In 1860, the Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory passed "An Act to Relocate the Territorial University" in Seattle, "provided a good and sufficient deed to ten acres of land, eligibly situated in the vicinity of Seattle, be first executed to the Territory of Washington for University purposes." Early in 1861 Arthur and Mary Denny, Charles and Mary Terry, and Edward Lander donated land on a forested 10-acre knoll overlooking Elliott Bay. The University was established there, on the site of what is now the Fairmont Olympic Hotel on University Street in downtown Seattle.
The Territorial University of Washington opened November 4, 1861. The fledgling University was little more than a backwoods school, which closed for lack of funds several times during its earliest years. The first faculty consisted of one professor who taught a curriculum that included Latin, Greek, English, history, algebra, and physiology.
Washington became a state in 1889, and by that time the University was firmly established as an institution of higher education.Growing enrollment and the lack of available land in what was becoming downtown Seattle soon made a larger campus necessary, and in 1895 classes opened in Denny Hall, the first building on the present Seattle campus.
In 1909 the University of Washington was the site of a world's fair called the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The exposition opened a new period for the University, as national attention was focused on it and the Pacific Northwest.Since World War II, the UW has earned an international reputation for its research and graduate programs. It is a leader in a variety of fields. Research is of great benefit to the broader community, and undergraduates benefit by learning from professors who are at the forefront of generating new knowledge. The UW's graduate programs are among the most highly rated in the nation.
Campus
The University of Washington, Seattle campus is situated on the shores of Union and Portage Bays, with views of the Cascade Range to the east and the Olympic Mountains to the west. Its most popular views are from Suzzallo Library, which has a vista of Mount Rainier to the southeast, the Quad and its Yoshino cherry trees that bloom spectacularly each spring to the north, and Red Square spreading out in front of it to the west.
Library
The University of Washington library system is among the largest academic libraries in the United States, with holdings of more than 6.5 million volumes and 7.5 million microforms. The Association of Research Libraries ranked the UW library system between the top fifth and fifteenth in various categories.
Research
In 2006, the University of Washington research budget passed the $1 billion milestone. Virtually all of the funding came from peer-reviewed research proposals. UW research budget consistently ranks among the top 5 in both public and private universities in the United States. UW is also the largest recipient of federal research funding among public universities and second among all public and private universities in the country, a position that the university has held each year since 1974.The university is an elected member of the Association of American Universities.
Reputation
UW's undergraduate program was ranked 41st among "national universities" and tied for 11th among public doctoral universities by U.S. News and World Report.
The UW School of Medicine (primary care) and nursing school. are both ranked first and its medical research was ranked sixth in 2008. The UW School of Nursing has been ranked #1 in the nation since 1984, when the first survey of nursing schools was conducted. The U.S News & World Report only began ranking the primary medical school in 1993, ever since which UW has also always been #1. The School of Public Health and Community Medicine is as well ranked fourth by US News.
The graduate program in social work is ranked third, the pharmacy school fifth, the Library and Information School fourth, the graduate school of education seventh, the school of engineering 21st, the UW School of Law 27th, and the undergraduate and graduate business schools ranked 18th and 29th, respectively.
The University of Washington was ranked 16th internationally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2008.
The University of Washington also ranked 22nd internationally by Newsweek "Top 100 Global Universities".
The Performance Ranking of Scientific Research Papers of World Universities ranked UW 4th internationally in terms of overall research productivity.
The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index created by Academic Analytics ranks University of Washington overall at #19. UW has a total of 7 number 1 rankings for disciplines and only three universities have as many or more #1 rankings.
G Factors ranked UW 7th internationally in 2006,
A private review by the National Opinion Research Center, and published in the Washington Monthly, ranked the university 14th in the United States. In its last published survey in 1995, the The National Research Council ranked UW ninth in the United States in a study that spanned 41 graduate disciplines.
The Top American Research Universities report from the Center at Arizona State ranked UW eleventh overall and third among public institutions.
Global Language Monitor, produced at Austin that ranks college based on media presence, placed University of Washington at #16 in the nation.
University of Washington ranks #1 in Peace Corps volunteers in 2007 and #3 throughout the years.
Kiplinger ranked the University of Washington #9 of the top 100 colleges in early 2008 as one of the Best values in Public Colleges.
Colleges and Schools
College of Built Environments
College of Arts and Sciences
Michael G. Foster School of Business
School of Dentistry
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Forest Resources
The Graduate School
Information School
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
School of Law
School of Medicine
School of Nursing
College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
School of Public Health
School of Social Work
University of Washington Was Ranked 59th in the 2008 Thes-Qs World University Ranking
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