Pradipsinh Rathod, left, and Laura Chery, right.

UW-led scientists ‘closing the gap’ on malaria in India

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research...

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Class of 2017

YOU are Boundless: a Celebration Video

WATCH NOW: The Husky Experience is about more than a degree. It's about possibility. 

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Lupita Tovar

Reaching for the Stars — and Exoplanets

Lupita Tovar never expected to go to a four-year college. Now she's a UW graduate pursuing a PhD in astronomy and...

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Victoria Braun in the UW HUB

Diving into Debate

Victoria Braun joined the UW Debate Union during her senior year at the UW — and won the national tournament in her...

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earth viewed from Apollo 8

Women of color face staggering harassment in space science

Forty percent of women of color said that they felt unsafe in their current job as a result of harassment about their gender. Read More at The Washington Post
A southern resident killer whale in 2010.

Study shows high pregnancy failure in southern resident killer whales; links to nutritional stress and low salmon abundance

A multi-year survey of the endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014. Read More at UW Today
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280+ performances annually

280+ performances annually. Learn more

Research Faculty

1,115 academic and research faculty. Learn more

Math Top 50

UW Mathematics department ranked in Top 50 worldwide.

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English Ranks 3rd in US

UW English department ranked as the 3rd best place in the country to study. Learn more

Grad Students

2,700 graduate students. 

MacArthur Fellows

7 MacArthur Fellows

National Book Awards

2 National Book Awards for faculty

Undergraduate pre-majors

14,800 undergraduate pre-majors (as of 2014).

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished alumni: former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, former Governor Christine Gregoire.

Languages Taught

50+ languages taught. Learn more

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished alumni: artist Dale Chihuly, author David Guterson, poet Tess Gallagher.

Undergraduate courses

More than 6,500 undergraduate courses offered annually. Learn more