University of Arizona Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Dominique

The University of Arizona has many dignified programs. It has the #1 Space, Entrepreneur and Management Information Systems programs in the country.

Janka

Large research institution. A lot of students choose our school for beautiful landscaping - U of A Arboretum.

Jonathan

A strong sports program, especially basketball and recently football, strong and long lasting traditions.

Ezekiel

The Universtity of Arizona is a pac-10 school, so it is best known for many of it's athletic programs. It is also well known for the different colleges within the school, with great programs in engineering, science, health, business, media arts, and more. The school excells with many great programs.

Amanda

Its wide variety in academic departments. They have classes for almost every major out there, including many vocational trades. Due to its city ties and academic parallels, it also transfers the most students into CSU Long Beach than any other community college in the country.

Morgan

Our school is known for our science program, and our sports programs.

Eleanor

We are known for our spirit, rich history, and campus. The students are the most spirited in all of college, hence the largest student section, known as the Zona Zoo. Everyone goes to every game and cheers their heart out. And both our sports and campus are filled with rich history that can only inspire you to be a better student. The campus gives you that midwest feel with red brick buildings but with palm trees, and in the winter we are fortunate to have a breath taking view of snow capped mountains. It is the best of both worlds.

Bianca

THe University of Arizona is known as a research university. However, it is also know for it teachers, tutoring program, diability resources program and health services. Though the University of Arizona is big it allows students the resources to make great friends while still being within a comunity. THe University also makes sure that they are providing a service at the best of their capability.

Megan

My school is best known for the amount of degrees is offers to students. It has an amazing engineering, business and medical school for student?s wishing to go into those degrees. It also is known for its athletics. We have an amazing cheering section called zona zoo where students can support the teams.

Sarah

Sunny skies, skinny/rich girls, beautiful campus, research, and great business school

Emmanuel

The University of Arizona is best known for its research programs within you field of study for you are not only studying facts that are already known but discovering new possibilities and ideas. I would also have to the University of Arizona?s Medical School which is top 25 in the nation. It is an honor to be affiliated with a school with such prestige.

Derrick

The University of Arizona is reknown for its engineering program, which I happen to be majoring in. It is a tough program but of all the colleges in the University the College of engineering has the highest Average GPA. The college does so much out of the university by constantly doing projects with businesses and corperations around the world as well as participating in more hobby-themed events like building and racing Baja jeeps.

Shanelle

The University of Arizona is known for it's diversity and academic success. They offer over one hundred undergraduate degree programs. The professors and other teaching staff is committed to teaching thier material to students. In addition, the instructors truly know what they are teaching and work hard to make sure their students understand the subject. The diversity at UA shows diversity of background, thought, and background. This is shown by walking to class or observing the variety of clubs on campus.

Alexander

The University of Arizona has so many outstanding programs that I would never have the patience to list all of them off. To be more time friendly, I'll just list off all the recent first place achievements. First off, the Eller college of management snagged a number one spot for entrepreneurship. UA is also the proud parent of the nation's top department of philosophy. Agriculture, management information systems, plant pathology, and composition, rhetoric and writing are all considered first place doctorate programs in the United States. The bottom line: University of Arizona does work!

Christopher

The university of Arizona I best known for its Science. From space study to pharmacy and medicine all are very well known throughout the country. In addition the university has very prestige business, theater, and law schools. All of the academic aspects of the school are highly know for and wonderful. In addition to the academics aspects, Arizona is well known for its sports programs such as basketball along with its campus involvement. The campus involvement can stretch to clubs and greeklife to a weekly bible study or inturmural sports team. The school is just so diverse and well-rounded.

Stephanie

My school is known for being the first university to exist in Arizona, founded in 1885. It is the only Medical School in Arizona that grants out a M.D degree. We are awarded more NASA grants than any other university nationally and our students led NASA's 2007-2008 mission to Mars. UA is a member of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the Association of American Universities. Researchers are now currently building the world's most advanced telescope known as the Giant Magellan Telescope, producing images 10x sharper thanthe Earth orbiting Hubble Telescope.

Nicole

The University of Arizona is best known for the academic resources available to students. For example, the university's poetry center is internationally renowned. Students can go there to hear poetry readings or research poetry in the vast archives stored in the poetry center. Also, the University of Arizona Museum of Art houses a bounty of artworks including the largest collection of Ansel Adams's original woks in the world. The U of A's integrated learning center provides students with access to computers and printers.

Staci

My shool is best known for its medical programs and research that takes place on campus.

Jessica

The University of Arizona is known for their football team and their competitive academic atmoshpere. I attended this college over Arizona State University because of their academic program. This college is focused on the students learning and academic abilities.

Dominic

The University of Arizona is best known for a variety of things. It has a strong business college, is well-known for its good football and basketball teams, and is very research-oriented.

Angela

The University of Arizona is best known for being a research driven university.

Francisco

It is best known for its research facilities as well as the social aspects it exemplifies. The school is really big on athletics and it has an enormous amount of school pride. It also focuses greatly on academics.

Christina

My school is best known for medical, astronomy, and business. Especially, Tucson area is very cleaner than other cities, therefore, you can see really butiful sky. At night time, you may see so many stars. So, my school has very godd condition to study astronomy. Moreover, my school is very famous by management information system. In United States, it is 8 ranks.

Samantha

I think that U of A is known for its school spirit, atheltics, and student/ alumni involvement. Academically speaking the U of A has an incredible research/ science program, as well as nursing/ healthcare.

April

The University of Arizona is best known for its diversity in education.

Latika

University of Arizona is a university with a diverse culture.There are students from not only the US,but other countries too who are studying here.The respect and love given by the professors,classmates ,employers was overwhelming for somebody like me coming from India.Academic wise i like how classes are organised,how professors are proficient with their lectures,and how helpful they and their assistants are when it comes to help.Besides the university has other co-curricular activities,games which are in students interest.I am proud to be a UA WILDCAT.

Alysha

The business, medical, engineering and dance programs. Football, basketball and swimming are important sports. U of A is a medium-sized university with tremendous school spirit.

Sara

The Univeristy of Arizona is best known for its various schools like Dance, Business, Law, and so forth. We are known for our passion for our sports, our "desert" location, and the large student body that is never lacking pride. Our schools have been proven to create beautiful minds that eventually go out and lead our nation in a creative and ever-changing way.

Cheryl

The University of Arizona is best known for the extensive amount of resources for research. It is wonderful to be a science major at this school, especially with such prestige and focus it has with the support of its research.

Lavon

I would say for the agriculture major and the research the university conducts as well. However, sports also because of basketball and lute olsen.

Jessica

It is best known for its science programs, especially space related science.

Victoria

The University of Arizona is best known for its school spirit. I feel really at home at the U of A because everyone feels like they are united by a bond to their school. There is a real sense of loyalty. The academics are strong and the people who attend the school feel proud.

eden

sports

Paul

basketball team, good research college, eller college, Good engineering college.

Megan

My school is a very social community. It is very easy to build friendships and meet people to form study groups. I feel as though I will have long lasting friendships from my college.

Leah

My school is best known for parties, sports and greek life.

Lauren

We are best known as a diverse campus. There is a place for everyone here. It is a very spirited campus.

Eric

My school is best known for being a leading public research university, as well as having an outstanding business program.

Samantha

Greek life and athletics.

Joel

Diversity, entrepreneurship, researcb

Agendia

University of Arizona is best known for its A class Research facilities And for its diversity. The University of Arizona was recently involved in the pheonix Mars landing project. University of Arizona is also well known for its Medical School its business school and its phamarcy school which are all well ranked in the nation.

Alex

The University of Arizona is known for it's excellence in certain academic and sport areas. They have a good dance program, business, college of pharmacy, and art school. They are always in the top tier of basketball and are recently attented a bowl game for football.

Ashley

My school is best known as a research school and is widely recognized for some of its sports teams and other activities around them.

Annie

Our academics-- especially our science programs--are superior to those of other colleges. Our tuition is also cheap. You get an extremely valuable education for the little money you have to pay. Walk around campus on a tour, and you will have students yell "U of A!" or "Go wildcats!" at you to show off their school spirit. Our dining and shopping is also superb.

Toni

My school most know for Basketball, University Medical Center, and the research program.

Yeh

Atletics and being research oriented.

Megan

Our basketball team, a strong research program, and the space program.

Katharen

UofA is very big on research. It is also known for space exploration. Many of our college has experts and specials in their fields as professors of our university, as well as many of our colleges and majors are rated such as our business school. We are also known for your NCAA Men's Basketball, Women Softball, Swinning and Driving, Golf and Baseball. We also have amazing school spirit everyone at the UofA plus all of tucson is wearing red on a sat football.

Anthony

competitive athletic programs, a strong business school, diverse degree programs, and warm weather.

Eric

Great weather, hot, business school, astronomy school, basketball team