Buffalo, New York. A lakefront city named the number one "city with heart" by USA Today and one of the nation's top ten arts destinations by American Style Magazine. A center for history, sports, and nightlife. Just minutes away from the wonder of Niagara Falls. And home to one of the country's premier research universities, with over 26,000 students - the University at Buffalo.
From its earliest days as a medical school - where 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, served as first Chancellor - to its present day status as one of the largest and most comprehensive public universities in the northeast, UB's legacy is one of innovation.
Traditional architecture defines UB's South Campus, inhabited by the schools of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Dental Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Health Professions, and Architecture and Planning.
Just three miles away in suburban Amherst, the North Campus houses the schools of Education, Engineering, Informatics, Law, Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social Work and the College of Arts & Sciences.
The University at Buffalo is a dynamic center of learning. Its degree programs, resources, and facilities are rated among the best in the nation and attract talented students from across the country and around the world. With students of every ethnicity, race, and background, the university can truly be considered a global village.
UB is New York's premier public center for graduate and professional education and the state's largest and most comprehensive public university. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, UB stands in the first rank among the nation's research-intensive public universities. With over 300 graduate, professional and advanced certificate degree programs and numerous opportunities for interdisciplinary study, about 1/3 of its more than 26,000 students are graduate and professional students.
UB's distinguished faculty members have won prestigious national and international awards - the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and National Medal of Science among them. There are also more than 90 Excellence in Teaching award winners, the largest contingent in the State University of New York system.
Considered one of the most wired universities in America, UB delivers state-of-the-art computing capabilities everywhere on campus - including online access to over two million resource materials.
Ten on-campus libraries, holding over three million volumes, have placed UB in the top fifty of academic library systems in America.
The University's Center for Computational Research, one of the world's leading supercomputing sites, supports 50 research groups, 30 departments, and more than 20 companies and institutions in the Buffalo region.
The new Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics- which integrates high-end technology and biological research - defines cutting-edge. The Center is located on the Buffalo Niagara medical campus, which is also home to UB's graduate division at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the world's first cancer research institute
The sleek and modern Center for the Arts houses the departments of art and media study and also serves as the cultural hub of the university, featuring productions in the performing arts and visual arts exhibits.
Advanced technology partners with the arts with the university's award-winning Electronic Poetry Center on the World Wide Web, underscoring the university's commitment to a multi-disciplinary approach to education.
Life outside of academics is also part of the lure of attending UB. The heart of campus social life is the Student Union and the Commons - offering a wide range of restaurants and services that address students' day-to-day needs.
There are more than 200 special-interest student organizations, two campus newspapers, a Distinguished Speaker Series that brings renowned leaders to campus, top-notch athletic and recreational facilities, state-of-the-art exercise and weight-training rooms, a 31,000 seat stadium, and the excitement of 20 men's and women's NCAA Division I athletic teams.
In addition to traditional residence halls, university apartments and townhouses are an appealing option for graduate and professional students to consider. With amenities such as high-speed internet access, the complexes offer convenient living for today's busy student.
In Buffalo you can live comfortably, relax and play hard while you pursue your graduate education. Recreation opportunities abound-- from art and cultural festivals to the lively theatre district with its jazz and rock clubs; from the world-renowned Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Buffalo Philharmonic to major league and triple A sports.
Summers in Buffalo are some of the most pleasant in the Northeast; autumn is long and warm. Even when the weather turns wintery, there's still plenty to do with some of the best skiing and snowboarding in New York State.
Located at the eastern end of Lake Erie, where the waters of the Great Lakes funnel to world-famous Niagara Falls, Buffalo - the center of a metropolitan population of about 1.2 million- is New York State's second largest city. Nearby Toronto, Ontario one of the great cosmopolitan cities of North America is an easy 90-minute drive. And Boston, Chicago, Washington, and New York are all just an hour away by air.
As a public university, UB's reasonable tuition is in sharp contrast to the cost of a private university. And graduate students have numerous opportunities for scholarships, fellowships and research, teaching and administrative assistantships.
Quality, opportunity, and affordability are the hallmarks of a University at Buffalo education.
When you add it up - academically challenging degree programs with world-class research and teaching facilities, and an eminent faculty - students leave the University at Buffalo with a degree that commands respect and prepares them well for careers in the 21st century.
For more information about University at Buffalo graduate and professional degree programs, visit us on the web at http://www.grad.buffalo.edu/admissions/.