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Motto | see blue. |
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Type | Flagship Public University Land-grant |
Established | 1865 |
Endowment | $992 million[1] |
President | Eli Capilouto |
Provost | Tim Tracy |
Students | 29,385 (2013-14)[2] |
Undergraduates | 21,441 (2013-14)[3] |
Postgraduates | 6,994 (2013-14)[3] |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban, 784 acres (3.17 km2)[4] |
Colors | Blue and White ¦[5] |
Nickname | Wildcats |
Affiliations | APLU ORAU SURA |
Mascot | "The Wildcat," "Scratch"[5][6] |
Website | www |
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The University of Kentucky (UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky,[7] the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities, the largest college or university in the state, with 29,385[2] students as of Fall 2013, and the highest ranked research university in the state according to U.S. News and World Report.[4][8]
The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs.[9] The University of Kentucky has fifteen libraries on campus. The largest is William T. Young Library, a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. In recent years, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1997. The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking to be determined by the university itself, by the year 2020.[10]