{{phone.Value}}

1000+

successful admissions

94%

of students enter the university of their choice

4400+

students consult Education Index when applying for universites

University of Florida

Overview

The University of Florida is an American public university that was founded in 1853. Its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 2,000 acres. The University is a home to sixteen academic colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar and offers multiple graduate professional programs—including business administration, engineering, law, dentistry, medicine, and veterinary medicine—on one contiguous campus.


Many of the University of Florida's graduate schools have received top-50 rankings from U.S. News & World Report.


In its edition for 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Florida as tied for the 14th-best public university in the United States, and tied for 50th overall among all national universities, public and private.


Florida alumni live in every state and more than 100 foreign countries. They include two Nobel Prize winners, ten U.S. Senators, forty-two U.S. Representatives, eight U.S. ambassadors, eleven state governors, eleven state supreme court justices, and over fifty federal court judges. Among Florida graduates are James Allchin, former executive of Microsoft Operating Systems, John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer, Bill Nelson, current U.S. Senator and former U.S. Representative; Space Shuttle payload specialist astronaut, W. Don Ladd, former vice president for Marriott International and many others.


  • Year established
    1853
  • Location
    Florida
  • Registered students
    53000
  • Students satisfaction
    94%

Academic specialism

The school has well-regarded graduate programs through the engineering school, Hough Graduate School of Business, Levin College of Law and the College of Medicine. The most popular specializations among students are Engineering (13% of total number of bachelors), Business/Marketing (12%), Social Sciences (12%), Biology (10%) and Communications/Journalism (8%).


Free consultation

Get free 15 min consultation about this University

  • {{rerrors.FirstName}}
  • {{rerrors.Email}}
  • {{rerrors.Mobile}}
  • By providing your details you are consenting to Education Index sending you information about its services and the university that is relevant to your interests, such as: courses and subjects, events, funding, student life, accommodation and careers. Education Index will never sell, rent, or give away your data for third-party marketing, however they may work with partner organisations to send you relevant information about University of Florida. If you do not wish to receive further information, you can opt-out at any time using links provided in their communications. Education Index privacy policy applies.
    {{rerrors.UserTerms}}
    I agree to comply with the Terms and Conditions of Use and the Privacy Policy. I confirm that I am 16 years of age or older *
  • {{rerrors.Message}}
University of Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
FL 32611
United States
United States
View Location
Telephone:
+1 352-392-3261
Website

Featured universities

  • Ankara Medipol University
  • BPP University
  • De Montfort University (DMU)
  • Durham University
  • Goldsmiths, University of London
  • Swiss Institute for Management and Hospitality
  • American University of Malta
  • BHMS Business & Hotel Management School
  • Cranfield University
  • EU Business School
Show all

Location

The University of Florida is about two miles away from downtown Gainesville, the symbolic heart of the city. A quintessentially quaint tight-knit gathering of shops, restaurants, theatres and parks it somehow pulls off always feeling lively, yet open and personal at the same time.