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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Ralph C. Wilcox, Provost and Executive Vice President
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1960 Nearly 2,000 students began classes
1970s College of Medicine admits first students
1990s USF was recognized as a research
2001-2006 USF became a Top 50 Public
2005 USF was classified as a Research University
Judy Genshaft
USF’s 6th President
USF is ranked 27th by the Top American Research Universities (TARU), 2010
History of USF
University II by Carnegie Foundation
Research University
with Very High Activity
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The USF System is comprised of
three separately accredited
institutions, USF, USF St. Petersburg,
and USF Sarasota-Manatee.
The USF System includes the MAIN
CAMPUS in TAMPA, its College of
Marine Science in
St. Petersburg, USF Health, and one
regional campus, USF Polytechnic,
located in Lakeland.
The Tampa International Airport is centrally located to all USF campuses.
Location of USF
Tampa International
Airport
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Location of USF
Tampa was ranked as the 8th CLEANEST CITY in America by Yahoo! and the 5th BEST OUTDOOR CITY by Forbes.
Situated along Florida’s Gulf Coast, the Tampa Bay region boasts an enviable quality of life with year round sunshine, a unique cultural
heritage and a diverse business climate. Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, 2011
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PROUD HOME to professional sports teams:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)
Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)
Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
Tampa Bay Storm (AFL)
FC Tampa Bay Soccer (NASL)
New York Yankees Spring Training (MLB)
Location of USF
SPORTS AND TAMPA ARE AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION: 2003 Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
2004 Stanley Cup winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the 2004 Arena Bowl victors, the Tampa Bay Storm.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Tampa enjoys warm and sunny weather all year round.
Average daytime temperature for winter months 22°C / 70°F, summer months average of 32°C / 90°F.
WorldGuides.com
Location of USF
Tampa Bay beaches include 42 km (26 miles) of the most beautiful coastline Florida has to offer.
USF Tampa is less than 56 km (35 miles) to Clearwater Beach.
Clearwater Beach is ranked the “Best City Beach on the Gulf of Mexico” by Dr. Stephen Leatherman, Dr. Beach.
In 2005, “Dr. Beach,” named Fort De Soto the nation’s No. 1 Beach.
Fort De Soto was named America’s Top Beach for 2009 by Trip Advisor.
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Location of USF
MAJOR VISITOR ATTRACTIONS
Adventure Island
Busch Gardens
The Florida Aquarium
Legoland Florida
Florida Holocaust Museum
Florida International Museum
Henry B. Plant Museum
Museum of Science and Industry
Salvador Dali Museum
Tampa Theatre
Ybor City
Busch Gardens Tampa
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Ranked 8th in the United States for “UP AND COMING” universities. U.S. News & World Report, 2012
USF Rankings
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ONE OF ONLY 4 Florida public universities
in the top tier of research universities, a distinction attained by only 2.3% of
American universities.
USF is classified by the
CARNEGIE
FOUNDATION for the
Advancement of
Teaching as a Research
University WITH VERY
HIGH ACTIVITY.
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Ranked No. 110 in the World among HIGH IMPACT UNIVERSITIES.
University of Western Australia RPI, 2010
USF Rankings
USF IS A TOP-RATED INSTITUTION for Undergraduate Education in the United States. The Princeton Review
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USF Rankings
The Princeton Review & Entrepreneurship
Magazine rank USF’s graduate
entrepreneurship No. 19 nationally
in 2011.
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USF Rankings
The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked USF as the 5th fastest growing research university in the
U.S. from 2000-2010.
34th in FEDERAL research expenditures for public universities
44th in TOTAL research expenditures
National Science Foundation (Fiscal Year 2009)
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USF Rankings
USF is ranked in the top 100 graduate schools for Fine Arts.
U.S. News & World Report, 2008
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USF Rankings
The USF sailing team is frequently ranked among the top programs in the country. Sailing World Magazine
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1,700 INTERNATIONAL students from more than 150 countries
around the world.
Student Enrollment at USF
Undergraduate
36,862
USF System
47,214
Postgraduate
9,500
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Degrees Awarded at USF
11,246 degrees were conferred in 2010-2011 including 423 doctorates.
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USF delivers 236 different DEGREE PROGRAMS at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Academic Programs at USF The Arts
Arts & Sciences
Behavioral & Communication Sciences
Business Education
Engineering Global Sustainability
Honors College Marine Science
Medicine Nursing
Pharmacy Public Health
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USF is ranked 110th among all of the world’s universities in a ranking of faculty publications
according to High Impact Universities (2010).
USF Professors
USF is home to
more than 1,100 professors
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Winner of more than 50
international awards and
certificates,
DR. YOGI GOSWAMI and his
team at the USF College of
Engineering IS BUILDING A
SOLAR POWER PLANT at USF
aimed at making solar energy
available 24 hours a day at
affordable prices.
USF Professors
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USF Professors
Thomson Reuters released the Top 100
Chemists for 2000-2010, and USF’s
chemistry professor DR. ZAWOROTKO
ranked as the 20th TOP CHEMIST IN THE
WORLD.
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The 2011 documentary based on USF professor Ray Arsenault’s award-winning book, Freedom Riders won awards in three categories of the Primetime Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
USF Faculty Authored Books
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USF Physicists Discover Super-Elastic Shock Wave “Two-Zone Elastic-Plastic Single Shock Waves in Solids”
Physical Review Letters
Discoveries at USF
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USF Neuroscience Collaborative (NSC) brings the collective skills and knowledge of over 200 USF faculty members to bear on advancing
understanding of nervous system function and disease.
USF Neuroscience Research
Alzheimer’s
PTSD
Brain Repair
Stem Cell Therapy
Drug Discovery (CDDI)
Neurosurgery
Audiology
Communication Disorders
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Professor Jeffrey Krischer, of USF Health’s College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics received $20.1 million to establish and direct a data coordinating center
to identify environmental triggers of Type 1 diabetes.
USF Diabetes Research
USF professor Jeffrey Krischer
awarded the
9TH SINGLE LARGEST
RESEARCH GRANT
given in 2005 by the National
Institutes of Health.
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USF’s College of Marine Science successfully competed for one of eight research centers worldwide, funded at $11 M (£7 M) by BP.
USF Research
USF Marine Science
researchers were among
the first to deploy
innovative tools to track
the effects of the
Deepwater Horizon oil
spill, and to identify the
existence of vast clouds of
microscopic oil suspended
in the depths of the Gulf of
Mexico.
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The Patel School for Global Sustainability provides workable approaches to problems
faced by people of all nations.
USF Sustainable Healthy Communities
The Master of Arts in Global
Sustainability launched in Fall
of 2010. The FIRST OF ITS
KIND, the program prepares
students to address complex
regional, national, and global
challenges related to
sustainability.
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USF Sustainable Projects
USF architecture students led
Team Florida in the 2011
international Solar Decathlon
competition.
FleX House during competition in Washington DC
FleX House during construction
A two year project, Team Florida
designed and built FleX House, a
net-zero solar energy home.
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USF is one of a small number of universities nationwide to receive a Gold Rating for building an environmentally-conscious campus.
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2011
Sustainable Buildings at USF
Association for the
Advancement of
Sustainability in
Higher Education,
2011
2008, President Judy Genshaft signed the
historic American College & University
Presidents’ Climate Commitment pledging to
neutralize greenhouse gas emissions, and to
accelerate higher
education’s research and
educational efforts to
equip society with the
information and tools to
re-stabilize the earth’s
climate.
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The USF Public Art Program was selected as one of the nation’s top ten university based public art programs.
Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts, 2008
Arts and Humanities at USF
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USF Commercializing Research
$17.9 M
£11.5 M
in Licensing
Revenues
(2010)
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USF ranks 9th as one of 14 schools among 300 organizations that earned the most patents in the U.S. in 2010, according to the
Intellectual Property Owners Association.
USF Commercializing Research 161 Invention Disclosures (2010)
91 U.S. Patents Awarded (2011)
37 Licenses/Options Extended (2010)
155 Cumulative Licenses (2010)
5 Start-up Companies (2010)
AbleNook: Modular Dwelling trailers
Rolling Dance Chair
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CAMLS is expected to draw 60,000 health care professionals annually for training
and assessment.
USF Partnerships
Center for Advanced Medical Learning &
Simulation (CAMLS) has already attracted about
in investment and equipment from
companies that have not worked in Florida
previously.
$10 million
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USF Partnerships
LOCAL LIVING LABORATORY
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USF Partnerships in Healthcare
All Children’s Hospital
Moffitt Cancer Center
Florida Hospital
HCA
James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital
Shriners Hospital for Children
Tampa General Hospital
USF Health at the Villages
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USF Community Engagement
3,000 Students
Volunteer in the Community
143,643 volunteer
service hours (2010)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA International Services, the main administrative and
immigration advising office for USF, reports an all time high in international student enrollment.
September, 2011
USF World Education Abroad/Exchanges
Global Research
International Partners
Global Academic Partners Exeter Cape Coast Ghana/Legon Nankai Ocean
Confucius Institute
ISLAC
Center for India Studies
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USF has been recognized by the Chronicles of Higher Education (2011) as the NATION’S FASTEST GROWING
research university in federal funding.
USF Economic Impact
$3.7 billion
(£ 2.4 billion) Annual economic impact
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USF real-world research continues to make an impact on the economy.
USF Research Park & Business Incubator
Provided incubation for more than 40 COMPANIES
Created more than 300 JOBS
Average wages of more than $60,000 PER YEAR More than $53 million in FUNDING More than 100 PARTNERSHIPS with faculty members
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“A stellar education at an affordable price.” Kiplinger’s Best Values in Public Colleges, 2011
Tuition at USF
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USF ranks among Forbes America’s BEST COLLEGES 2011.
Tuition at USF
Tuition & Fees ELSEWHERE
Harvard £24,962 ($38,416)
Princeton £28,808 ($36,640)
Yale £24,887 ($38,300)
Columbia £38,138 ($43,304)
Stanford £25,407 ($39,201)
Tuition & Fees USF
£9,419 ($14,990)
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USF offers a wide range of living options for students who wish to live on campus.
USF Student Housing
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USF teems with opportunities to stretch oneself, to become involved, to make a difference, to meet people, to make friends,
and to have a good time.
USF Student Life
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Since launching in 2007, USF has garnered more than 20 million downloads on iTunes U and is now tied with Yale University,
MIT, and the University of California Berkeley. September 2011
USF Student Life
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Student Organizations at USF
Special interest
400+ STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Academic / professional
Councils Governing
Greek
Honors
Multicultural Political
Programming Recreation
Religious
Service
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USF Sports
Big East Conference
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USF head softball coach Ken Ericksen led the U.S. National Team to a 6-4 victory over Japan in late July to win the World Cup of Softball VI.
USF Sports 150 student-athletes, led by 36
women from the women's cross
country / track and field teams and 20
women soccer players, were
selected for the 2010-2011
BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
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USF Career and Placement Center
Tampa is among America's Top 10 for technology related jobs.
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