Editing University of Arizona (section)

==Academics==
The University of Arizona offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Grades are given on a strict 4-point scale with "A" worth 4, "B" worth 3, "C" worth 2, "D" worth 1 and "E" worth zero points.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://registrar.arizona.edu/grades/university-grading-systems|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114025133/http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/grades/university-grading-systems|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-01-14|title=University Grading Systems {{!}} Office of The Registrar|website=registrar.arizona.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref>

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- National rankings -->| Forbes_NU = 114
| USNWR_NU = 109 <small>(tie)</small>
| Wamo_NU = 96
| WSJ_NU = 110
<!-- Global rankings -->| QS_W = 293 <small>(tie)</small>
| THE_W = 136
| USNWR_W = 115
}}
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|color=navy blue}}" |National Program Rankings<br /><small>(as of 2024)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-arizona-104179/overall-rankings |title=University of Arizona - Overall Rankings |date=April 9, 2024 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030204702/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-arizona-104179/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Audiology || 16 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Biological Sciences || 50 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Biostatistics || 56 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Business || 50 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Chemistry || 51 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Clinical Psychology || 33 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Computer Science || 61 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Earth Sciences || 4 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Economics || 38 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Education || 58 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Engineering || 65 <small>(tie)</small>
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| English || 69 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Fine Arts || 32 <small>(tie)</small>
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| History || 54 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Law || 55 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Library & Information Studies || 27 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Mathematics || 43 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Medicine: Primary Care || Tier 2
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| Medicine: Research || Tier 2
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| Nursing: Anesthesia || 29 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Nursing: Doctorate || 19 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Nursing: Master's || 30
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| Pharmacy || 26 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Physics || 35 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Political Science || 50 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Psychology || 35 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Public Affairs || 39 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Public Health || 38 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Rehabilitation Counseling || 10 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Sociology || 26 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Speech-Language Pathology || 9 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Statistics || 54 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Veterinary Medicine || 30 <small>(tie)</small>
|}
In 2023, The ''Center for World University Rankings'' ranked University of Arizona No. 95 in the world and 48 in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World University Rankings 2023 {{!}} Global 2000 List {{!}} CWUR |url=https://cwur.org/2023.php |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=cwur.org |language=en |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701065524/https://cwur.org/2023.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[U.S. News & World Report]] 2025 Best College Rankings ranked the University of Arizona in Tucson No. 52 in U.S. top public universities in a tie with [[University of Oregon]] and [[SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry|Brigham Young University.]] Arizona State University in Tempe was ranked No. 61. 
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; clear:right; text-align:center"
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona Wildcats|color=navy blue}}" |Global Program Rankings<br /><small>(as of 2024)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-arizona-104179 |title=University of Arizona in United States - US News Best Global Universities |date=June 24, 2024 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027210507/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-arizona-104179 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Agricultural Sciences || 230 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Arts & Humanities || 78 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Biology & Biochemistry || 193 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology || 163
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| Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems || 138
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| Cell Biology || 223 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Chemistry || 491 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Civil Engineering || 208 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Clinical Medicine || 152 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Computer Science || 349 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Ecology || 59
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| Economics & Business || 186 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Electrical & Electronic Engineering || 472 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Endocrinology & Metabolism || 164 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Engineering || 320 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Environmental Engineering || 243
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| Environment/Ecology || 59
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| Geosciences || 25 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Immunology || 232 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Infectious Diseases || 237
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| Materials Science || 468 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences || 47
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| Microbiology || 123 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Molecular Biology & Genetics || 230
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| Neuroscience & Behavior || 217
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| Oncology || 165
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| Optics || 140
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| Pharmacology & Toxicology || 157
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| Physical Chemistry || 677
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| Physics || 156 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Plant & Animal Science || 78
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| Psychiatry/Psychology || 161 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Public, Environmental & Occupational Health || 138 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging || 201
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| Social Sciences & Public Health || 171 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Space Science || 8
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| Surgery || 133 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Water Resources || 29
|}

The ''Center for World University Rankings'' in 2017 ranked Arizona No. 52 in the world and 34 in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2018-19.php|title=CWUR 2018/2019 – World University Rankings|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527180328/https://cwur.org/2018-19.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2025 ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' rated University of Arizona No. 136 in the world and No. 45 in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=Best universities in the United States 2025 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-united-states |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Student |language=en |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206235159/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-united-states |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2017/18 ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked it 230th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018|title=QS World University Rankings 2018|date=2017-02-01|website=Top Universities|language=en|access-date=2019-01-30|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609212134/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, ''Design Intelligence'' ranked the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture's (CAPLA) undergraduate program in architecture 10th in the nation for all universities, public and private. The same publication ranked UA ranked 20th in overall undergraduate architecture programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2015|url=http://pva.com/assets/Magazine.pdf|website=DesignIntelligence|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417152127/http://pva.com/assets/Magazine.pdf|archive-date=April 17, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Tuition===
Tuition for both fall and spring semesters at the University of Arizona is $12,700 for full-time undergraduate residents and $37,200 for non-residents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2021 |title=Scholarships and Financial Aid – University of Arizona |url=https://financialaid.arizona.edu/cost/incoming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208040522/https://financialaid.arizona.edu/cost/incoming |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |access-date=December 8, 2021 |website=University of Arizona}}</ref> As in other states, the cost of tuition has been rising due to the reduction in government support and large increase in administrative staff over teaching staff.<ref name="arizona.edu">{{cite web |title=Tuition and Costs |url=http://www.bursar.arizona.edu/students/fees/prior |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402194430/http://www.bursar.arizona.edu/students/fees/prior |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2012 |publisher=University of Arizona Bursar's Office}}</ref> Undergraduate students who enrolled in the UA's optional tuition guarantee program in 2014 will remain at $11,591 for residents and $30,745 for non-residents through the 2018–19 academic year. Incoming students enrolled in a bachelor's degree program are automatically eligible for the Guaranteed Tuition Program and will not be subject to tuition increases for 8 continuous semesters (four years).<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Scholarships and Financial Aid – University of Arizona |url=https://financialaid.arizona.edu/cost/freshmen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103055951/https://financialaid.arizona.edu/cost/freshmen |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |access-date=January 2, 2019 |publisher=University of Arizona}}</ref> The Guaranteed Tuition Program does not apply to rates for summer and winter sessions.

===Admissions===
The UA is considered a "selective" university by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-arizona-1083|website=U.S. News|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-date=August 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827033850/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-arizona-1083|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2014–2015 academic year, 68 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholarship|National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014–15 Fact Book – The Honors College|url=http://factbook.arizona.edu/2014-15/students/honors|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=October 15, 2015|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017210617/http://factbook.arizona.edu/2014-15/students/honors|url-status=dead}}</ref>

UA students hail from all states in the U.S. While nearly 69% of students are from [[Arizona]], nearly 11% are from California, and 8% are international.<ref>{{cite web|title=UA Factbook 2013–14 – Students by State|url=http://factbook.arizona.edu/2013-14/students/by_state|website=factbook.arizona.edu|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-date=July 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706014903/http://factbook.arizona.edu/2013-14/students/by_state|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+''First-Year Undergraduate Fall Admissions Statistics''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factbook.arizona.edu/2017-18/students/applications|title=2017–18 Fact Book – Applications, Admissions, and Matriculations|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102223058/http://factbook.arizona.edu/2017-18/students/applications|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factbook.arizona.edu/2017-18/students/new_freshmen/high_school_gpa|title=2017–18 Fact Book – New Freshmen High School GPA|publisher=Arizona Board of Regents|access-date=September 18, 2015|archive-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902195044/http://factbook.arizona.edu/2017-18/students/new_freshmen/high_school_gpa|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://factbook.arizona.edu/2017-18/students/new_freshmen/sat_combined_score 2017–18 Fact Book – New Freshmen SAT Combined Score] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060108/http://factbook.arizona.edu/2017-18/students/new_freshmen/sat_combined_score |date=January 3, 2019 }} Arizona Board of Regents. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Admissions Pipeline {{!}} University Analytics and Institutional Research |url=https://uair.arizona.edu/content/admissions-pipeline |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=uair.arizona.edu |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204043950/https://uair.arizona.edu/content/admissions-pipeline |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!&nbsp;
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
!2019
!2018!! 2017 !! 2016 !! 2015 !! 2014 !! 2013
|-
! Applicants
|56,466
|52,103
|48,202
|43,540
|40,854
|39,941
| 36,166 || 35,236 || 32,723 || 26,481 || 26,329
|-
! Admits
|48,369
|45,195
|41,996
|37,064
|34,557
|33,714
| 28,433 || 26,961 || 24,417 || 20,546 || 20,251
|-
! % Admitted
|85.7
|86.7
|85.4
|85.1
|84.6
|84.4
| 78.6 || 76.5 || 74.6 || 77.5 || 76.9
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! Enrolled
|9,207
|9,221
|8,622
|7,449
|7,740
|7,795
| 7,360 || 7,753 || 7,466 || 7,744 || 6,881
|-
! Avg GPA
|3.58
|3.66
|3.61
|
|
|
| 3.43 || 3.48 || 3.38 || 3.37 || 3.40
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! Average SAT*
|1265
|1265
|1275
|
|
|
| 1015–1250 || 1010–1230 || 1010–1230 || 1000–1230 || 990–1220
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| colspan="3" |<small>* SAT out of 1600</small>
|}
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===Honors College===
The University of Arizona W.A. Franke Honors College provides a program for over 4,500 students that creates a smaller community feel like that of a liberal arts college within a large research institution. It started in 1962 with an acceptance of seventy-five students and has grown to 5,508 in the academic year 2016–2017.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=W.A. Franke Honors College|url=https://frankehonors.arizona.edu/|access-date=October 15, 2021|website=The University of Arizona|publisher=The Arizona Board of Regents|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016000246/https://frankehonors.arizona.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was renamed from the Honors College to the W.A. Franke Honors College in recognition of a $25 million gift commitment made by [[Bill Franke|William A. "Bill" Franke]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-06|title=UArizona Names W.A. Franke Honors College in Recognition of $25M Gift|url=https://news.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-names-wa-franke-honors-college-recognition-25m-gift|access-date=2021-10-16|website=University of Arizona News|language=en|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018193933/https://news.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-names-wa-franke-honors-college-recognition-25m-gift|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Research===
Arizona is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=104179 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720013445/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=104179 |url-status=live }}</ref> The University of Arizona aims to reach $1 billion annually in research expenditures. The university achieved $954 million in FY2023, which places it among the top 4% of public universities in the nation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://research.arizona.edu/development | title=Research Development Services (RDS) | date=January 23, 2024 | access-date=February 27, 2024 | archive-date=February 27, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227171339/https://research.arizona.edu/development | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://neversettle.arizona.edu/plan-in-action|title=Never Settle plan in action|website=Never Settle University of Arizona strategic plan|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208034245/http://neversettle.arizona.edu/plan-in-action|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Arizona is the fourth most awarded public university by [[NASA]] for research.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2016/html/HERD2016_DST_62.html|title=Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures, financed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ranked by NASA R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2016 (Dollars in thousands)|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044803/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2016/html/HERD2016_DST_62.html|archive-date=February 22, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The UA was awarded over $325&nbsp;million for its [[Lunar and Planetary Laboratory]] (LPL) to lead [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|NASA's 2007–08 mission to Mars]] to explore the Martian Arctic, and $800&nbsp;million for its OSIRIS-REx mission, the first in U.S. history to sample an asteroid. The LPL's work in the ''[[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]]'' spacecraft orbit around [[Saturn]] is larger than any other university globally. The U of A laboratory designed and operated the atmospheric radiation investigations and imaging on the probe.<ref>{{cite web | title = The eyes of the world... and beyond | publisher = Arizona Board of Regents | access-date = March 29, 2006 | url = http://uaadvancement.arizona.edu/leading/eyes.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060211012654/http://uaadvancement.arizona.edu/leading/eyes.php | archive-date = February 11, 2006 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The UA operates the [[HiRISE]] camera, a part of the [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]. While using the HiRISE camera in 2011, UA alumnus Lujendra Ojha and his team discovered proof of liquid water on the surface of Mars—a discovery confirmed by NASA in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars Portion of Horowitz CraterMartian slopes Walls of Garni Crater on Mars|url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4722|website=nasa.gov|access-date=January 22, 2016|archive-date=September 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929121338/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4722|url-status=dead}}</ref> UA receives more [[NASA]] grants annually than the next nine top NASA-[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]-funded universities combined.<ref name="UA Highlights 2004-5">{{cite web | url =http://uaadvancement.arizona.edu/pdf/UA_Highlights_AY_2004-05.pdf | title =Academic Year 2004–05 Highlights | access-date =January 28, 2006 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060211012719/http://uaadvancement.arizona.edu/pdf/UA_Highlights_AY_2004-05.pdf | archive-date =February 11, 2006 | url-status =dead | df =mdy-all }}</ref> {{as of|2016|03}}, the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is actively involved in ten spacecraft missions: ''Cassini'' VIMS; Grail; the HiRISE camera orbiting Mars; the ''Juno'' mission orbiting Jupiter; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO); Maven, which will explore Mars' upper atmosphere and interactions with the Sun; Solar Probe Plus, a historic mission into the Sun's atmosphere for the first time; Rosetta's VIRTIS; WISE; and OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. sample-return mission to a near-Earth asteroid, which launched on September 8, 2016.<ref>Stolte, Daniel.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110812090341/http://uanews.org/node/40090]}}, "UANews", May 27, 2011, accessed June 13, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2016/09/08/a-night-for-celebration/|title='A Night for Celebration' {{!}} OSIRIS-REx Mission|website=blogs.nasa.gov|date=September 8, 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=February 7, 2017|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208132835/https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2016/09/08/a-night-for-celebration/|url-status=live}}</ref>

UA students have been selected as [[Harry S. Truman Scholarship|Truman]], [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes]], [[Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship|Goldwater]], and [[Fulbright Scholarship|Fulbright]] Scholars.<ref>{{cite web | title = Student Honors | work = Highlights and Rankings | publisher = University of Arizona | access-date = March 29, 2006 | url = http://uaadvancement.arizona.edu/highlights/retrieve.php?factcategoriesid=17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060218033208/http://uaadvancement.arizona.edu/highlights/retrieve.php?factcategoriesid=17 | archive-date = February 18, 2006 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> According to ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', UA is among the top 25 producers of Fulbright awards in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars and Students|url=http://chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-US/151607/|website=chronicle|access-date=October 15, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317115848/http://chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-US/151607|url-status=live}}</ref>

UA is a member of the [[Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy]], a consortium of institutions pursuing research in astronomy. The association operates observatories and [[telescopes]], notably [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]] just outside Tucson. UA is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]].

Reaching [[Mars]] in March 2006, the [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] contained the HiRISE camera, with Principal Investigator [[Alfred McEwen]] as the lead on the project. This [[NASA]] mission to Mars carrying the UA-designed camera is capturing the highest-resolution images of the planet ever seen. The journey of the orbiter was 300&nbsp;million miles. In August 2007, the UA, under the charge of Peter Smith, led the <!-- LINK DEAD?http://uanews.opi.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/1/wa/SRStoryDetails?ArticleID=11437 -->[[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix Mars Mission]], the first mission completely controlled by a university.<ref>"[http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu Phoenix Mars Mission". ''The University of Arizona''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228000225/http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/ |date=February 28, 2008 }}. Retrieved August 14, 2013.</ref> Reaching the planet's surface in May 2008, the mission's purpose was to improve knowledge of the Martian Arctic. The [[Arizona Radio Observatory]], a part of [[Steward Observatory]], operates the [[Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope|Submillimeter Telescope]] on [[Mount Graham]].

The [[National Science Foundation]] funded the [[iPlant Collaborative]] in 2008 with a $50&nbsp;million grant.<ref>{{cite news |title= National Science Foundation Awards $50 Million for Collaborative Plant Biology Project to Tackle Greater Science Questions |work= News release |date= January 30, 2008 |publisher= National Science Foundation |url= https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111048 |access-date= September 21, 2011 |archive-date= January 18, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120118103126/http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111048 |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2013, iPlant Collaborative received a $50&nbsp;million renewal grant.<ref>{{cite news|title=NSF Renews Support of Big Data in Life Sciences with $50M Grant|url=http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/nsf-renews-support-of-big-data-in-life-sciences-with-50m-grant/81248871?kwrd=University%20of%20North%20Carolina|work=Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News|date=September 19, 2013}}</ref> Rebranded in late 2015 as "CyVerse", the collaborative cloud-based data management platform is moving beyond life sciences to provide cloud-computing access across all scientific disciplines.<ref>{{cite news |title=The IPLANT Collaborative Has Become CYVERSE |url=http://www.cyverse.org/news/iplant-collaborative-has-become-cyverse |access-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523101131/http://www.cyverse.org/news/iplant-collaborative-has-become-cyverse |archive-date=May 23, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2011, the university announced it would assume full ownership of the [[Biosphere 2]] scientific research facility in [[Oracle, Arizona]].<ref name=UANewsBiosphere>{{cite news |title=Biosphere 2 to Have a Permanent Home With the UA |url=http://uanews.org/node/40358 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112035405/http://uanews.org/node/40358 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |date=June 27, 2011 |access-date=June 27, 2011 |publisher=Office of University Communications, The University of Arizona}}</ref> Biosphere 2 was constructed by private developers (funded mainly by Texas businessman and philanthropist [[Ed Bass]]) with its first [[Closed ecological system|closed system]] experiment commencing in 1991. The university had been the official management partner of the facility for research purposes since 2007.

In 2018 UA received funding from the [[Pioneer Fund]], a non-profit institute which promotes [[scientific racism]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Pioneer Fund |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/pioneer-fund |access-date=30 October 2018 |work=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030020438/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/pioneer-fund |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[eugenics]]. The funds were applied for by [[Aurelio Jose Figueredo]], who directs the graduate program on human behavior and evolutionary psychology. Funds from the grant were used by Figueredo to attend the 2016 [[London Conference on Intelligence]], where presentations on eugenics are given. Figueredo has also reviewed papers for ''[[Mankind Quarterly]]'', a journal which has advocated for racial hierarchy. Figueredo has disavowed eugenics and racial inferiority.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kunzelman |first1=Michael |title=University of Arizona accepted $458,000 from infamous eugenics fund |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/08/24/university-arizona-took-money-eugenics-group-pioneer-fund/1090261002/ |access-date=August 27, 2018 |work=azcentral |agency=Associated Press |date=August 24, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116193419/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2018/08/24/university-arizona-took-money-eugenics-group-pioneer-fund/1090261002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Flaherty |first1=Colleen |title=Arizona psychologist faces scrutiny for grants from organization founded to support research in eugenics |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/09/10/arizona-psychologist-faces-scrutiny-grants-organization-founded-support-research |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Inside Higher Ed |date=September 10, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015065906/http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/09/10/arizona-psychologist-faces-scrutiny-grants-organization-founded-support-research |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Publications====
Since 1945 the university has published ''[[Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory|Arizona Quarterly]]'', an academic [[literary journal]].<ref name="robles-reviews">{{cite web |last1=Robles |first1=Francisco |title=Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory |url=https://journalreviews.princeton.edu/2015/06/14/arizona-quarterly/ |website=Reviews of Peer-Reviewed Journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences |date=June 14, 2015 |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803093454/https://journalreviews.princeton.edu/2015/06/14/arizona-quarterly/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="torrans-az-west-1959">{{cite journal |last1=Torrans |first1=Thomas |title=Southwestern History in the "Arizona Quarterly", 1945–1958: An Annotation on Contents |journal=Arizona and the West |date=Autumn 1959 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=271–280 |jstor=40166966 }}</ref>

=== Global teaching and research ===
Arizona partnership with [[Universidad de Sonora]] was renewed in August 2017, focusing on a partnership in geology and physics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=President Robbins Enhances Partnership with Universidad de Sonora|url=https://global.arizona.edu/news/president-robbins-enhances-partnership-universidad-de-sonora|date=2019-08-13|website=UA Global|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122042842/https://global.arizona.edu/news/president-robbins-enhances-partnership-universidad-de-sonora|url-status=live|first1=Jordyn|last1=Stinnett}}</ref>

Arizona has been part of both theoretical and experimental research in particle and nuclear physics in the framework of the [[CERN]] program since 1987. The collaboration was initiated by the theoretician [[Peter A. Carruthers]], head of the physics department, and [[Johann Rafelski]] who initiated the [[Quark–gluon plasma|quark-gluon-plasma]] program at CERN. Arizona officially joined the [[ATLAS experiment|CERN-LHC ATLAS Collaboration]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atlas Home page|url=http://atlas.physics.arizona.edu/|website=atlas.physics.arizona.edu|access-date=2020-05-13|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220200249/http://atlas.physics.arizona.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Arizona has a strategic program to attract foreign scholars, in particular from China.<ref>{{Cite web|title=For International Partners|url=https://global.arizona.edu/international-partners|date=2018-07-16|website=UA Global|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608075348/https://global.arizona.edu/international-partners|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:UAmainlibr 1008.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the U of A main library, before renovation work began in 2019]]
According to the 2015–2016 Association of Research Libraries' "Spending by University Research Libraries" report, UA libraries are ranked as the 37th overall university library in North America (out of 114) for university investment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Spending-by-University/240829|title=Spending of University Research Libraries (2015–16)|website=chronicle.com|publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060113/https://www.chronicle.com/article/Spending-by-University/240829|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{as of|2012}}, the UA's library system contains over six million print volumes, 1.1&nbsp;million electronic books, and 74,000 electronic journals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Library History & Trivia|url=http://www.library.arizona.edu/about/faq/faq-trivia.html|website=University Libraries|access-date=July 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816212341/http://www.library.arizona.edu/about/faq/faq-trivia.html|archive-date=August 16, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Main Library, opened in 1976, serves as the library system's reference, periodical, and administrative center; most of the main collections are housed here. The Main Library is on the southeast quadrant of campus near [[McKale Center]] and [[Arizona Stadium]].

In 2002, the Integrated Learning Center (ILC) was completed as a $20&nbsp;million, {{convert|100000|sqft|m2|-4|adj=on}} computer facility intended for use by incoming students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uanews.arizona.edu/story/integrated-learning-center-opens-doors-students|title=Integrated Learning Center Opens Doors to Students|date=January 10, 2002|work=US News|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=September 16, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The ILC features classrooms, auditoriums, a courtyard with vending machines, and an expanded computer lab with several dozen workstations and [[3D printing]]. Computers and 3D printing are available for use by the general public (with some restrictions) as well as by UA students, faculty and staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.library.arizona.edu/visit/print/3D|title=3D printing|date=2016-10-21|website=new.library.arizona.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11|archive-date=October 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011045636/https://new.library.arizona.edu/visit/print/3D|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Arizona Health Sciences Library, built in 1996, is on the Health Sciences Center on the north end of campus and in Phoenix on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, in the Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB). The library serves the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine, the University of Arizona Health Network, and is a resource for health professionals and citizens across the state.

Part of the Main Library is the Special Collections library. The Special Collections hold rare and archival materials mainly in the areas of literature, Arizona and Southwestern history, and the sciences. The Special Collections also have important and substantial collections relating to the lands and peoples of Arizona and the US-Mexican borderlands region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-25 |title=Special Collections |url=https://lib.arizona.edu/departments/special-collections |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=lib.arizona.edu |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327013103/https://lib.arizona.edu/departments/special-collections |url-status=live }}</ref>