USF 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 7-8
The University of South Florida is the country’s third largest university in the southeast and is among the top 20 largest in the nation with more than 43,000 students enrolled at campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota/Manatee and Lakeland, as well as centers in downtown Tampa, New Port Richey and northern Pinellas County.
USF is a Doctoral Research (Extensive) University with a strong focus in medical treatment and research, bioengineering and life sciences and the arts. USF generated more than $290 million in research grants last year and is a powerful economic engine in the region with a budget of more than $1 billion.
The university offers more than 200 degrees programs at the undergraduate masters’ and specialist and doctoral levels, including the doctor of medicine. USF awarded more than 5,400 bachelor’s degrees, 2,000 master’s degrees and 175 doctorates in 32 fields last year. USF has the second largest graduate certificate enrollment in the country.
Founded in 1956, USF opened its doors in 1960 to 2,000 students. Today, students come to USF from every state in the nation and more than 120 countries. They represent all ages, cultures and ethnic backgrounds. More than 30 percent of the student population is African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American or other ethnicity.
USF is the university of choice for many of the nation’s brightest students. They are taught by some 1,831 highly regarded faculty who are products of the world’s most prestigious colleges, universities and research institutions.
USF ranks as one of the nation’s top centers for researching new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. The university has pioneered the concept of brain repair – replacing cells in the brain to help fix damage from illness or injury.
USF is the second university in the nation to create a School of Aging Studies. Research at the new school is focused on cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
USF has 10 colleges. The largest, The College of Arts and Sciences, houses several nationally ranked programs, such as the graduate program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology ranked 6th in U.S. News and World Report’s top graduate schools for 2005. Other nationally ranked graduate programs include Education, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling.
Established in 2003, the Humanities Institute provides a wide range of scholarly exchanges, research opportunities, lectures and seminars with world-renowned thinkers and scholars in such classic disciplines as literature, classics, philosophy, the arts, history, languages, political thought, and religion. The Institute has been at the fore of bringing many notable lecturers to the Tampa Bay community, including Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and Mexican novelist and diplomat Carlos Fuentes.
The College of Education graduate more educators than any other university in Florida and is one of the largest colleges of education in the country. The college ranks in the top 60 graduate schools of education in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.
USF has the largest MBA program in Florida. Its School of Accountancy CPA exam scores have placed USF among the top 10 universities more times than any other school in the country.
Research that drives and supports technological and economic development has earned USF a leadership role in microelectronics, information technology, applied physics, biophysics and urban transportation. The university is a leader in the Florida High Tech Corridor, an unprecedented partnership that includes more than 5,200 technology companies from the Space Coast to Tampa Bay.
The Honors College attracts motivated, bright students with some of the highest average SAT scores in the state.
In its 50-year history, USF has graduated more than 189,000 students. Ninety thousand alumni live in USF’s six-county service area.
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