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The University of Kentucky has a broad range of resources centered on a single campus in the heart of the Bluegrass. Our wide array of programs allows us to excel in multidisciplinary studies and fosters an environment of cooperative engagement across all colleges, programs, and research endeavors. Because of the lives we touch and teach, we remain anchored in our mission to Kentucky– to educate, innovate, heal, and serve. To be sure, our complex, multifaceted mission looks different today in many ways than it did in 1865. However, our sense of responsibility to our communities on campus and across the region is resolute. The mission has evolved and grown. The vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world beyond remains the same. They remain our compass – the soul of the University of Kentucky.

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UK is one of only eight institutions in the country with the full complement of liberal arts, engineering, professional, agricultural and medical colleges and disciplines on one contiguous campus

$2.8 Billion

Invested in infrastructure across campus, including a $256 million multidisciplinary research building and the continued expansion of a $1 billion health care facility started in 2004.

3.68 16 31% 16:1 550 5 Years Top 30

Average graduating GPA of Lewis Honors students

16 Degree Granting Colleges plus the Lewis Honors College and the Graduate School

31% of undergraduates are from out-of-state

16:1 Student to Faculty Ratio

UK has more than 550 Student Organizations

UK has been recognized for five straight years as a Diversity Champion by Insight Into Diversity Magazine

UK is a Top 30 Campus for LGBTQ* inclusion and safety