University of South Florida
Region: Northern America
Country/Region: United States
Found Year: 1956
Address: 4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Introduction

Founded in 1956, the University of South Florida (USF) is a major public research university with status as a Preeminent Research University as designated by the Florida Board of Governors. USF is “One University: Geographically Distributed” comprised of three campuses: Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee. All three campuses serve more than 48,000 students and house 13 colleges. The Patel College of Global Sustainability (PCGS) is the newest degree-granting college at USF. The mission of PCGS is achieving sustainable development, both locally and globally, by fostering social, economic and environmental sustainability. The University of South Florida is classified as Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Collectively, USF has an annual economic impact of $6.02 billion statewide. It has an annual budget of $2 billion and its endowment is valued at $637 million. USF faculty are distinguished for their election as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), with 6 Fellows named in 2022 (placing USF among organizations worldwide with the highest numbers of Fellows elected annually), bringing USF’s total AAAS Fellows to ninety-four. The USF library holds over 2.8 million volumes and more than 115,000 serials. There are five libraries in total that are spread across the three campuses. All three campuses can enjoy the benefits of the Judy Genshaft Honors College. In 2023, USF became the first public university in Florida in nearly 40 years to be invited to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a prestigious group of the leading universities in the United States and Canada.

Academic Ranking of World Universities
301-400
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. ARWU presents the world's top 1000 research universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data.
201-300
2022
301-400
2023
301-400
2024
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
Best Ranked Subjects
Subject Rank
Library & Information Science
8
Law
21
Transportation Science & Technology
25
Hospitality & Tourism Management
28
Oceanography
51-75
Nursing
51-75
Communication
51-75
Education
76-100
Key Statistics
40450
Total Enrollment
6301(15.6%)
International Students
32043
Undergraduate Enrollment
3902(12.2%)
International Students
8407
Graduate Enrollment
2399(28.5%)
International Students
Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Accounting
Advertising
Africana Studies
American Studies and Humanities
Anthropology
Applied Sciences
Architecture
Art Studio and Art History
Athletic Training/Sports Medicine
Biology & Microbiology
Biomedical Science
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Classics
Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Computer Science and Engineering
Criminology
Dance
Dance Studies
Early Childhood Education
Economics
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Elementary Education
English
Environmental Science and Policy
Finance
Foreign Languages
General Business
Geography
Geology
Gerontology
Government and International Affairs
History
Hotel and Restaurant Management
Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
Information Technology
Interdisciplinary Classical Civilizations
Interdisciplinary Natural Science
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
International Business
International Studies
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Mass Communications
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Technology
Microbiology and Biology
Music
Music Education
Music Studies
Nursing
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Political Science
Pre-Law
Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, & Pre-Veterinary
Psychology
Public Health
Religious Studies
Secondary Education
Social Work
Sociology
Special Education
Theatre
Women's Studies
Graduate Programs
Academic Role (Nursing)
Accelerated Health Education (Public Health)
Accountancy
Acute Care Nursing (Nursing)
Addictions and Substance Abuse Counseling (Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (5 Year))
Addictions and Substance Abuse Counseling (Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (Post Baccalaureate))
Adult Education
Adult Education (Curriculum and Instruction)
Adult Health Nursing (Nursing)
Adult Health Nursing and Occupational Health Nursing (Nursing)
Africana Studies (Liberal Arts)
Aging and Neuroscience (Medical Sciences)
American History (History)
American Studies
Analytical Chemistry (Chemistry)
Anatomy (Medical Sciences)
Ancient History (History)
Applied Anthropology
Applied Behavior Analysis
Architecture
Art
Art History
Athletic Training (Medical Sciences)
Atmospheric Physics (Physics)
Atomic and Molecular Physics (Physics)
Audiology (Post Baccalaureate)
Aural (Re)Habilitation (Post Baccalaureate)
Autism Spectrum Disorders & Severe Intellectual Disabilities
Behavioral Health (Public Health)
Bio-Cultural Medical Anthropology (Applied Anthropology)
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Medical Sciences)
Biochemistry (Chemistry)
Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Bioinformatics (Public Health)
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Biological Oceanography (Marine Science)
Biology
Biology (College Teaching)
Biology (Science Education)
Biomedical and Biotechnology (Chemical Engineering)
Biomedical Engineering
Biostatistics (Public Health)
Biotechnology
Business (College Teaching)
Business Administration/MBA
Career and Technical Education
Career Counseling (Counselor Education)
Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology (Biology)
Chamber Music (Music)
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Oceanography (Marine Science)
Chemistry
Chemistry (College Teaching)
Chemistry (Non-Thesis Option)
Chemistry (Science Education)
Circuits, Controls and Systems (Electrical Engineering)
Civil Engineering
Classics: Latin/Greek
Clinical and Translational Research (Medical Sciences)
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Counselor Education)
Clinical Nurse Leader (Nursing)
Clinical Psychology (Psychology)
Cognition, Neuroscience & Social Psychology (Psychology)
College Student Affairs (Curriculum and Instruction)
College Teaching
Communication
Communications and Signal Processing (Electrical Engineering)
Composition (Music)
Computational Chemistry (Chemistry)
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Conducting (Music)
Counselor Education
Creative Writing
Criminal Justice Administration
Criminology
Critical Care Nursing (Nursing)
Cultural Resource Management (Applied Anthropology)
Curriculum and Instruction
Digital Architecture and Design (Electrical Engineering)
Dramatic Writing
Early Childhood (Elementary Education)
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education (Curriculum and Instruction)
Ecology and Evolution (Biology)
Economic, Social and Planning Issues in the Urban Environment (Geography)
Economics
Educational Leadership
Electric Power Systems (Electrical Engineering)
Electrical Engineering
Electro-Acoustic Music (Music)
Elementary Curriculum (Elementary Education)
Elementary Education
Elementary Education (Curriculum and Instruction)
Engineering (College Teaching)
Engineering Management
Engineering Management (Industrial Engineering)
Engineering Science (5 Year Program)
English
English (College Teaching)
English Education
Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies
Environmental and Ecological Microbiology (Biology)
Environmental Chemistry (Chemistry)
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Health (Public Health)
Environmental Science and Policy
Epidemiology (Public Health)
Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Public Health)
Epidemiology and Global Communicable Disease (Public Health)
Epidemiology and Global Health (Public Health)
Epidemiology and Maternal & Child Health (Public Health)
European History (History)
Exceptional Student Education
Executive M.B.A.
Executive M.B.A. For Physicians
Executive Program For Health Professionals (Public Health)
Executive Program For MBA Physicians (Public Health)
Exercise Science (Physical Education)
Family Health Nursing (Nursing)
Fiction (Creative Writing)
Film Studies (Liberal Arts)
Finance
Florida Studies (Liberal Arts)
Foreign Language Education
French
French (College Teaching)
French (Foreign Language Education)
Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis (Geography)
Geography
Geography (College Teaching)
Geological Oceanography (Marine Science)
Geology
Geology (College Teaching)
Geotechnical (Civil Engineering)
German (Foreign Language Education)
Gerontological Nursing (Nursing)
Gerontology
Global Communicable Disease (Public Health)
Global Disaster Management and Humanitarian Relief (Public Health)
Global Health Informatics (Public Health)
Global Health Practice (Public Health)
Global Sustainability
Health Administration
Health Care Organizations and Management (Public Health)
Health Policies and Programs (Public Health)
Health Policy and Management (Public Health)
Health Science (Medical Sciences)
Heath Systems Informatics (Nursing)
Heritage Studies (Applied Anthropology)
History
History (College Teaching)
Human Resource Development (Adult Education)
Humanities (Liberal Arts)
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Hygiene (Public Health)
Industrial Organizational Psychology (Psychology)
Inorganic Chemistry (Chemistry)
Interdisciplinary (Marine Science)
Interdisciplinary Education (Curriculum and Instruction)
Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (Medical Sciences)
Interdisciplinary Transportation (Civil Engineering)
Jazz Composition (Music)
Jazz Performance (Music)
Language Arts (Elementary Education)
Laser Physics (Physics)
Latin American History (History)
Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
Leading Sustainable Enterprises (Management)
Liberal Arts
Liberal Studies (Liberal Arts)
Library and Information Science
Linguistics
Linguistics: English As A Second Language
Literature (English)
Management
Management Information Systems
Marine Resource Assessment (Marine Science)
Marine Science
Marketing
Marriage and Family Therapy (Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (5 Yr))
Marriage and Family Therapy (Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (Post Baccalaureate))
Mass Communications
Materials (Civil Engineering)
Materials (Civil Engineering)
Materials Physics (Physics)
Materials Science and Engineering
Maternal and Child Health (Public Health)
Mathematics
Mathematics (5 Year Program)
Mathematics (College Teaching)
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Education (6-12)
Measurement and Evaluation (Curriculum and Instruction)
Mechanical Engineering
Media Studies (Mass Communications)
Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Medical Sciences)
Medical Physics (Physics)
Medical Sciences
Medieval History (History)
Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine (Medical Sciences)
Microbiology
Microelectronics (Electrical Engineering)
Middle Grades Mathematics
Middle School Education (General) (Curriculum and Instruction)
Middle School Education, English (Curriculum and Instruction)
Middle School Education, Mathematics (Curriculum and Instruction)
Middle School Education, Science (Curriculum and Instruction)
Middle School Education, Social Studies (Curriculum and Instruction)
Molecular Medicine (Medical Sciences)
Multimedia Journalism (Mass Communications)
Music
Music Education
Natural/Technological Hazards and Environmental Justice (Geography)
Nurse Anesthesia (Nursing)
Nursing
Nursing Education (Nursing)
Occupational Health (Public Health)
Occupational Health Nursing (Nursing)
Occupational Medicine Residency (Public Health)
Occupational Safety (Public Health)
Oncology Nursing (Nursing)
Optical Physics (Physics)
Organic Chemistry (Chemistry)
Pediatric Health Nursing (Nursing)
Performance (Music)
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religion (Philosophy)
Physical Chemistry (Chemistry)
Physical Education
Physical Oceanography (Marine Science)
Physics
Physics (College Teaching)
Physics (Science Education)
Physiology and Morphology (Biology)
Piano Pedagogy (Music)
Poetry (Creative Writing)
Political Science
Political Science (College Teaching)
Polymer Chemistry (Chemistry)
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (Nursing)
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Health
Public Health Administration (Public Health)
Public Health Education (Public Health)
Public Health Practice (Public Health)
Public Health Practice Program (Public Health)
Pure and Applied (Mathematics)
Quantitative Analysis (Industrial Engineering)
Reading Education
Reading Education (Curriculum and Instruction)
Real Estate
Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (5 Year Program)
Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (Post Baccalaureate)
Religious Studies
Rhetoric and Composition (English)
Safety Management (Public Health)
School Counseling (Counselor Education)
School Psychology
Science and Mathematics (Elementary Education)
Science Education
Secondary Education (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Biology (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Chemistry (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: English (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Foreign Language (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Instructional Technology (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Mathematics (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Physics (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Social Science (Curriculum and Instruction)
Secondary Education: Tesol (Curriculum and Instruction)
Semiconductor Physics (Physics)
Social and Political Thought (Liberal Arts)
Social Science Education
Social Work
Socio-Health Sciences (Public Health)
Sociology
Sociology (College Teaching)
Solid State Physics (Physics)
Spanish
Spanish (College Teaching)
Spanish (Foreign Language Education)
Special Education, Behavior Disorders
Special Education, Behavior Disorders (Curriculum and Instruction)
Special Education, Gifted
Special Education, Gifted (Curriculum and Instruction)
Special Education, Intellectual Disabilities
Special Education, Mental Retardation (Curriculum and Instruction)
Special Education, Motor Disabilities
Special Education, Motor Disabilities (Curriculum and Instruction)
Special Education, Specific Learning Disabilities
Special Education, Specific Learning Disabilities (Curriculum and Instruction)
Speech Communication (College Teaching)
Speech-Language Pathology (Post Bacc)
Statistics
Strategic Communication Management (Mass Communications)
Structures (Civil Engineering)
Theory (Music)
Toxicology and Risk Assessment (Public Health)
Transportation (Civil Engineering)
Urban and Community Design
Urban and Regional Planning
Water Resources (Civil Engineering)
Wireless Circuits and Systems (Electrical Engineering)
Women's Health (Medical Sciences)
Women's Studies