Why USF?
The University of South Florida is one of the nation's top 63 public research universities
and one of 39 community engaged public universities as designated by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. USF was awarded more than $300 million
in research contracts
and grants last year. The University offers 219
degree programs at the
undergraduate,
graduate, specialist and doctoral levels, including the doctor of medicine.
The University has a $1.6 billion annual budget, an annual economic impact of $3.2
billion, and serves more than 45,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg,
Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland. USF is a member of the Big East Athletic Conference.