University of Nevada, Reno

Founded in 1874, UNR is the state’s flagship land-grant research and teaching institution. The University currently operates with a total budget of nearly $500 million, and enrolls nearly 18,000 students. UNR employs more than 1,600 academic and administrative faculty members and 1,300 classified staff on four campuses; it encompasses nine degree-granting schools and colleges, which offer bachelor’s degrees in more than 75 disciplines, as well as more than 100 masters and doctoral-level degrees. UNR operates as one of eight institutions of higher education governed by the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), which also includes the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) and a network of community colleges around the state. UNR is located in northwest Nevada, on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada foothills, 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe and four hours from the San Francisco Bay Area.  
For more information about UNR, please see www.unr.edu.