Knowee
Questions
Features
Study Tools
4.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.6
Food
3.6
Clubs
4.4
Facilities
4.4
Internet
4
Location
4
Opportunities
4.4
Safety
4.2
Social
4.4
Happiness
4.4

Basic Information

Location

  • Gainesville, FL

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Public land-grant research university
  • Established: January 6, 1853; 171 years ago (January 6, 1853)
  • Founder: East Florida Seminary, Florida Agricultural College, St. Petersburg Normal and Industrial School, South Florida Military College

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • More than 370 (over 120 undergraduate majors and more than 250 graduate degree programs)

Key Area

  • Computer Vision & Medical Image Computing
  • Human-Centered Computing
  • Energy Conversion and Storage
  • Control and Optimization
  • Informatics

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 54,814 (fall 2023)
  • Undergraduates: 34,924 (fall 2023)
  • Postgraduates: 19,890 (fall 2023) (fall 2022)
  • Academic Staff: 8,231 (2018)
  • Administrative Staff: 6,556 (2018)

Notable Alumni

  • Norman Thagard
  • Tim Tebow
  • Dara Torres
  • Stephen Stills
  • Erin Andrews

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
Love this school
Overall 5
Could not be happier
Overall 5
It is pretty
Overall 5
Wouldn't change a thing
Overall 5
i love it here
Overall 5
Its a good university
Overall 5
Best school ever
Overall 5
The university takes proactive measures to ensure better student, faculty, and staff outcomes, which has positively contributed to my overall experience at UF.
Overall 5
love it here
Overall 5
Awesome
Bad reviews
Overall 1.8
I hate this school, theres no night life at all, the classes are unnecessarily hard to the point where a lot of teachers want you to fail, I dont know why everyone here thinks they go to the best school it sucks