First, the school introduction:
1. The University of Arizona was founded in 1885, located in Tucson, Arizona, USA. It is the flagship public university and the first comprehensive university in the state, and is known as one of the "public Ivy League" in the United States. The school has strong scientific research strength in astronomy, geology, geography, civil engineering and other disciplines, and anthropology, sociology, philosophy, law, engineering, life sciences and other disciplines are among the best in the United States.
2. The University of Arizona receives nearly $700 million in research funding from the National Science Foundation of the United States every year, ranking 33rd among American universities and being listed as a particularly high research-intensive university by Carnegie Education Foundation. The University of Arizona won five Nobel Prizes, two Pulitzer Prizes and 28 Sloan Research Prizes. There are 29 academicians of the American Academy of Sciences, 26 academicians of the American Academy of Arts and 65,438+009 academicians of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
3. The optical research center of the school is one of the three major optical centers in the United States and one of the best optical centers in the world. The management information system discipline of business school, together with MIT and Carnegie Mellon University, is called the "Big Three" of MIS and enjoys a high reputation in the world. The affiliated hospital of the school is the largest medical institution in the state.
4. The University of Arizona ranks 99th among universities in the world and 103 among the best universities in the United States. According to the ranking of world-class disciplines in soft science in 2020, the university ranks among the top 50 in the world in the fields of law, finance, journalism and communication, business administration, geography and ecology.
Second, the geographical location:
1. The main campus of the University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona. This is a safe, warm and multicultural modern city. It is located in the southwestern United States and has a long history. Prehistoric Hohokan culture, modern native American culture and cowboy history can all be found here.
Due to the moderate temperature all year round, Tucson has naturally become a destination for sports enthusiasts. Tucson has 65,438+09 national golf courses and well-equipped public golf courses, two professional baseball spring training teams and the University of Arizona basketball team that won the title of national university champion.