School Description
Provided by University Of Utah-Salt Lake City
The U offers 72 undergraduate majors, over 70 minors and certificates, more than 40 teaching majors and minors, and 95 major fields of study at the graduate level. U of U students can participate in several interdisciplinary programs, including gender studies, neuroscience, environmental studies, and molecular biology.
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.
Campus life at the University of Utah is as varied and diverse as the students who attend our campus. Campus life is what you make it, and it is unique for every student. We have several opportunities for you to get involved on campus, and you will find vibrant, engaging activities wherever you look. Spring semester 2009, look for the grand opening of the all new Student Involvement Center in the student union.
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