About U of A

The University of Arizona is located in central Tucson, Arizona.  It was the first university in the state of Arizona, which was first established in 1885.

• The enrollment is over 38,500 students (30,000 undergraduate students). 
• The new freshman number is around 7,000 students from all 50 states and 115 countries.
• The average class size is 29 students, 94% of course sections have fewer than 100 students.
• Student-to-faculty ratio: 18-1
• 114 undergraduate majors

The campus!



Core high school academic courses for freshman admission:

• 4 years of English
• 4 years of Mathematics
• 3 years of Lab Science
• 2 years of Social Science (1 year of American history)
• 2 years of the same 2nd language
• 1 year of Fine Arts

Ranking:

• "The UA is one of the country's best colleges." [Princeton Review, 2011 edition of The Best 373 Colleges]
• "One of the world's top 100 universities, and in North America's top 50." [In every one of Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings from 2003 to 2009]
• The Department of Managment Information Systems (MIS) ranked #1 among public schools. [2011 America's Best colleges issue of U.S. News & World Report]