Nau is short for northern arizona university. Northern arizona university, founded in 1899 and formerly known as Arizona State College, is a public research university in the United States and one of the three national universities in Arizona. The school was originally established as North Arizona Middle School in September 1899+0 1, and was renamed as northern arizona university 1966 in June.

Colleges in northern arizona university mainly include: College of Literature and History, College of Education, College of Engineering Forestry and Natural Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Frank Business School, Honorary College and Graduate School.

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Northern arizona university's majors are: accounting, insurance, advertising, anthropology, applied local studies, linguistics, statistics, Arabic, art education, art history, cultural management, Asian studies, astronomy, sports training, bioengineering, biology, biomedicine, business, business administration, chemistry, Chinese, drama research, civil engineering, meteorological science, communication and community. Building management, enterprise financial management, consulting, creative media and movies, creative writing, criminology and criminal justice, oral hygiene, preschool education, earth science, economics, pedagogy, educational psychology, electrical engineering, primary education, computer science engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering, English, enterprise system and environmental science.