Back جامعة لويفيل Arabic جامعة لويڤيل ARZ لوییویل بیلیمیوردو AZB Луісвілскі ўніверсітэт Byelorussian University of Louisville German Universitato de Louisville Esperanto Universidad de Louisville Spanish دانشگاه لوییویل Persian Louisvillen yliopisto Finnish Université de Louisville French
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Former names | Jefferson Seminary (1798–1829) Louisville Medical Institute (1837–1846) Louisville College (1840–1846) |
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| Type | Public research university |
| Established | April 3, 1798 |
| Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $1.00 billion (FY 2024) [1] |
| Budget | $1.73 billion (FY 2025) [2] |
| President | Gerry Bradley[3] |
| Provost | Kathryn (Katie) Cardarelli[4] |
Academic staff | 1,787 full-time, 867 part-time[1] |
Administrative staff | 4,321[1] |
| Students | 24,123 (Fall 2024)[5] |
| Undergraduates | 17,248 (Fall 2024)[5] |
| Postgraduates | 5,981 (Fall 2024)[5] |
| Location | , , United States 38°12′54″N 85°45′37″W / 38.21500°N 85.76028°W |
| Campus | Large city[6], Belknap: 345 acres HSC: 62 acres Shelby: 233 acres Total: 640 acres (2.6 km2) |
| Other campuses | |
| Newspaper | The Louisville Cardinal |
| Colors | Cardinal red Black[7] |
| Nickname | Cardinals |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FBS – ACC |
| Mascot | Louie the Cardinal |
| Website | louisville |
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The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19th century one of the first city-funded public colleges in the United States.[8] The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University".[9]
Louisville is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[10] The University of Louisville School of Medicine is touted for the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery,[11] as well as the first successful hand transplantation in the United States.[12] The University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance, the nation's first accident services, now known as an emergency department (ED), and one of the first blood banks in the US.[13]
University of Louisville is known for the Louisville Cardinals athletics programs. Since 2005, the Cardinals have made appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball Final Four in 2005, 2012, and 2013 (vacated), football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl in 2007 (champions) and Sugar Bowl in 2013 (champions), the College Baseball World Series 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, and 2025, the women's basketball Final Four in 2009 (runner-up), 2013 (runner-up), 2018 (national semi-final), and 2022 (national semi-final) and the men's soccer national championship game in 2010.[14] The Louisville Cardinals Women's Volleyball program has three-peated as champions of the Big East Tournament (2008, 2009, 2010), and were Atlantic Coast Conference Champions in 2015 and 2017. Women's track and field program has won Outdoor Big East titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and an Indoor Big East title in 2011.
- ^ a b c "Just The Facts 2024-2025" (PDF). University of Louisville. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ^ "FY 2025 Operating Budget" (PDF). University of Louisville. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ Baarlaer, Killian (March 26, 2025). "Kim Schatzel resigns as University of Louisville president, new president named". Courier Journal. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
- ^ "Office of the Executive Vice President & University Provost". louisville.edu. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c "CPE Interactive Data Center". Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ "College Navigator – University of Louisville". nces.ed.gov. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Color Palette". University of Louisville. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ Cox, Dwayne D.; Morison, William J. (2000). "Jefferson Seminary, 1798–1829". The University of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. pp. 1–10. ISBN 0-8131-2142-6. Retrieved June 22, 2024 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ "UofL Mission statement". Archived from the original on July 10, 2006. Retrieved June 8, 2006.
- ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ Altman, Lawrence K. (July 4, 2001). "Self-Contained Mechanical Heart Throbs for First Time in a Human". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ Altman, Lawrence K. (January 26, 1999). "Doctors in Louisville Perform Nation's First Hand Transplant". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ Brown, Russ (Summer 2000). "30 Ways We've Changed the World". U of L Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ "Akron wins first NCAA soccer title". espn.com. December 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.