

Known as the Arizona Wildcats (often shortened to "Cats"), the UA's intercollegiate athletic teams are members of the Pac-12 Conference of the NCAA. In 2021, University of Arizona acquired Ashford University, a former for-profit college with more than 30,000 students and rebranded it as The University of Arizona Global Campus.

Rogers College of Law, and is affiliated with two academic medical centers ( Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix).

As of 2021, the university enrolled 49,471 students in 19 separate colleges/schools, including the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix and the James E. The University of Arizona is one of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". It consistently ranks in the top 40 universities nationwide in research spending over the last decade according to the National Science Foundation. The university is part of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents the 65 leading public and private research universities in North America. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. The University of Arizona ( Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The "Old Main", also known as the "University of Arizona School of Agriculture".
