UTAH- USA UNIVERSITY, SALT LAKE CITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, USA

      The University of Utah is a public coeducational space-grant research university inSalt Lake City, Utah, United States. As the state's flagship university, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs.Graduate studies include the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the School of Medicine, Utah's only medical schoolAs of Autumn 2012, there are 24,840 undergraduate students and 7,548 graduate students, for an enrollment total of 32,388; with 83% coming from Utah and 9% coming from foreign countriesJust over 10% of students live on campus. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisionalState of Deseret making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900.

University of Utah is a public institution that was founded in 1850. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 23,907, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 1,535 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Utah's ranking in the 2016 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 115. Its in-state tuition and fees are $8,239 (2015-16); out-of-state tuition and fees are $26,177 (2015-16).

The University of Utah’s well-regarded S.J. Quinney College of Law, College of Engineering, College of Education and David Eccles School of Business all offer degree programs for graduate students. The U of U School of Medicine, which is particularly well regarded for its primary care program, is the only medical school in the state. Notable alumni of the University of Utah include Alan Ashton, co-founder of WordPerfect; Nolan Bushnell, founder of both Chuck E. Cheese's and video game company Atari Inc.; and John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc. The mission of the University of Utah is to serve the people of Utah and the world through the discovery, creation, and application of knowledge; through the dissemination of knowledge by teaching, publication, artistic presentation, and technology transfer; and through community engagement. As a preeminent research and teaching university with national and global reach, the U cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced. Students at the U learn from and collaborate with faculty who are at the forefront of their disciplines. The U faculty and staff are committed to helping students excel. We zealously preserve academic freedom, promote diversity and equal opportunity, and respect individual beliefs. We advance rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry, international involvement, and social responsibility. In its role as teaching institution, the University of Utah offers instruction in baccalaureate, master???s, and doctoral degree programs. The U commits itself to providing challenging instruction for all its students, from both Utah and other states and nations, and encourages interdisciplinary work and the integration of instruction and research opportunities. In its role as a research university, the University of Utah fosters the discovery and humane use of knowledge and artistic creation in all areas of academic, professional, and clinical study. In both basic and applied research, the U measures achievement against national and international standards. In its role as contributor to public life, the University of Utah fosters reflection on the values and goals of society. The U augments its own programs and enriches the larger community with its libraries, hospitals, museums, botanical gardens, broadcast stations, public lectures, continuing education programs, alumni programs, athletics, recreational opportunities, music, theater, film, dance, and other cultural events. The University of Utah has many innovative programs and exciting new initiatives that aim to bring the world into the classroom, engage students with peers and mentors, and create shared learning experiences that do not always appear in a traditional class setting. It is this core commitment to innovation, inclusiveness, quality, and engagement, both locally and globally, that will make an education at the U an experience students will value for the rest of their lives

The student-faculty ratio at University of Utah is 17:1, and the school has 49.5 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at University of Utah include: Communication, General; Psychology, General; Economics, General; Human Development and Family Studies, General; and Kinesiology and Exercise Science. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 88 percent.  Prof. John Kurakar, Mr Ravi Kandage, Global Council Trustees visited University campus on 19^th October,2015 with  two of Pakistan friends.