Arizona State University is known for its research and innovation. The university is also known for its highly ranked business and engineering programs. It is the largest public university by enrollment in the U.S., with over 70,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 4,400 faculty members.
The university was founded in 1885 as the Tempe Normal School, a teacher training school. In 1958, the school became Arizona State College at Tempe. In 1964, it was renamed Arizona State University by a state legislature act.
ASU has over 70,000 students enrolled in one of its four campuses: Tempe campus, Polytechnic campus (in Mesa), West campus (in Glendale) and Downtown Phoenix campus. All four campuses are within an hour’s drive from each other.
Moreover, the university offers more than 350 degree programs at the bachelor’s level and above, including professional degrees such as law and medicine. The university also has three research institutes: Institute for Human Development; Institute for Social Science Research; Institute for Energy Solutions; and Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (Biodesign) – which focuses on life sciences research and development applications.
Also ASU is known for its highly ranked business and engineering programs; its online MBA program was ranked third best in the nation by U.S News & World Report in 2017 while the School of Sustainability at ASU was ranked No. 2 in best schools for sustainability degrees by The Princeton Review in 2016 based on criteria including faculty expertise and student engagement with sustainability issues during their coursework).
