Graduate School at UA

The University of Arizona (UA) is the flagship institution in the state of Arizona and is widely recognized as one of the top twenty academic institutions in the country.

It is one of 59 Research Extensive (Research I) Universities, as well as a Land Grant academic institution.

It is also one of 62 research universities in the United States and Canada to be elected to the Association of American Universities.

In 2003, the National Science Foundation ranked the UA 19th among all universities and 12th among public universities, with awards of over $525 Million focused on research.

The National Research Council ranks the University of Arizona 24th in the country for the number of Ph.D.s awarded annually in recent years. Many of our graduate programs are ranked among the top twenty-five in the country.

Excellent libraries, museum collections, and renowned arts performances enrich the campus culture.

Yet our tuition is still in the lower third tier of all U.S. universities, and graduate education at UA is strongly supported by financial aid, graduate assistantships and fellowships.

The UA Graduate College offers 79 doctoral, 113 master's and 4 specialist programs in addition to a Doctor of Pharmacy program.

In addition to the scope provided by 15 colleges housed within the same campus--Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Humanities, Law, Management, Nursing, Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences, as well as the state's only colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Medicine, Optical Sciences, Pharmacy and Public Health-- the UA's strong interdisciplinary focus provides excellent opportunities for graduate students to work with faculty with similar research interests but in different departments across campus.

Furthermore, the UA's Interdisciplinary Programs (IDPs) and 80-plus research centers and institutes that unite researchers and students from diverse disciplines provide exciting cross-disciplinary opportunities for research and training.

The faculty includes several Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, 20 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 9 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 2 members of Britain's Royal Society, four MacArthur "genius" Award Recipients, and a Vetlesen Prize winner.

In the fall of 2005, graduate students number approximately 7,672 of a total of 37,036 students at the University.

Our commitment to diversity is long-standing and considered essential to advance our goal of excellence. Students from minority backgrounds represent 23% of the student body and 18% of graduate students.

1,765 international students from all over the globe further enrich the heterogeneity of the student body.

According to exit reports, more than 90 percent of students receiving graduate degrees from the UA report a great deal of satisfaction with the mentoring they received from their program.

Over 85 percent of them report that their degree program was effective or very effective in preparing them for employment in their field, with 80 percent obtaining employment positions before graduation. Of doctoral recipients, two-thirds were employed immediately after receiving their degree, and an additional 30% obtained a post-doctoral fellowship.