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UB's mascot Victor E. Bull makes two large bicep muscles while standing in front of a packed stadium at a UB sporting event. Photographer: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.

Who We Are

The University at Buffalo is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enable us to reach others every day.

Illustrated map of northeastern U.S. with a few major metropolitan cities noted, and the state of New York highlighted in blue and Buffalo, NY highlighted in orange.

Quick Facts

Founded: 1846

President: Satish K. Tripathi

Academics: 300+ Graduate and Professional Programs

Athletics: Division I, Mid-American Conference

Mascot: Victor E. Bull

World-Renowned Faculty

Our impressive faculty have won many prestigious awards; these include:

  • Nobel Prize.
  • Pulitzer Prize.
  • National Book Award.
  • National Medal of Science.
  • MacArthur Foundation “genius award”.

Notable Alumni

  • Award-winning journalist for CNN—Wolf Blitzer.
  • Co-founder of the largest Chinese-language search engine—Li Yanhong (Robin Li).
  • Co-founder and partner of Orangetheory Fitness—Ellen Latham.
  • Superstar NFL linebacker—Khalil Mack.
  • Executive producer and host of NPR’s “Fresh Air”—Terry Gross.

Our Campuses

North Campus

Bronze Buffalo behind red leaves.

Our Academic Heart

UB’s North Campus, located just outside the city in Amherst, NY, is where most of the university's core academic programs are offered. Opened in the early 1970s, it is the largest of our three campuses, encompassing cutting-edge academic and research spaces, student residence halls and apartments, award-winning dining facilities, the Student Union and athletic venues. Abundant green spaces, including a recreational lake and a 65-acre living woods, complement the build environment.

South Campus

Hayes Hall, South Campus.

A Historic Gem

UB’s South Campus is a Western New York landmark dating back to the 1920s. Situated in a leafy residential neighborhood in North Buffalo, the 153-acre parcel is home to classic ivy-covered buildings and grassy, tree-filled quads along with high-rise residence halls and innovative research and teaching facilities. The schools of Architecture and Planning, Dental Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Public Health and Health Professions are located here.

Downtown Campus

Exterior of Medical School Building.

Rising Biomedical Hub

The pillar of our Downtown Campus is the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which moved there in 2017 following the construction of a state-of-the-art building at Main and High Streets. Most of our other Downtown Campus entities—including the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, the Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, and the Clinical and Translational Research Center—are all located near the Jacobs School in Buffalo's medical corridor, a quickly growing hub of clinical care, research and education.

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