The University at Buffalo was founded in 1846 as a private medical college and merged with the State University of New York system in 1962. Today UB is New York State's premier public center for graduate and professional education, as well as the state's largest and most comprehensive public university. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, the University at Buffalo stands in the first rank among the nation's research-intensive public universities.

Our strengths in medicine, engineering, and computer science enable us to conduct multidisciplinary research and provide education at a level of excellence that few universities can match. The faculty of UB's professional schools share an unusually strong research orientation with their counterparts in the arts and sciences, and together they have established an outstanding record of research, scholarship, and creative activity.

Buffalo dubbed "The City of Good Neighbors" is the second-largest city in New York State, yet it's a big city with a hometown feel. World-class art galleries and museums, a comprehensive city-wide system of parks and greenspace designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and major and minor league sports teams are just a few of the wide array of cultural and recreational elements that make Buffalo such a great place to study, work, and live.

The University at Buffalo offers outstanding research and educational opportunities, along with a commitment to our public service mission of outreach to local and global communities the kind of meaningful experiences that last a lifetime.