President: Dr. Robert Robbins

U of A University Employment (2016): 15,330

U of A Engineering Enrollment (Fall 2016): 2,754 undergraduate students and 1,016 graduate students.

U of A Total Graduates (2015-2016): 7,089 bachelor's and 1,977 master's degrees.

The U of A College of Engineering supports more than 200 graduate research assistants, and hundreds more undergraduate and high school interns in its laboratories.

The U of A College of Engineering's research portfolio includes more than 100 funded projects.

The U of A has seen a more than 11% increase in bachelor's degrees awarded from 2011-2012 to 2015-2016.

The U of A generates approximately $3.6 billion of output (Gross Domestic Product) to Arizona’s economy and is responsible for 34,136 direct and indirect jobs.

In the 2014-2015 academic year, the U of A's research & development expenditures were $606.2 million.

The U of A is working to double its research expenditures to $1.2 billion by 2023, emphasizing areas including, water and the arid environment, space systems, defense and security, translational medicine and informatics and imaging.

According to a report released by Tripp Umbach, the U of A’s downtown Phoenix academic medical center had a $961 million economic impact in 2013, and the center's impact is expected to reach $3.1 billion by fiscal year 2024-25.

The U of A Health Networks treat more than 100,000 patients each year, and the U of A Medical Center houses the only Level 1 trauma center in Southern Arizona.

The U of A's graduate program in astronomy is among the highest-ranked in the country, and the U of A is the only university in the continental U.S. with its own radio telescope.

The U of A is leading a first-of-its-kind mission to send a spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, to scoop and bring back samples from a near-Earth asteroid that will help us understand the origins of the Solar System.

The U of A's technology commercialization initiative, Tech Launch Arizona, filed 278 patents and helped create 14 startup companies in fiscal year 2016.

Tech Launch Arizona also aided inventors in 250 invention disclosures, licenses and disclosures and 27 asset development awards.

More than 40 companies and nearly 6,500 employees call the U of A Tech Parks home – and they're working on innovations that will improve the quality of life for people around the globe.

The U of A’s Tech Parks Arizona directs the Arizona Center for Innovation, a technology incubator that helps entrepreneurs transform their ideas into successful companies.

The U of A Optical Sciences Center is recognized for its strong research program and is the largest among U.S. institutions.

The U of A is one of the Top 100 universities in the world. (Center for World University Rankings, 2016)

U of A ranks 21st in research and development expenditures among US public universities (The National Science Foundation, 2015)

The Princeton Review ranked the Eller Online MBA 19th among their Top Online MBA Programs, in 2017.

U.S. News and World Report ranks the Eller College of Management #6 overall for its Entrepreneurship Program, and #49 on the list of Best Business Schools.

The Eller College of Management's Management Information Systems program is #1 among public programs; and one of three institutions to maintain top five status since the inception of the rankings in 1989. (U.S. News & World Report, 2016)

Data from a National Higher Education Research and Development Survey of more than 539 universities ranks the U of A #1 in astronomy.

The Pharmacy graduate program is ranked #10 by U.S. News and World Report, in 2016.

The U of A James E. Rogers College of Law was named a Best Value Law School. (National Jurist, 2012)

In 2014, College Choice named the U of A among its 50 best colleges for entrepreneurs.

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