University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo is the flagship public research university of the State University of New York, based in Buffalo and the suburb of Amherst, New York. It was founded in 1846 as a private medical college, joined SUNY in 1962, and is a member of the Association of American Universities. It operates three campuses: the North Campus in Amherst, the South Campus in Buffalo, and a downtown campus for medicine and health sciences.

Thirteen schools and colleges include the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Law, and the School of Architecture and Planning. Graduate students also work in public health, education, social work, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Clinical training is tied to hospitals in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus downtown.

About 32,000 students enroll, including a large graduate and professional share. International students, many from China and India, make up a substantial part of postgraduate enrollment and come from more than 100 countries. Faculty number about 1,500 tenured and tenure-track. Alumni include journalist Wolf Blitzer, astronaut Ellen S. Baker, and critic Leslie Fiedler.

Graduate study covers academic master's, professional master's, JD, MD, PharmD, DDS, and PhD programs on a U.S. semester calendar, combining coursework with studio, clinic, or dissertation work. Assistantships, fellowships, and professional-school aid are the usual funding paths. Students split time among a suburban research campus, an older South Campus, and downtown clinical buildings on Lake Erie's eastern shore.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University at Buffalo lists 207 graduate programs across 42 subjects: 114 master's programs and 77 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in education, biology and health & medical sciences. University at Buffalo holds rank 386 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.