University of Florida

Profileuniversity.com - University of Florida is a public research university located in Gainesville, Florida, USA. According to the Carnegie Foundation, the university founded in 1853, is one of the university with very high research level, as evidenced by the presence of more than 150 research centers and Institutes at this university.

Through colleges and schools they have today, including the College of Fine Arts, Fisher School of Accounting, Rinker School of Building Construction, College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, Levin College of Law, Warrington College of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida offers a variety of majors studies with various academic degree programs in it.

To find additional information about science, the university has provided a school library named the George A. Smathers. Where the library has 5.3 million volumes of books and journals, plus 7 million Microfilms, which is also one of the largest library system in the United States.

As a research university, the University of Florida has a well-regarded biotech business incubator. In addition, the university is also one of the leading higher education institutions in the United States in winning patents for research. One of the patents that had been created by university researchers have occurred in 1965, where they successfully invented Gatorade in order to energize the Gator football players. Named Gatorade because Gator itself is the mascot of the University of Florida.

In addition to the discoveries that deserves a thumbs up, the University of Florida also has delivered many alumni who became important figures and leading in the world, among them the nine former Florida governors, two Nobel Prize laureates, eight astronauts and eight former U.S. ambassadors.

There is one tradition or university activities are always held by members of the university. Each year, approximately 800 students Participate in a 26.2-hour dance marathon that benefits patients at the University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital.

While one of the non-academic activities are much in demand by students is a sport. The university has provided a wide range of facilities and infrastructure, so that students can develop their talents in sports, until finally able to demonstrate their achievements in sports at the NCAA Division I athletics competition, intercollegiate sports competition.