Educational Institutions Established in 1853 - Washington University in St. Louis, University of Florida (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 97. Chapters: Washington University in St. Louis, University of Florida, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Monmouth College, Shimer College, Antioch College, Epsom College, University of Melbourne, St. Anthony's College, Kandy, Culver-Stockton College, Manhattan College, Cornell College, St. George's College, Mussoorie, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Mount Aloysius College, Pottsville Area High School, Arcadia University, Indianapolis Public Schools, Cheltenham Ladies' College, Central College, Moreland School District, St. John High School, Notre Dame Academy, Bogra Zilla School, Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Pontifical French Seminary, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Wheeling Central Catholic High School, St. Mary's High School, New Albany High School, Union Theological College, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Tabor College, Alfred High School, Saint Placid's High School, The Grier School, Lombard College, Iron County School District, Purulia zilla school, Holmes Junior/Senior High School, Perry Local School District, Abingdon College, Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania, Hillman College, Krishnath College. Excerpt: The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida, UF or U of F) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a 2,000-acre (8.1 km) campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906. It has been included among the so-called "Public Ivy" universities-one of the top public universities in the United States. The University of Florida is currently ranked fifty-third overall among all national universities, public and private, in the current 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings and consistently ranks wi...