Seal of the University at Buffalo
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| Name | University at Buffalo, The State University of New York | | Motto | Mens sana in corpore sano (Latin: "Sound Mind in a Sound Body") | | Established | May 11, 1846(165 years ago) | | Type | Public
Space-Grant | | Endowment | US $428.9 million (June 2010) | | President | Satish K. Tripathi | | Provost | Harvey Stenger, Jr. | | Faculty | 2,667 | | Students | 29,048 | | Under graduates | 19,395 | | Post graduates | 9,653 | | City | Buffalo | | State | NY | | Country | USA | | Campus | Suburban
1,346 acres (5.45 km2) | | Colors | Blue and White
| | Mascot | Victor E. Bull | | Affiliations | SUNY, AAU, MAC | | Website | www.buffalo.edu |
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University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, also commonly known as the University at Buffalo or SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university and a flagship university of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. UB has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. Offering 84 bachelor's, 184 master's and 78 doctoral degrees, it is the largest of the four comprehensive university centers within the SUNY system. The University at Buffalo is the largest public university in the northeastern United States (comprising New York state and the New England region). From its inception in 1846 until 1962, the institution was a private university: the University of Buffalo. When it became a state university, the new name became the "State University of New York at Buffalo". The administration uses the name "University at Buffalo", which parallels the three other comprehensive university centers of the SUNY system — Albany, Binghamton and Stony Brook.
According to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the University at Buffalo is a Research University with Very High Research Activity (RU/VH). In 1989, UB was elected to the Association of American Universities, which represents 61 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. UB's alumni and faculty have produced a U.S. President, astronauts, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other notable individuals in their fields. The University houses the largest state-operated medical school and features the only state law school, architecture and urban planning school, and pharmacy school in the state of New York. Buffalo ranked 201-225 worldwide among universities according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012. In September of 2011, Buffalo was ranked as the 54th best public college and the 111th best college in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
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