The University of Louisville (UofL) is a non-profit research institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a part of the Kentucky State University system. When founded in 1798, it had been the primary city-owned public university within the country and was amongst the primary universities chartered west of the Alleghenies. The university is remitted by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Pre-eminent Metropolitan Research University". They enroll students from 118 of 120 Kentucky counties, all of the 50 states, and 116 countries around the world.
The University of Louisville School of drugs is touted for the primary fully self-contained implant transplant surgery also because of the first successful hand transplantation within the US. The University Hospital is additionally credited with the primary civilian ambulance, the nation's first accident services, now referred to as an emergency department (ED), and one among the primary blood banks in the US.
Education
University of Louisville offers bachelor's degrees in 70 fields of study, master's degrees in 78, and doctorate degrees in 22. The 2009 annual report of Arizona State University's Center for Measuring University Performance ranks the university as one of the top public research universities within the country, supporting its nine-measure assessment of Total Research, Federal Research, Endowment Assets, Annual Giving, National Academy Members, Faculty Awards, Doctorates Granted, Postdoctoral Appointees, and SAT/ACT range.
Accreditation
The university is recognized and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to offer various degree programs via on-campus and online aspects.
Athletics
Louisville is also known for its Louisville Cardinals athletics programs. Since 2005, the Cardinals have made appearances in the NCAA Division I Men's basketball Final Four in 2005, 2012, and 2013 (vacated), football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl in 2007 (champions) and Sugar Bowl in 2013 (champions), the College Baseball World Series 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019, the women's basketball Final Four in 2009 (runner-up), 2013 (runner-up), and 2018, and the men's soccer national championship game in 2010. Women's track and field program has won Outdoor Big East titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and an inside Big East title in 2011.
