The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public university set on a 1,381-acre campus in the state¡¯s most populous city, Jacksonville.
UNF is made up of six colleges: health; business; arts and sciences; computing, engineering and construction; education and human services; and Hicks Honors College. There are 17,000 students enrolled, with 80 per cent of those undergraduates. The university has a student-to-faculty ration of around 19 to one.
One of the university¡¯s main draws is its huge campus, which is surrounded by miles of woodland nature trails, as well as various ponds, wetlands and lakes. Because of the size of the campus, a shuttle service runs that ferries students, faculty members and visitors from point-to-point. The campus is about a 15-minute drive away from central Jacksonville.
The university¡¯s athletics teams, known as the Ospreys, compete in the top national division for students. The team¡¯s mascot, an osprey known as Ozzie, regularly makes appearances at games. Including the sports teams, there are over 200 clubs and organisations that students can join at UNF.
Facilities on campus include a student wellness complex, a $50.4 million student union building and six residence halls. UNF¡¯s 128,000 square foot Fine Arts Center features a 1,300-seat performance hall, with two additional theatres located nearby. The university also owns and operates the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Jacksonville.
UNF has study abroad programmes organised with a number of institutions worldwide, including Cardiff University in the UK and the University of Malaga in Spain.
