Pointsof PrideThe UNSTOPPABLE people, programs, ideas, research, and solutions that are USF.

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1168Average SAT of Fall 2010 freshman class. This is an increase of 134 points from the Fall 2001 class.

175%Increase in number of patents issued to USF researchers since 2004.

top 25USF College of Medicine was named one of the nation’s top 25 medical schools enrolling Hispanic students by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.

228,000USF has 228,000 alumni representing all 50 states in the U.S. and 124 nations.

162The USF Bulls excel in the classroom with 162 student-athletes named to the 2009-10 Big East All-Academic Team.

55USF is included in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges (2010).

USF: UnstoppableCampaign Priorities

Strengthening the Academic Experience

Enhancing Facilities

Supporting Our Faculty

Supporting Our Students

The USF: Unstoppable Campaign is a comprehensive fundraising effort by USF, raising over $51 million in the current fiscal year from more than 44,000 donors, bringing the current campaign total to more than $363 million. Through creative and meaningful investment from our alumni and friends, we can translate the entrepreneurial spirit of an entire university into tangible outcomes that improve lives throughout the world.

Vision

The University of South Florida envisions itself as a premier research university with state, national, and global impact, and positioned for membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU).

Goals

I. Expanding world-class interdisciplinary research, creative, and scholarly endeavors.II. Promoting globally competitive undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.III. Expanding local and global engagement initiativesIV. Enhancing all sources of revenue, and maximizing effectiveness in business practices and financial management.

Strategic Priorities

Community EngagementGlobal Literacy and Impact

Integrated, Interdisciplinary InquiryResearch and Innovation

Student Success

Strategic Plan2007-2012

The University of South Florida and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg are accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Associations of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Office of Decision Supportprepared January 2011

Undeniable

340,000 • 4 millionTampa, home to USF, is a multicultural community of more than 340,000 residents with more than 4 million residents across the greater Tampa Bay area.

“The University of South Florida is prepared to lead us into the future by supplying the solu-tions, the knowledge and the human capital necessary to thrive as a society and as a people. Fueled by a can-do attitude and an energetic, entrepreneurial spirit, we have become not only one of the largest public institutions in the country, but also one of the most important. The caliber of our students, the quality of our faculty and the ascent of our athletics programs speak of a force to be reckoned with—an unstoppable force determined to produce what our country and world need.” Judy Genshaft

USF System President

USF SystemThe USF System is the first of its kind in the State University System of Florida and consists of two separately accredited institutions, USF and USF St. Petersburg. USF consists of the main research campus in Tampa, which includes USF Health, its College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, and two regional campuses: USF Sarasota-Manatee; and USF Polytechnic, located in Lakeland.

What is AAU?USF’s vision is to become eligible for member-ship in the AAU. Why?

AAU is the Association of American Universi-ties, an organization of 63 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada (34 public, 26 private, 2 Canadian).

AAU members include the universities of Cal-ifornia-Berkeley, Michigan, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Texas-Austin, Washington, and Duke, Emory, Harvard, New York, Princeton, and Stanford universities. The University of Florida is the only AAU institution in Florida.

A focus on meeting the stringent criteria for AAU invitation-only membership represents the highest level in which a university can benchmark its achievements.

$1.5 billionUSF System annual operating budget

(2010-11)

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

www.usf.edu

Florida’s global research university

From the very high research intensive doctoral campus

of USF to the distinctive master’s level campuses of

USF St. Petersburg, USF Sarasota-Manatee, and USF

Polytechnic, the system offers a range of college

experiences in size, mission, and residency along with

a wide selection of degree programs.

Reputablewhat people are saying about USF

Commendableachievements of the USF community

USF is one of the nation’s 50 “Best Value” public colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review, and is also included in the review’s 2010 “Best 371 Colleges” listing of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. Only about 15% of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges (and 2 Canadian colleges) are profiled in this ranking.

Fourteen USF graduate programs are ranked in the top 100 of the 2010 America’s Best Graduate Schools edition of U.S. News & World Report. Ranked among the top 25 include industrial & organizational psychology (#8), public health (#20), criminology (#22) and audiology (#24).

Among public 4-year institutions classified as Research Very High Universities, USF ranks 12th in the number of Black full-time faculty, 13th in the number of Hispanic full-time faculty, and 5th in the percentage of full-time faculty who are women as reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education (2009-10).

Faculty & Students of Distinction

234The USF System offers 234 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialist, and doctoral levels.

213%With a 213% increase between 2000-2007, no other American university grew its federal research enterprise at a faster rate than USF, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2009-10 Almanac.

100+More than 100 inventors from across USF became inaugural members of the National Academy of InventorsTM.

110th

USF ranked 110th in the 2010 World University ranking of top performing high impact research universities from across the globe.

47,576USF System

Fall 2010(drop/add) 8,882

Graduate

40,429USF

3,973USF St. Petersburg

1,906USF Sarasota/Manatee

1,268USF Polytechnic

36,358Undergraduate

90endowed chairs & professorships (Fall 2010)

35.2%non-White students (Fall 2010)

3%international students (Fall 2010)

3.78freshman class average high school GPA (Fall 2010)

79%faculty with terminal degrees (Fall 2009)

Diverse & Accomplished Academic Community5,086entering freshman class (Summer/Fall 2010)

4,601new transfer students (Fall 2010)

19%graduate students (Fall 2010)

10,805degrees awarded (2009-10)

127,000student volunteer service hours (2009-10)

Byrd Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute developing a cure and prevention for Alzheimer’s

Center for Urban Transportation Research nationally recognized expert in transportation

Clean Energy Research Center leader in photovoltaic solar thermal technologies and Florida Energy Systems Consortium member

Confucius Institute first Confucius Institute in Florida

Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions promote globally sustainable, healthy communities

Centers & Institutes of DistinctionFlorida Center for Excellence for DrugDiscovery and Innovation identify, treat and prevent life-threatening disease

Institute for Research in Art supports internationally renowned artists through Graphicstudio, USF Contemporary Art Museum and the Public Art Program

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute leading behavioral health services research center

Pediatric Epidemiology Center directing global juvenile diabetes research efforts

GREENUSF’s efforts to “go green” were recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges, the first comprehensive guidebook solely focused on colleges and universities that have demonstrated an above average commitment to sustainability.

8thUSF ranks 8th among the nation’s 4,000 institutions for its commitment to student veterans’ success (Military Times Edge Magazine, 2010) and is Florida’s only public university participating in the Department of Veterans Affairs Yellow Ribbon Program.

Carnegie Foundation Classification

USF is one of only three Florida public universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the top tier of research universities (RU/VH), a distinction attained by only 2.2% of all universities (96 total: 63 publics, 33 privates). USF is also one of only 25 public research universities nationwide that holds both RU/VH and Engaged designations. Other colleges to hold this distinction include the universities of California-Berkeley, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Texas-Austin, Wisconsin-Madison, and Pennsylvania State University.

Rankings & AccoladesUSF is included in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education’s 2010 list of the top 100 U.S. institutions that conferred the most college degrees on Hispanic students.

USF placed among the nation’s top 20 “up and coming universities” in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report annual college rankings.

USF System President Judy Genshaft joined the fight against global warming by signing the historic American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment in 2009.

USF received a grade of B+ on the 2011 Green College Report Card from the Rock-erfeller Institute, earning the highest mark in the state of Florida.

USF ranks in the top 10 of top-tier public re-search universities in the number of minority faculty members as reported by the Chornicle of Higher Education (2010).

43rdThe National Science Foundation ranks USF 43rd in total research expenditures for public universities (FY 2008) out of a total of 393 public institutions ranked*.

* USF surpasses several leading institutions, including Arizona State, Boston, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Florida State, Georgetown, and Princeton universities and the universities of Miami, Notre Dame, and Virginia.

34thUSF also ranks 34th in federal research expenditures for public universities out of a total of 68 public institutions ranked (FY 2009), as noted in the Chronicle of Higher Education 2010 rankings*.

* USF surpasses several leading institutions, including Arizona State, Florida State, Georgetown, Louisiana State, Michigan State, North Carolina State, Princeton, and Rutgers universities and the universities of Georgia and Miami, Missouri.

42ndWith nearly $2 million in licensing income (FY 2008), USF ranks 42nd among public universities out of a total of 109 public institutions ranked, according to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)*.

* USF surpasses several leading universities, including Florida State University and the University of Miami.

USF faculty continue to be recognized on the global academic stage with over 35 scholars receiving prominent scholarly awards since 2009, including Fulbright, National Science Foundation, AAAS, Guggenheim, and Nation-al Endowment for the Humanities fellowships.

Now more than ever, USF students are earn-ing prestigious national awards, including Goldwater, Gilman, Javitz, and Fulbright fellowships; since 2009, 13 students have received such awards.

Within days of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, USF researchers were in the international spotlight as a leading scientific authority on the environmental effects of the oil spill. Researchers turned their attention and dedicated countless hours to monitoring, understanding, and researching the spill.

Real-World Research