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The University of Kentucky is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities. It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 32,710 studen…
The University of Kentucky is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities. It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 32,710 students in the fall of 2022.
  • Former names: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (1865–1908) · State University, Lexington, Kentucky (1908–1915) · State University of Kentucky (1915–1922)
  • Motto: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"
  • Type: Public land-grant research university
  • Established: February 22, 1865
  • Accreditation: SACS
  • Academic affiliations: ORAU · URA · Space-grant
  • Endowment: $2.13 billion (2023)

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