and humanities,
business, technology transfer and many others. Since it was founded, the UA has
grown to cover more than 380 acres in central Tucson, a rich breeding ground for
discovery.
Where else in the world can you find an astronomical
observatory mirror lab under a football stadium? An entire ecosystem under a
glass dome? Visit our campus, just once, and you'll quickly understand why the
UA is a university unlike any other.
Here, "Bear Down" is more than just
a motto.
Before UA student body president and revered football
quarterback John "Button" Salmon died in 1926, his last words to his
teammates were "Tell them ... tell the team to bear down."
Whether it's academics, athletics or research, we've adopted the stance that
when the going gets tough, the tough #BearDown.
Our curiosity knows no bounds.
As a leading-edge public research university, we're
inspired to explore humanity's most fundamental questions - about science, medicine,
the arts and business. Our faculty includes members of esteemed national
academies, Pulitzer Prize winners, White House Champions of Change and
celebrated thought leaders in numerous disciplines. We are leading projects
that will change how we see the world, such as the OSIRIS-REx mission, which
will scoop samples from a near-Earth asteroid in 2020.
We're partners with the community.
Whether we're teaming up with local schools to improve
K-12 education, or working with rural communities to improve the health of
residents, we're helping society meet its grand challenges.
The UA's Tech Parks are where dynamic innovators and
business leaders work side by side to test and develop new technologies. The UA
Medical Center, part of the UA Health Network, is a 479-bed hospital that has
been ranked among the nation's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
for more than a decade. Together, the UA, UA Tech Parks and the UA Health
Network generate billions of dollars of economic activity in Arizona each year-$8.3
billion in 2011 alone.
Our graduates are workforce-ready.
At the UA, 100 percent of our undergraduates will have
the opportunity to apply the knowledge they learn in the classroom in the
real-world, through internships, community service, on-campus jobs and research
opportunities. Our mission is to graduate students who are sought after by the
best employers and postgraduate programs, and who are ready to embark on
engaging, fulfilling careers.
Equipped with skills, knowledge, experience and the
entrepreneurial spirit they gain at the UA, our students become highly skilled
members of society who lead with determination, innovate without limits and
create companies that generate more jobs, benefitting our state, our nation and
the world, in boundless ways. Our alumni include astronauts and actors; Grammy,
Tony, Emmy and Oscar winners; media stars; Olympic athletes; Fortune 500 CEOs;
public servants; Nobel scientists; inventors and best-selling authors. More
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