THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The University of Arizona (U of A/ UA/ Arizona) is a public research institution located in Tucson  Arizona, United States. Established in 1885, UA was the 1st university in the  Territory of Arizona. The university entail the Banner University Medical Center Tucson, that operates a separate four year M.D. college in downtown Phoenix. In the  Fall of 2015, total entrance was more than 42,100 students, with the biggest freshmen class ever in the history  at 8,100 students. The University of Arizona is directed by the Arizona Board of Regents. The mission of the UA is to improve the prospects and standardize  the lives of the students of Arizona and the people of the world through education, creative expression, research, and community and business partnerships. Arizona is one of the voted in members of the Association of American Universities ( organization of North America's main research institute) and has been  the solo representative from the state of Arizona to this group.

Known as the Arizona Wildcats ("Cats" in short), the athletic teams are the members of the Pac -12 Conference at NCAA. UA's athletes have won titles in many sports, most notably men's basketball,  softball and baseball nationally. The official colors of the institution and its athletic members are UA Red and Arizona Blue.

ACADEMICS

The University of Arizona proposes 334 different fields of study leading to bachelor's, master's, doctoral as well as professional degrees. Academic departments and programs are categorized into colleges and schools. Right now, grades are given on a strict four-point scale with "A" equivalent to 4, "B" worth to 3, "C" equivalent to  2, "D" equivalent to 1 and "E" worth zero points. In the year 2004, there were discussions with the students and the faculty members that may lead the university towards eventual use of the plus-minus grading system in the coming future years. As of December 2015, the university has still been using the 4-points scale.

ADMISSION AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The UA is contemplated as "selective" university by the United States News & World Report.In the  academic year 2014-2015, 68 freshman students were rewarded with National Merit Scholars. UA students comes from all states in the U.S. But nearly 69% of students are from Arizona, about 11% are from California, and 8% are international students, supervened by a significant student presence from states like Washington, Texas, Illinois, Colorado and New York. 

TUITION

Tuition fee at the University of Arizona is $11,591 for full-time undergraduate residents and $30,745 for international and non residential students. For other states, the cost of tuition has always been rising due to the decline in  support from the government. Undergraduates who enrolled in the UA’s elective tuition guarantee program in the year 2015 will remain at $11,591 for residents and $30,745 for  international and non residential students through the 2018-19 academic year. Incoming students recruited in a bachelor's degree program are automatically qualified for the Guaranteed Tuition Program and will not be the subject to tuition fee increases for eight continuous semesters (4 years). The Guaranteed Tuition Program is  not applicable to rates for summer and winter sessions.

Fall Freshman Statistics

	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Applicants	32,723	26,481	26,329	26,871	26,626
Admits	24,417	20,546	20,251	19,175	20,065
% Admitted	74.6%	77.6%	76.9%	71.4%	75.4%
Enrolled	7,744	6,881	7,401	7,300	7,025
Avg GPA	3.37	3.40	3.42	3.39	3.36
SAT Range*	1000-1230	990-1220	990-1220	990-1220	980-1220
* SAT out of 1600

CAMPUS

The main campus area  sits on 380 acres  in central Tucson, it is about one mile (1.6 km) north-east of downtown. There are a total of 79 buildings on the main campus. Many of the initial buildings, which includes the Arizona State Museum buildings (one of them having 1927 main library) and Centennial Hall, was designed by Roy Place, a outstanding Tucson architect. It was the use of red brick by Roy Place that set the tone for the red brick facades which are a basic and universal part of nearly all UA buildings, even those built recently. Indeed, almost each and every UA building has red brick as a main component of the design, or at the very least, a stylist accent to adjust it with the other buildings on campus.

The campus is not quiet divided into quadrants. The north and south  of campus are delineated by a lawnlike expanse called the Mall, which goes  from Old Main eastward to the campus's eastern border at Campbell Avenue (a major street at north-south arterial). The west and east sides of campus are disjoint  roughly by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center .

The science and mathematics buildings seem to be clustered in the southwest quadrant, the inter-collegiate athletics proficiency to the southeast, the arts and humanities buildings are in the northwest , with the engineering buildings towards the north central area. The optical and space sciences buildings are accumulated on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums and the  main library.