University of Kentucky
100 W.D. Funkhouser Building
Lexington, KY 40506

The University of Kentucky is one of the nation's 20 best public research universities, an institution recognized world-wide for excellence in teaching, research, and service and a catalyst for intellectual, social, cultural, and economic development.

The University of Kentucky is a public, research-extensive, land grant university dedicated to improving people's lives through excellence in teaching, research, health care, cultural enrichment, and economic development.

As one of the top Kentucky schools, through education, cultural stimulation, and economic development, the University of Kentucky.s impact can be felt across all 120 Kentucky counties. Blending creative teaching and instruction methods with innovative research, medical care and community service, it is no wonder that UK is The University of Kentucky.

At the University of Kentucky, as one of the best research universities, students can choose from some 200 majors and degree programs in 17 academic and professional colleges: Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Communications and Information Studies, Dentistry, Design, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Law, Libraries, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work.

Quick Facts:

• As one of the best research universities, it's no wonder that two Nobel Prize winners have been alumni of the University of Kentucky. Thomas Hunt Morgan won the prize in medicine in 1933 for his medical research in heredity and genetics, while William Nunn Lipscomb won the prize for chemistry research in 1976.
• The University of Kentucky is one of only seven research universities in the U.S. and among one of the Kentucky schools that have programs in agriculture, engineering, law, medicine, and pharmacy on a single campus.
• The University of Kentucky boasts over 80 national rankings for academic excellence . including a top 50 overall ranking among public, private, and research universities.
• Students represent 117 countries, all 50 states and every county in Kentucky.