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In the next few years, your life will look entirely different than it does now. And that’s the best news ever. Because college is a time when you’ll explore, learn, make friends, eat, hike mountains (or ski down them), take risks, ace tests, have adventures, prepare for a career,
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serve others. The list goes on.
And we might be a little biased, but we happen to believe the University of Vermont is the very best place you could have your college adventure. Your discovery. Your years to become authentically you.
Because we’re home to some of the top teachers—and researchers—in the world. Who will, above all, be your professors. Some of the brightest and kindest students. And some of the most beautiful surroundings in the country. Like the waters of Lake Champlain. The vistas of Mount Mansfield. The bustling streets of Burlington. The chocolate chunks in a Ben & Jerry’s pint. The piney scent of our air. Cheese. We could go on, but we think we’ll let the rest of this book do the explaining for us.
TURN THE PAGE. And meet the next chapter of your life.
UVM is in a city—but we have a big backyard.
It comes from our Latin name Universitas Viridis Montis, "University of the Green Mountains."
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WHY UVM, WHY NOT UVT?
The Lake The City of Burlington
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The Classroom
A L L T H I N G S H AV E A P L AC E I N O U R
Academic Ecosystem THE CAMPUS Home to 10,612 undergraduates, 1,601 graduate students, 466 medical students, and 1,685 full- and part-time faculty. And lots of trees. And interesting labs. And‌you get it. THE CLASSROOM Forty-nine percent of our classes have fewer than 20 students. Which means more face time with your professors. THE CITY OF BURLINGTON is ranked one of "America's Best College Towns by Travel + Leisure. Culture. Cuisine.
The Mountains
The Campus The Campus
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You. Here’s where we want you to start thinking about the University of Vermont as an academic ecosystem. Made up of smaller, awesome ecosystems. A whole as amazing as its parts.
Quaintness. Enough said. THE MOUNTAINS The Adirondacks provide a beautiful backdrop to just about every kind of UVM experience. And Stowe, Sugarbush, Smugglers' Notch, and Bolton are just an hour from our campus. Lucky you. And you might hike Mount Mansfield right away during TREK, our unique, first-year team-building program. THE LAKE Lake Champlain is one of our most useful—and beautiful—classrooms.
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A WORLD VIEW
WITH A GRE AT VIE W
WITH A GRE AT VIE W
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A WORLD VIEW
RE SE ARCH
Answering the World’s Questions Gets Us Up in the Morning. THAT, AND MAPLE SYRUP ON OUR PANCAKES.
Here, there’s always an opportunity to do groundbreaking research that helps humankind. Just ask biology student Doran Forahar, who wanted experience with biomedical research. He found the perfect opportunity in the UVM Larner College of Medicine's Anesthesiology Department. As a valued member of a team of scientists in the Whitaker Lab, he's helping investigate the effects of major surgical stress on the developing brain. His work involves studying medical literature and using the microtome—a tool that delicately slices tissue just 7-micrometers thin. Every day opens up new discoveries, and questions.
Here, the world’s your oyster. Or classroom. Or both (if you like oysters).
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Answering the World’s Questions Gets Us Up in the Morning. THAT, AND MAPLE SYRUP ON OUR PANCAKES.
Here, there’s always an opportunity to do groundbreaking research that helps humankind. Just ask biology student Doran Forahar, who wanted experience with biomedical research. He found the perfect opportunity in the UVM Larner College of Medicine's Anesthesiology Department. As a valued member of a team of scientists in the Whitaker Lab, he's helping investigate the effects of major surgical stress on the developing brain. His work involves studying medical literature and using the microtome—a tool that delicately slices tissue just 7-micrometers thin. Every day opens up new discoveries, and questions.
Here, the world’s your oyster. Or classroom. Or both (if you like oysters).
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ST U D E N T S A R E T H E H E A RT O F O U R H E A RT. Community is priority at UVM. It’s common to see students of all backgrounds enjoying a seder meal or Comida Para la Gente feast with Alianza Latinx. Or attending the Black Student Union’s fashion show, or Tuesday Talks at the Prism Center. Diversity helps us help the world. For many, connections begin in our Learning Communities, matching students' housing to their interests. Choose from: ARTS & CREATIVITY
OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE
CULTURAL CROSSROADS
SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE HONORS COLLEGE (by invitation)
LEADERSHIP & SOCIAL CHANGE
WELLNESS ENVIRONMENT
LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARS PROGRAM
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JOSH BONGARD — PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Future of Robots Is Humans. “ASK ME ANY THING.”
“ M Y LO N G -T E R M H O P E I S T H AT RO B OT S W I L L L I K E W I S E H E L P TO U N LO C K P EO P L E ’ S C R E AT I V E P OT E N T I A L .”
That’s what Josh Bongard, Professor of Computer
and research efforts bodes well for the future of
Science, said on Reddit during a Science AMA (Ask
education. Instead of sitting in a classroom, students
Me Anything) session. He answered questions from
and teachers will mix virtual and physical reality to
online commenters about his team’s research on how
create hard-to-imagine environments in which to
people and computers can work together to create
learn. As just one (admittedly biased) example, a
complex technology like robots. As a UVM student,
recent spinoff company from my lab is beginning
you’d have access to people like Professor Bongard
to create educational games built around young
all the time—he teaches an undergraduate course on
peoples’ fascination with robots.
human-computer interaction. That’s education; how about society as a whole? One Redditor asked:
Many fear that technology in general—and AI, and
What could it mean for our future?
robotics in particular—will marginalize most of humanity. Personally, I believe that this will not be
JB: I think that the willingness of people to participate and collaborate in online games
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the case…
BUSINESS
The Future of Business Is Humans, Too.
Our culture fosters students who go on to create and manage businesses to address strategic, social, and environmental challenges.
THE PROOF IS IN OUR ALUMNI. OUR GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO BE LEADERS AT Amazon Bank of America BBDO Bechtel Group Biogen BNP Paribas Boston Celtics Fidelity Gap, Inc. Google Honeywell International, Inc. Long Trail Brewing Company L’Oreal Paris Merrill Lynch & Company National Geographic Novo Nordisk Thompson Reuters Time Warner Universal Studios Walt Disney Company AND CEOs OR PRESIDENTS OF ABC GE Healthcare NASCAR Sotheby’s
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JOSH BONGARD — PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Future of Robots Is Humans. “ASK ME ANY THING.”
“ M Y LO N G -T E R M H O P E I S T H AT RO B OT S W I L L L I K E W I S E H E L P TO U N LO C K P EO P L E ’ S C R E AT I V E P OT E N T I A L .”
That’s what Josh Bongard, Professor of Computer
and research efforts bodes well for the future of
Science, said on Reddit during a Science AMA (Ask
education. Instead of sitting in a classroom, students
Me Anything) session. He answered questions from
and teachers will mix virtual and physical reality to
online commenters about his team’s research on how
create hard-to-imagine environments in which to
people and computers can work together to create
learn. As just one (admittedly biased) example, a
complex technology like robots. As a UVM student,
recent spinoff company from my lab is beginning
you’d have access to people like Professor Bongard
to create educational games built around young
all the time—he teaches an undergraduate course on
peoples’ fascination with robots.
human-computer interaction. That’s education; how about society as a whole? One Redditor asked:
Many fear that technology in general—and AI, and
What could it mean for our future?
robotics in particular—will marginalize most of humanity. Personally, I believe that this will not be
JB: I think that the willingness of people to participate and collaborate in online games
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the case…
BUSINESS
The Future of Business Is Humans, Too.
Our culture fosters students who go on to create and manage businesses to address strategic, social, and environmental challenges.
THE PROOF IS IN OUR ALUMNI. OUR GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO BE LEADERS AT Amazon Bank of America BBDO Bechtel Group Biogen BNP Paribas Boston Celtics Fidelity Gap, Inc. Google Honeywell International, Inc. Long Trail Brewing Company L’Oreal Paris Merrill Lynch & Company National Geographic Novo Nordisk Thompson Reuters Time Warner Universal Studios Walt Disney Company AND CEOs OR PRESIDENTS OF ABC GE Healthcare NASCAR Sotheby’s
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WE GIVE THE WORLD OUR BEST HUMANS, AND THEY DO THEIR BEST WORK FOR A BET TER WORLD. At the University of Vermont, you won’t just receive a great education—you’ll receive an education that teaches you to think and work on a global scale. Our mission statement calls on us to “create, evaluate, share, and apply knowledge to prepare students to be accountable leaders who will bring to their work dedication to the global community.”
So that’s exactly what we set out to do, daily.
OUR GLOBAL REACH
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IN PA RT N E R S H I P WITH THE WORLD SINCE 1791.
Study abroad opportunities
Seventh in the country for
Ten percent of UVM medical
in places from Italy to
producing Peace Corps
students participate in a
Australia to China to Chile;
volunteers.
global health rotation their
nearly 500 options in 60 countries.
first year.
GLOBAL PRESENCE
Our research funding sends students like Alison Chivers to Spain to investigate what genes suppress cancer growth. And Abra Clawson to Nepal to study relationships among identity, place, sound, and religion. Sasha Fisher, a recent alumna, is putting her self-designed major in human security to work. Her nonprofit, Spark Microgrants, is funding community development projects in African nations. Sasha was chosen as one of twenty Obama Fellows, leaders building better futures around the world.
UVM’s chapter of MEDVIDA
Students can earn 3-6 credits
783 international students on
Students compete
sends students to developing
through 1- to 4-week Travel
campus from 74 countries.
internationally and receive
countries to help with mobile
Study Programs in places like
travel sponsorships through
clinics, infrastructure, and
Asia, Oceania, Latin America,
UVM's Lawrence Debate
education projects.
and Europe.
Union and Grossman School of Business.
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A WORLD OF SUCCESSES AROUND THE WORLD
MEDICAL SCHOOL
On Our Campus, the Doctor Is in and Ready to Teach. Around here, it’s typical to see a student walking out of their residence hall and straight into our medical center for some hands-on training.
A world-class medical school located directly on campus makes this kind of experience possible. Students here have easy access to teaching methods that may change the future of medicine. We’re not afraid to get our white coats and scrubs a little dirty, after all.
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Developing vaccines for global
Determining the role of blood
Use of Magnetic Resonance
health threats like dengue
type in developing dementia. A
Imaging for understanding
fever. The UVM Vaccine Testing
recent study done at UVM shows
the development of cognitive
Center works to understand and
that people with blood type AB
functions and psychopathologies
prevent the spread of infectious
may be more likely to develop
that tend to emerge during
diseases worldwide.
memory loss later in life.
adolescence.
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AND THE RESEARCH HAPPENING HERE IS OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES. RESEARCH LIKE:
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On Our Campus, the Doctor Is in and Ready to Teach. Around here, it’s typical to see a student walking out of their residence hall and straight into our medical center for some hands-on training.
A world-class medical school located directly on campus makes this kind of experience possible. Students here have easy access to teaching methods that may change the future of medicine. We’re not afraid to get our white coats and scrubs a little dirty, after all.
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Developing vaccines for global
Determining the role of blood
Use of Magnetic Resonance
health threats like dengue
type in developing dementia. A
Imaging for understanding
fever. The UVM Vaccine Testing
recent study done at UVM shows
the development of cognitive
Center works to understand and
that people with blood type AB
functions and psychopathologies
prevent the spread of infectious
may be more likely to develop
that tend to emerge during
diseases worldwide.
memory loss later in life.
adolescence.
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AND THE RESEARCH HAPPENING HERE IS OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES. RESEARCH LIKE:
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A B BY C O L L I N S S T U D I E D B U S I N E S S A N A LY T I C S , B U T P R E D I C I T V E M O D E L I N G I S N ' T H E R O N LY S T O C K I N T R A D E . P L A N N I N G A N D PA RT I C I PAT I N G I N U V M ’ S G LO B A L FA M I LY E N T E R P R I S E C A S E C O M P E T I T I O N WA S " A P I V OTA L P O I N T " I N H E R C A R E E R P R E PA R AT I O N , S H E S AY S . T H E E V E N T B RO U G H T 2 6 T E A M S F RO M 1 7 C O U N T R I E S TO C A M P U S . L I V I N G A N D L E A R N I N G W I T H S T U D E N T S W H O T H I N K D I F F E R E N T LY F RO M H E R H A S B E E N I M P O RTA N T, TO O . “ C H O O S I N G U V M WA S N ’ T J U S T A B O U T T H E AC A D E M I C S . I K N E W T H E P E R S O N U V M W O U L D S H A P E M E T O B E WA S D E F I N I T E LY T H E P E R S O N I WA N T E D T O B E ,” A B BY S AY S .
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HUMANS FOR HUMANKIND Kiana Gonzalez
Ian MacKay
LINGUISTICS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Brenna Foley RUSSIAN
President of the UVM American Sign Language Club;
Co-captain of the UVM men's lacrosse team,
Member of the Liberal Arts Scholars Program;
member of our nationally competitive Gymnastics
active in fundraising for the Pediatric Brain Tumor
Service Trek participant—Habitat for Humanity;
Club team; treasurer for Chi Alpha Christian
Foundation, Chittenden County Emergency Food
co-president of Juntos (promoting human rights for
Fellowship group; UVM orientation leader.
Shelf, Salvation Army, and Special Olympics.
migrant farm workers); Climbing Team secretary.
JD Kelly
Madina Haji
John Levkulic
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Member of the Grossman School of Business Case
Nutrition intern at Burlington Department of Parks
Chief of UVM Rescue Crew and former personnel
Competition Team; accounting assistant for the
and Recreation; intake specialist with Vermont
and public relations officer; EMT instructor;
University of Vermont endowment; UVM AdvoCat
branch of the Department of Justice; volunteer
emergency department technician at the UVM
(student admissions representative).
translator for Burlington area schools.
Medical Center.
Waking Kong
Emmie Bolt
Rebecca Romac
HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
CIVIL ENGINEERING
NURSING
Volunteer for Lha Charitable Trust helping Tibetan
Member of the Alternative Energy Racing
Captain of the UVM Nordic Ski Club; member of the
refugees; sponsored research and study intern in India;
Organization (promoting research and
Student Nurses Association; rotations completed at
volunteer for Ethan Allen Homestead Museum; UVM
development of alternative energy drive systems);
the UVM Medical Center include post-partum, acute
resident advisor.
volunteer for FIRST Robotics Competition.
psychiatric, and cardiac.
Your time at UVM is a collection of amazing people, places, and things, unique to your own experience. Here are just a few of the things you're likely to encounter during your UVM journey. 1
A very Burlington caffeine fix
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100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup
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A notetaking tool as big as your ideas
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Groundbreaking science experiment essentials
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For the Intramural All-Stars
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Your outdoor-adventure time capsule
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From our greenhouse, for your room
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Spin and choose where to study
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Trout, a Lake Champlain local
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The merging of two disciplines
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Some classic inspiration
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Memento from a Cats game
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Pairs well with scrubs
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The beginning of tomorrow’s masterpiece
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AND MORE HUMANS FOR HUMANKIND Nancy Gauvin
Paul Bierman
Dita Sharma
GEOLOGY AND HUMAN IMPACTS
BUSINESS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
National Science Foundation award-winning
Daniel Clark Sanders Chair in Entrepreneurship
Clinical expert in craniofacial anomalies, resonance
geomorphologist and geochemist engaged in
& Family Business, former editor of the Family
disorders, prosthetic appliances, dysphagia, and
research focused on isotope geochemisty, surface
Business Review, co-founder of Family Enterprise
accent modification. Research interests include
processes, human-induced landscape change,
Research Conference, and founder of UVM's
the impact of supervisory process on students
and rates of erosion at sites around the world.
Global Family Enterprise Case Competition.
from culturally diverse populations.
Melissa Pespeni
Major Jackson
Chris Danforth
OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
POET/SCHOLAR
BIG DATA HAPPINESS PROJECT
Expert in ecological genomics, population
Widely published award-winning author and
Complex systems expert and key researcher involved
genetics and evolutionary biology and
poet, Poetry Editor for the Harvard Review,
in the hedonometer algorithim, which gauges the
physiology, seeking answers to environmental
teaches courses from "Poetry in Rap" to "Race
emotional content of words in articles, books, lyrics,
and global health problems in ocean ecosystems.
and Ethnicity in Literary Studies."
shows, movies, and social media posts.
Pablo Bose
Regina Toolin
Ray Vega
GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
SCIENCE STANDARDS
JA ZZ
Migration scholar and urban geographer
An expert in science curriculum and instruction
Three-time GRAMMY award winner and
examining forced migration and refugee
and principal investigator of the National
former member of the Tito Puente and Mongo
resettlement, and ways that the flow of capital,
Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Scholarship
Santamaria bands. Currently lectures on jazz
labor bodies, and ideas transform landscapes.
Program.
combos, trumpet and jazz history.
LU I S V I VA N C O — D I R EC TO R O F U V M ’ S H U M A N I T I E S C E N T E R
P RO F E S S O R LU I S V I VA N C O I S A C U LT U R A L A N T H RO P O LO G I ST W H OS E W O R K C E N T E R S O N E N V I RON M E N TA L MOV E M E N T S . ST U DE N T S P R A I S E H I S “ I N F E C T I O U S I N Q U I S I T I V E N AT U R E ” A N D “ U N W AV E R I N G S U P P O RT, " Q U A L I T I E S T H A T D E F I N E A L L O U R T E AC H E R- S C H O L A R S . V I VA N C O U RG E S H I S ST U D E N T S TO E X A M I N E D I F F E R I N G FACT S SHAPING HUMAN BELIEFS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES, A N D G A I N “A P P R E C I AT I O N O F T H E F U N D A M E N TA L P LU R A LI T Y OF T H E H U M A N CON DI T ION.”
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Some of Our Labs Don’t Appear on a Campus Map. The world is our classroom, after all. A great example of this is the Melosira, a research boat where faculty and students learn about water sampling, gill netting, fish trawling, sediment coring, the native trout population, and more.
During a class, students might examine tiny silver trout with their bare hands. Their research contributes to larger studies on replenishing the trout population. After they record their findings, they can take in Lake Champlain views. It’s learning at its most scenic, while maintaining the health of an international body of water.
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Students can follow class with a snack in the student center, a bike ride on the beautiful trails surrounding Burlington, or a coffee downtown with friends. That’s a pretty typical scenario at the University of Vermont. Here, our classrooms take many different forms.
On board the Melosira
Taking research samples
THE RUBENSTEIN S CHO OL
Some of Our Labs Don’t Appear on a Campus Map. The world is our classroom, after all. A great example of this is the Melosira, a research boat where faculty and students learn about water sampling, gill netting, fish trawling, sediment coring, the native trout population, and more.
During a class, students might examine tiny silver trout with their bare hands. Their research contributes to larger studies on replenishing the trout population. After they record their findings, they can take in Lake Champlain views. It’s learning at its most scenic, while maintaining the health of an international body of water.
THE RUBENSTEIN S CHO OL
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Students can follow class with a snack in the student center, a bike ride on the beautiful trails surrounding Burlington, or a coffee downtown with friends. That’s a pretty typical scenario at the University of Vermont. Here, our classrooms take many different forms.
On board the Melosira
Taking research samples
CITY OF BURLINGTON
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WE D O CIT Y LIFE A LIT TLE D I F F E R E N T LY. KNOWN FOR ITS CULTURE, ITS MUSIC, ITS DELICIOUS FOOD AND VIEWS, BURLINGTON IS A HUB OF ACTIVITY FOR THE UVM COMMUNITY. Add that to its plethora of internship opportunities, artistic resources, innovation hubs, and cultural gems, and you’ll see why it’s been ranked as a top college town by The New York Times and HuffPost.
What is BTV? The airport code for Burlington International Airport. We’re just a flight or two away from major cities around the world.
BURLINGTON TO-DO LIST: Try a maple creemee. Shop the Church Street Marketplace. Catch live music at ArtsRiot, Radio Bean, Signal Kitchen, and Nectar’s. Have a flatbread at American Flatbread. Check out the Generator Space,
Walk or ride the 8-mile path along Lake Champlain. Go “leaf peeping” when the fall foliage comes around. Swim at Oakledge or Leddy Park beaches. Find all kinds of dogs to pet on Church Street. See international talent at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.
Art galleries and venues
Public parks
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Theater and concert venues
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American Red Cross
Burton
Eating Well magazine
Keurig Dr Pepper
Ben & Jerry's
Chittenden County Public Defender
ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Morgan Stanley
Dealer.com
Fuse Marketing
Vermont Public Radio
Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists
Seventh Generation
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C O L L EG E O F A RT S & S C I E N C E S
There’s an Art and a Science to Humanity. The school with the largest number of students, faculty, and staff, our College of Arts and Sciences offers a way to combine multiple disciplines with creativity, critical thought, and hands-on experience.
O U R H U M A N I ST S - O F-A L L- I N T E R E ST S
Forty percent of our seniors report doing research with a faculty mentor. Here, Nata Dudkina talks with Professor Severin Schneebeli in his lab, where she worked on a project in a relatively new field called supramolecular chemistry. Nata's next stop after UVM: Yale University to pursue a PhD.
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experience with collections that span the history of civilization. Students in a Museum Anthropology class put their skills to work in the role of curator, selecting art and objects around a central theme—evocative subjects like "food," "home," and "gender."
Students in UVM's Vermont Legislative Research Service program provide nonpartisan support to Vermont state legislators. They research questions around health, education, and other issues and provide information that helps shape laws enacted in the state capitol.
O U R H U M A N I ST S - O F-A L L- I N T E R E ST S
C O L L EG E O F A RT S & S C I E N C E S
There’s an Art and a Science to Humanity. The school with the largest number of students, faculty, and staff, our College of Arts and Sciences offers a way to combine multiple disciplines with creativity, critical thought, and hands-on experience.
O U R H U M A N I ST S - O F-A L L- I N T E R E ST S
Forty percent of our seniors report doing research with a faculty mentor. Here, Nata Dudkina talks with Professor Severin Schneebeli in his lab, where she worked on a project in a relatively new field called supramolecular chemistry. Nata's next stop after UVM: Yale University to pursue a PhD.
UVM's Fleming Museum gives students hands-on UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
experience with collections that span the history of civilization. Students in a Museum Anthropology class put their skills to work in the role of curator, selecting art and objects around a central theme—evocative subjects like "food," "home," and "gender."
Students in UVM's Vermont Legislative Research Service program provide nonpartisan support to Vermont state legislators. They research questions around health, education, and other issues and provide information that helps shape laws enacted in the state capitol.
O U R H U M A N I ST S - O F-A L L- I N T E R E ST S
Food for thought—it's the discourse, debate, and intellectual nourishment that makes a college education so fulfilling. That connects us. And so does, well, FOOD.
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How can we make food healthier?
And how can healthy food be more readily available?
These are the kinds of questions we strive to answer. Food touches all disciplines, such as communication, engineering, business, psychology, and agriculture. It is the ultimate academic ecosystem and an
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Undergraduate degree programs
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Does the way we grow food help us or hurt us?
Where does food come from?
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Animal Science Anthropology Community and International Development Dietetics, Nutrition and Food Science Ecological Agriculture Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Food Systems Geography Global Studies Nutrition and Food Sciences Philosophy Plant and Soil Science Plant Biology
The right mix: UVM is in the heart of a vibrant regional food-producing area. USDA, NSF, and other sponsored research projects offer UVM undergrads rich lab and field experience. UVM's faculty expertise in food systems stems from being the first to offer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in food systems.
Production, safety, distribution, marketing—food represents an essential industry and offers careers in science, business, engineering, and health. It is also at the crux of human welfare and justice concerns. All of which make food a natural focus of several cross-disciplinary programs at the University of Vermont.
example of our integrated, systemic approach to understanding all facets of the world—the hallmark of how we carry out research and education at UVM.
AT H L E T I C S
NO MATTER WHAT FIELD.
18 DIVISION I ATHLETIC TEAMS Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Ice Hockey Lacrosse Skiing (Nordic & Alpine) Soccer Swimming & Diving Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor)
7 AMERICA AMERICA EAST EAST ACADEMIC ACADEMIC CUPS CUPS won by outstanding UVM for outstanding student-athletes student-athletes. won by UVM students since 2005.
11 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT 2018 WINTER
appearances by UVM teams over
OLYMPIS
the past decade. were UVM Catamounts, present and past.
M—Men W—Women
AT H L E T I C S
NO MATTER WHAT FIELD.
18 DIVISION I ATHLETIC TEAMS Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Ice Hockey Lacrosse Skiing (Nordic & Alpine) Soccer Swimming & Diving Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor)
7 AMERICA AMERICA EAST EAST ACADEMIC ACADEMIC CUPS CUPS won by outstanding UVM for outstanding student-athletes student-athletes. won by UVM students since 2005.
11 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT 2018 WINTER
appearances by UVM teams over
OLYMPIS
the past decade. were UVM Catamounts, present and past.
M—Men W—Women
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P RO F E SS I O N A L P RO G R A M S
M A J O R S & P RO G R A M S MINORS³
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Animal Science
Pre-Law Pre-Dental Pre-Medical Pre-Veterinary Pre-Physical Therapy
1 Students select a strategic theme: Global Business, Sustainable Business or Entrepreneurship; and also choose a concentration: Accounting, Finance, Marketing or Business Analytics. 2 Students choose a concentration in fields such as English, Language, Mathematics, Science, Social Science. 3 A majority of majors are also available as minors.
U N D E RG R A D UAT E C O L L EG E S & SCHO OL S ACCELERATED MASTER'S P RO G R A M S
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences College of Arts & Sciences College of Education & Social Services College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences College of Nursing & Health Sciences Grossman School of Business Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
Start taking classes toward your master's as an undergraduate, and get a jump start on an advanced degree.
Accountancy Animal Science Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Engineering Biostatistics Chemistry Civil and Environmental Engineering Complex Systems and Data Science Computer Science Counseling Curriculum and Instruction Educational Leadership Electrical Engineering
STEM * MAJORS are available to UVM undergrads.
English Food Systems Greek & Latin Historic Preservation History Materials Science Mathematics Mechanical Engineering
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30+
Nursing Nutrition and Food Science Pharmacology Physics Public Administration Public Health Statistics Special Education
Prepare for careers in these high-growth fields in our new state-of-the-art STEM complex. *Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
A D M I SS I O N S & O U TC O M E S
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
OUTCOMES
Doing All Things with Purpose.
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A UVM motto that speaks
of our graduates are employed or
to the success and happiness
continuing their education
of our graduates in their
within six months of graduation.
careers and in their lives.
Here are more statistics that
95
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show how UVM is worth your
of those employed full-time
of students report having an
while.
are satisfied with their
internship, doing research, or
position.
other high impact practice supporting career goals.
95
85
56
students have won or been
of UVM graduates applying to
of UVM graduates applying to
finalists in scholarship
law school are admitted. The
medical school are admitted.
competitions ranging from
national acceptance rate for
The national acceptance rate
the Fulbright to Rhodes in
law school applicants is 75%.
for medical school applicants
the last five years.
is 43%.
ADMISSIONS
FINANCIAL AID
86
AVERAGE GPA: 3.7 (4.0 scale)
of undergraduate students receive grants and scholarships.
We consider your estimated family contribution when determining aid awards, and we are need-blind in our evaluation for admission. All applicants are automatically considered for merit scholarships: First-year Vermont residents Out-of-state and international: Transfer students:
$2,000–$7,000 $8,000–$20,000 $3,000-$10,000
COST TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (2019–2020)
OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENT VERMONT RESIDENT TUITION
$16,392
$41,280
$12,946
$12,946
$2,410
$2,410
$31,748
$56,636
Middle 50% scores of admitted students for Fall 2019 : SAT EBRW 610–700 SAT MATH 600–710 ACT 28–33
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