Truly one of-the leading land grant institutions in the nation, the University of Kentucky has a national and international reputation in such diverse fields as medicine, business, engineering, law and agriculture.
Situated in the heart of the beautiful Bluegrass region of Kentucky, the main campus at Lexington has more than 23,000 students enrolled.
Another 19,000 students are enrolled in the 13 community colleges operated by UK across the state.
The main campus, near downtown Lexington, comprises about 625 acres of land on which there are more than 200 buildings and other structures, walks, malls, gardens, playing fields, recreation space and parking.
UK has a graduate school and 17 academic colleges . . . Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Business and Economics, Education, Home Economics, Library Science, Social Work, Architecture, Communications, Fine Arts, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy.
UK is noted for its research efforts, especially in the fields of energy, tobacco and cancer.
UK's Institute for Mining and Minerals Research is a national leader in energy-related research.
The UK College of Agriculture has been responsible over the years for the development of 80 percent of the burley tobacco varieties grown anywhere in the world, and its research on tobacco diseases has saved farmers millions of dollars.
Kentucky also is a world leader in the thoroughbred horse industry. In fact, vaccines developed at UK for horses are being used all over the world.
UK has an outstanding faculty with some of the top teachers and researchers in the nation.
In the arts, close to 100,000 people attend the many art, music and theater productions at UK. UK's new Center for the Arts contains a 400-seat recital hall, a 1,500-seat concert hall and the 20,000 square-foot UK Art Museum.
UK's Albert B. Chandler Medical Center has a wide range of programs in education and research. The five colleges of the Medical Center  Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Allied Health  have more than 2,000 students pursuing bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees in health-related fields.
Of major significance in the area of medical research is the Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging, one of the first facilities of its kind in the nation.
UK graduates almost 6,000 students each year from the main campus and the community colleges. The UK Alumni Association, therefore, continues to grow in number of clubs (64) and paid members (22,000). Besides the 34 clubs in Kentucky, there are 30 organized alumni groups outside the state from Los Angeles to New York.
The University has had only eight presidents since its founding in 1865. Dr. Otis Singletary, now in his 13th year as UK president, is a history scholar and nationally-recognized university administrator.
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