University of Floridais a public institution that was founded in the year 1853. It has undergraduate enrollment of around 32,660, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 2,000 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. University of Florida is ranked 58 in 2012 edition of the Best Colleges is National Universities.
The University of Florida is situated about two miles away from the downtown Gainesville, the college town bolstered by school’s around 50,000 students. The Florida Gators sports teams participate in the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, and are cheered by mascots Albert and Alberta the Alligators. The Gator football team, which participates in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium commonly known as the “The Swamp”—is particularly notorious. The team is the namesake of popular sports drink Gatorade in the year 1966, after freshmen Gators experimented with the novel beverage.
The school has well-regarded graduate programs through the engineering school, Levin College of Law, and the College of Medicine and Hough Graduate School of Business. The university is also integrated with retirement community Oak Hammock, hear students can work, finish internships in health sciences, and find mentors. The amous graduates of the University of Florida include Heisman Trophy winner Steve Spurrier, home repair television sensation Bob Vila, former U.S. Senator Connie Mack and US Senator Bob Graham.
Campus Location
201 Criser Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1853
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-suburban