About Arizona State University

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Arizona State University (ASU or Arizona State) is a public research academic circles in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U.S.

One of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents, ASU is a zealot of the Universities Research Association and classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity.” ASU has approximately 150,000 students attending classes, with over 38,000 students attending online, and 90,000 undergraduates and more nearly 20,000 postgraduates across its five campuses and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. ASU offers 350 degree options from its 17 colleges and higher than 170 cross-discipline centers and institutes for undergraduates students, as skillfully as on top of 400 graduate degree and endorse programs. The Arizona State Sun Devils compete in 26 varsity-level sports in the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference and is home to higher than 1,100 registered student organizations.

ASU’s charter, approved by the board of regents in 2014, is based upon the New American University model created by ASU President Michael M. Crow upon his attainment as the institution’s 16th president in 2002. It defines ASU as “a entire sum public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but rather by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental liability for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.” The model is widely recognized with boosting ASU’s answer rate and increasing class size.

The university’s skill of higher than 4,700 scholars has included 5 Nobel laureates, 6 Pulitzer Prize winners, 4 MacArthur Fellows, and 19 National Academy of Sciences members. Additionally, among the capability are 180 Fulbright Program American Scholars, 72 National Endowment for the Humanities fellows, 38 American Council of Learned Societies fellows, 36 members of the Guggenheim Fellowship, 21 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3 members of National Academy of Inventors, 9 National Academy of Engineering members and 3 National Academy of Medicine members. The National Academies has bestowed “highly prestigious” recognition on 227 ASU knack members.

Tempe (/tɛmˈpiː/ tem-PEE; Oidbaḍ in O’odham), is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2019 population of 195,805. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler on the south, and Mesa upon the east. Tempe is afterward the location of the main campus of Arizona State University.