-Founded in 1885 ... the first university in the Arizona Territory
-A particular research strength is space science, with the institution claiming to have been awarded more NASA grants than any other university in the US
-The world-renown Wyatt College of Optical Sciences is also a major research center
-The 22 UA colleges include engineering, business management, music, physics, English, education ...
-The campus is also an arboretum with all the vegetation carefully cataloged