The University of Florida (UF) is a public research university located in Gainesville, Florida, USA.

The University of Florida, one of 62 major research universities in the United States and Canada, joined association of american universities. Its establishment can be traced back to 1853. The University of Florida is the third largest university in America. By the fall semester of 2006, it had 50 192 registered students. The budget of the University of Florida ranks eighth in the United States (annual budget is about1900 million US dollars). The University of Florida has 65,438+06 colleges and more than 65,438+050 research institutions.

In 2005, the number of students who won the national excellent scholarship program at the University of Florida ranked second in the United States, second only to Harvard University. Gatorade is a famous sports functional drink and the earliest product developed by research experts at the University of Florida in the United States. Its name bears an obvious brand of school culture.

The University of Florida ranks 49th in the comprehensive ranking of American universities in US News and World Report, and is one of the public Ivy League schools. In 2007, academic ranking of world universities of Shanghai Jiaotong University was 565,438+0, the United States was 38, and Washington Monthly was 37 in 2006.