University of Vermontis a public institution that was founded in the year 1791. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 11,593, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 460 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. University of Vermont is ranked in 2012 edition of the Best Colleges is National Universities.
Nestled between the Adirondack and Green Mountains is the University of Vermont, a private school founded in the year 1791. Students who want to take advantage of the surrounding nature in Burlington, Vt., can rent skis, canoes, camping and snowshoes, equipment on campus. Students don’t have to go faraway for an adventure; UVM has an adventure ropes course and the indoor rock climbing wall. The Catamounts athletic teams participate in the NCAA Division I America East Conference, supported on by a mountain cat mascot named Rally. For a more urban experience, the Montreal and Boston are around 100 and 220 miles away, respectively.
Among the university’s programs for the graduate students is the top ranked College of Medicine. In addition to traditional classrooms on campus, the University of Vermont has Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, a waterfront campus with the floating classroom on Lake Champlain. The students can study lake ecology aboard the Melosira, a research vessel. The university also has 4 farms, where students can research agricultural topics. Distinguished alumni are John Dewey, Jody Williams, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for her campaign against land mines; an educational philosopher; and Jon Kilick, the film producer responsible for Malcolm X and Babel.
Campus Location
194 S. Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05405-0160
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1791
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban