Architecture + Planning

(www.arch.utah.edu)

• Utah’s only professionally accredited architecture degree program, also offering graduate and undergraduate degrees in city and metropolitan planning
• Leader in digital design technologies, environmental sustainability, and metropolitan planning
• Community-based and public service programs provide design and planning contributions to Utah communities

Business

(www.business.utah.edu)

• Rankings
  • 2008 Financial Management Association - Finance Department ranks #20 in the world for research
  • 2008 Public Accounting Report - Undergraduate Accounting Program ranks #24 in the U.S.
  • 2008 Financial Times - Executive MBA Program Ranks #34 in the U.S. and #80 in the world
  • 2008 Princeton Review - #6 in the U.S. for “Most Family Friendly”
• Award-winning faculty are recognized as top researchers worldwide with many of them serving on national editorial boards and committees
• Innovative business curriculum complemented by “experience enriched” learning
• Multiple graduate programs including joint degrees & fast-track options give students the option to shape their education to professional goals
• Professional MBA program (PMBA) designed for working professionals who wish to continue working while earning a degree in the evenings
• Utah’s only Ph.D. program in business

The Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) is an applied research center in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. BEBR interacts with both private and public entities, conducting independent studies and engaging in sponsored research.

Education

(www.ed.utah.edu)

• New research-based program focuses on preparing educators for 21st century schools while ensuring that new teachers learn content and teaching skills through an extensive professional education core integrating the arts, sciences, and academic learning. In this program, every new early childhood, elementary, secondary and special education teacher is able to effectively work with students across various age and ability levels, and diverse cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in both urban and rural settings.
• Nationally ranked as a college as well as graduate degree programs in the Departments of Education, Culture and Society, Educational Leadership and Policy, Special Education, and Educational Pyschology
• Home of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Center for Community of Caring, the Center for the Advancement of Technology in Education, the Center for Reading and Literacy, the Utah Education Policy Center, the University of Utah Reading Clinic and the University of Utah Educational Assessment and Student Support clinic
• Utah’s only APA-approved graduate programs in school psychology and counseling psychology
• On August 11, 2008, the University of Utah announced that the Sorenson Legacy Foundation donated $12m for construction of the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex, an interdisciplinary arts and education complex adjacent to Milton Bennion Hall. It is the largest single donation in support of fine arts or arts and education in the university’s history and one of the largest such donations in the state & nation. For more information, visit http://www.artsed.utah.edu/index.html.

Engineering

(www.coe.utah.edu)

• Prepares over 2,100 undergraduate and 800 graduate students
• Nationally recognized for its research in computer science, modeling, visualization,  and graphics
• Utah’s only biomedical engineering program; ranked in the top 20 among all universities nationally
• Ranked 47th in research expenditures by the American Society of Engineering & Sport Science; Health Promotion & Education; Parks, Recreation & Tourism; and Physical Therapy
• Two divisions offer professional master’s, doctorate, and/or clinical doctorate degree programs; Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy

College of Humanities

(www.hum.utah.edu)

The College of Humanities is the second largest college on campus, conferring one-fifth of the university’s diplomas each year. The humanities offer an approach to a conscience in a complex world. Students of the humanities learn essential skills and gain tools of thinking and communicating that apply readily to everyday practical situations, emphasizing a commitment to community, and awareness of our integral function in a multifaceted global culture.

• All undergraduates enroll in humanities courses at   some point in their academic pursuits. Each year, about 2,500 of these students choose to focus their studies on humanities by choosing from the college’s 25 majors and 25 interdisciplinary and disciplinary minors.
• The college’s 170 tenured and tenure track faculty continue to be among the most frequent winners of university teaching and research awards.
• The college is home to Utah’s only Ph.D. programs in Creative Writing,  Linguistics , Middle East Studies , Philosophy, and Rhetoric and Composition.
  
• Recognized for vital interdisciplinary programs in Asian Studies, Literacy Studies, Cognitive Science, Latin American Studies, Comparative Literacy and Cultural Studies, Peace & Conflict Studies, International Studies, and Environmental Humanities
• Home to several nationally recognized centers, including the Center for American Indian Languages, the Middle East Center, Confucius Institute, the America West Center, and the Asia Center

Law

(www.law.utah.edu)

• One of the nation’s first, and Utah’s only, LL.M. degree and graduate certificate in land, resources, and environmental law
• Pro Bono Initiative: students assist practicing attorneys with a variety of pro bono cases
• In 10 years, the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment has become one of the nation’s premier programs in natural resource law
• One of the best legal education student faculty ratios in the country

Medicine

(www.medicine.utah.edu)

• Trains 412 medical students, 649 residents, 525 graduate students, and 108 undergraduate students
• Received over $140.8 million in research grants and awards in 2007-2008 for the development of new technologies, treatments, and cures
• Two-thirds of Utah physicians received all or part of their training at the U of U School of Medicine

Mines and Earth Sciences

(www.mines.utah.edu)

• Utah’s only baccalaureate and graduate programs in Geophysics; Meteorology; and Geological, Metallurgical and Mining Engineering
• Utah’s only doctoral program in Geology
• Endowed chairs in Metallurgical Engineering and in Mining Engineering
• Current faculty holds five University Distinguished Research Awards and three University Distinguished Teaching Awards

Nursing

(nursing.utah.edu)

• Seven fully endowed presidential chairs in Nursing
• Utah’s only Ph.D. in Nursing with distance delivery option for cancer and aging
• Nurse Midwifery Program ranked 8th in the United States
• Utah’s only state-assisted master’s program in Gerontology and the only online Gerontology certificate program
• Only college offering both Ph.D. and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees in the state of Utah

Pharmacy

(www.pharmacy.utah.edu)

• Utah’s only nationally ranked program (Pharm.D.) leading to pharmacist licensure
• Utah’s only Ph.D. programs in Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry, as well as a master’s program (M.S.) in Pharmacotherapy

Science

(www.science.utah.edu)

• The College of Science awards more than $240,000 each year in scholarships, tuition-waivers, stipends and support for undergraduate and graduate students
• The physics department now offers Utah’s only astronomy degree program and will construct a new 32-inch research-grade telescope in Utah as part of a $600,000 initiative
• $14 million David M. Grant NMR Center opened in 2006; this is a state-of-the-art, campuswide NMR research facility located within the chemistry department
• College of Science faculty holds 11 Utah Governor’s Medals for Science and Technology and 25 University Distinguished Research Awards

Social and Behavioral Science

(www.csbs.utah.edu)

• Utah’s only graduate program in Biological Anthropology; only Ph.D. program in Anthropology
• Utah’s only undergraduate Behavioral Science and Health major
• Utah’s only Ph.D. program in Geography, only Geographic Information Systems Certificates program and only Professional Geographic Information Systems Education program
• Utah’s only certificate program in Demography
• Utah’s only Institute of Public and International Affairs, which includes the Center for Public Policy & Administration
• Utah’s only minor in Campaign Management and Utah’s only public university with a master’s in Public Policy
• Utah’s only certificate program in Human Factors

The Hinckley Institute of Politics is dedicated to engaging students in governmental, civic, and political processes; promoting a better understanding and appreciationof politics; and training ethical and visionary students for service in the American political system. The Hinckley Institute of Politics places more than 300 students every year in internship opportunities, internationally, at the Utah and Alaska state legislatures, and in Washington, D.C. They also hold up to 60 Hinckley Forums per year in which ambassadors, elected officials, and scholars speak and coordinate student groups through the Hinckley Institute Student Alliance (HISA), offer a Minor in Campaign Management, and give out various scholarships and loans.

Social Work

(www.socwk.utah.edu)

• Nation’s first American Indian social work program
• Only state-supported social work master’s program and Utah’s only social work doctoral program
• Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair, the only chair in the country established to improve the lives of women and their families
• W.D. Goodwill Initiatives on Aging, including the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program
• Utah Criminal Justice Center, a partnership of the University of Utah College of Social Work, S.J. Quinney College of Law, and College of Social and Behavioral Science, and the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
• Social Research Institute, providing research, training, and consultation
• International Social Work program, preparing graduates for increasing internationalism affecting all economies and disciplines
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Training Program featuring on site and online options
• Katie L. Dixon Woman & Girls Leadership Endowed Fund, supporting forums for girls in grades 5 - 12 to improve communication skills, self-confidence, and leadership abilities.