University of Washington

The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. Also known as Washington or UW (pronounced U Dub) and locally as The U, it is the largest university in the Pacific Northwest and one of the oldest public institutions of higher education on the West Coast of the United States. The university is made up of three campuses with its flagship campus in Seattle's University District, and upper division campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. The University of Washington has been coined as one of the "Public Ivies" - a public university that provides an "ivy league" collegiate experience.

Academics

The UW is well known for its graduate programs in medicine, public health, engineering, computer science, business, education, library and information science, and oceanography. The UW Libraries is among the largest academic libraries in the United States with holdings of more than six million volumes.

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Medicine - Public health - Engineering - Computer science - Business - Education - Library - Information science - Oceanography - United States

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In 2004 UW was second (to Johns Hopkins University) in the United States in federal research funding and has an annual research budget of US$1 billion dollars. In the 2004 Top American Research Universities report from the University of Florida, UW ranked 11th overall and third among public institutions. Additionally, UW ranked as the 17th best university in the world in the annual Academic Ranking of World Universities. Many of UW's programs are ranked in the top ten by the U.S. News and World Report college rankings including #1 rankings for both the medical school - primary care and nursing school. Overall, the faculty is ranked fourth among public institutions with National Academy members and fifth in national faculty awards.

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2004 - Johns Hopkins University - United States - University of Florida - Academic Ranking of World Universities - U.S. News and World Report - College rankings - Medical school - Nursing school - National Academy

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