University of Nevada - Reno

At the University of Nevada, Reno, history meets innovation. Traditional red-brick buildings from the 1800s sit alongside 21st-century cutting-edge research facilities. The University has invested nearly a billion dollars into expanding its campus in the past decade — all in an effort to provide students with the tools, resources, and services that create a world-class learning experience.

 
Since its inception in 1874 as the state of Nevada’s first university, the University of Nevada, Reno has delivered on the promise of providing the citizens of Nevada with a better future. As the state’s land-grant university, and ranked among the United State's top research universities by the Carnegie Foundation, the University is known as a high-impact institution. Students and faculty are solving the pressing issues of today's time and providing new paths for the state’s next generation of leaders.
 
Over the past decade, the University has grown at a dynamic and record-setting rate, including student enrollment, number of National Merit scholars, student diversity, faculty achievement and productivity as well as infrastructure. The record growth of the modern University of Nevada, Reno, is in direct contrast to the first few decades of the University’s existence.