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Study at the University of Florida University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; 352.392.3261 The University of Florida, institution of higher learning, in
Gainesville, Florida. The institution traces its roots to 1853, when the
East Florida Seminary, then in Ocala, began receiving state support; the
seminary moved to Gainesville following the Civil War. Legislation
enacted in 1905 that reorganized the state's higher-education system
established the University of the State of Florida, in Gainesville, for
men; the institution was renamed the University of Florida in 1909 and
became coeducational after World War II. Today it includes colleges of
agriculture, architecture, business administration, dentistry,
education, engineering, fine arts, health and human performance,
health-related professions, journalism and communications, law, liberal
arts and sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine;
schools of accounting, and building construction, and forest resources,
and conservation; and a graduate school. The degrees of bachelor,
master, and doctor are awarded, as are professional degrees in
dentistry, law, medicine, and veterinary medicine. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; 352.392.3261 |
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