About the University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo is one of the nation’s premier public research institutions, with particular strengths in leading-edge life sciences research and high-performance computing.
- 1846
- UB founded as a private medical college
- 1962
- Merged with the State University of New York system
- Now
- New York State's premier public center for graduate and professional education, as well as the state's largest and most comprehensive public university.
- Top rank
- A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, UB stands in the first rank among the nation's research-intensive public universities.
- Primary research areas
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- Engineering
- Life sciences
- Medicine
- Pharmaceutical sciences
- Information technology
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