UConn Today

The University of Connecticut is the state's flagship institution of higher learning. Founded in 1881, the University of Connecticut has grown to include 13 Schools and Colleges at its main campus in Storrs, separate Schools of Law and Social Work in Hartford, five regional campuses throughout the state and Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at the UConn Health Center in Farmington.

UConn is a Land Grant and Sea Grant College and a Space Grant Consortium institution. The University spans more than 4,200 acres at its Storrs campus, five regional campuses, UConn Health Center in Farmington and School of Law in Hartford.

Over more than a decade, the University has been undergoing an amazing transformation. UConn is renewing, rebuilding and enhancing its campuses through an unprecedented $2.3 billion, 20-year state investment in the University’s infrastructure. State-of-the-art facilities grace every campus.

The University of Connecticut is a school of choice for academically talented students. We serve more than 25,000 men and women on our campuses across the state. UConn has stood as the top public university in New England, for seven consecutive years. Since 1995, freshman applications have nearly doubled and the University recently welcomed more than 100 high school valedictorians and salutatorians to UConn’s Class of 2009.

Designated a Carnegie Foundation Research University, a prestigious honor shared by only the nation’s top higher education institutions, UConn has more than 70 focused research centers where faculty, graduate students and undergraduates explore everything from improving human health to enhancing public education and protecting the country’s natural resources.

UConn’s strides in higher education stretch throughout the state of Connecticut and beyond.