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The University of
Idaho is a Doctoral/
Research University-
Extensive, the second
highest of nine Carnegie
Foundation rankings.
The university houses
nationally recognized interdisciplinary
research
institutes and centers
in which faculty and
student teams focus
on specific research
problems of state, regional and national interest. Internal core support research facilities are available for faculty to
utilize in their research projects. Many colleges and individual laboratories also have developed recognized research
programs.
Idaho science and engineering research faculty also are located in Idaho Falls, Boise and Post Falls. Additionally,
the faculty of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station (IAES) perform agricultural research on campus and at
statewide research and extension centers in direct support of Idaho’s agricultural communities. Other IAES faculty
are present at Idaho experimental farms located across the state. The experiment station faculty also have strong
research collaborations and share facilities with colleagues in the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen,
Boise, Dubois and Kimberly.
Idaho is the lead institution of the Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA), an academic research consortium
composed of University of Idaho, Washington State University, Idaho State University, University of Utah, Montana State
University, Boise State University, Idaho State University and University of
Montana. INRA facilitates the leveraging of new research and educational
partnerships between the member institutions and the private sector,
federal agencies and federal laboratories. INRA is currently partnering with
Bechtel, Babcock-Wilcox Idaho
(BBWI), in operating the
Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental Laboratory
near Idaho Falls.
The University of Idaho
is a doctoral-research
extensive land-grant institution,
with the principal
responsibility for research
and the granting of the
Ph.D. degree in Idaho.
Programs
Idaho offers more than
140 undergraduate degree
programs, from agribusiness
to virtual technology
and design.
Idaho awards bachelor’s,
master’s, Ph.D., juris
doctorate and specialists
degrees. Certificates of
completion are offered in
16 areas of study.
Colleges
Agricultural and Life Sciences
Art and Architecture
Business and Economics
Education
Engineering
Graduate Studies
Law
Letters, Arts and Social
Sciences
Natural Resources
Science
The world can be
the classroom for
Idaho students and
their instructors.
• The University’s National Institute
for Advanced Transportation
Technology is ranked among
the top transportation research
centers in the nation. It is one
of 10 centers to receive honors
from the U.S. Department of
Transportation and the Research
and Innovative Technology Administration
for finding innovative
solutions to immediate and
long-range transportation challenges
through research, education
and technology transfer.
• Idaho ranked 65th in the
Washington Monthly College
Rankings -- the highest in the
inland Northwest. The publication
looked at indicators to see
how much a school is benefiting
the country. At Idaho, we undertake
vital research that drives the
economy. We shape the thoughts
and ethics of young people who
will soon lead the state and
the country. We help Americans
who are poor to become
Americans who will prosper.
• The University of Idaho has
been selected to join the prestigious
Institute for Information
Infrastructure Protection, a consortium
of approximately two
dozen leading national cyber
security institutions. Idaho joins
with researchers at Stanford,
UC-Berkeley, Cornell, Carnegie
Mellon and MIT, to work toward
identifying and addressing critical
research problems in information
infrastructure protection.
• The Operation Education
Scholarship program is the first
of its kind in the nation. The
scholarship is available to veterans
severely and permanently
wounded as a result of service
since Sept. 11, 2001. The spouses
of wounded veterans also
are eligible for the scholarship.
• Three New Millennium Program
ST5 micro-satellites were
successfully launched into
space in March 2006. Incorporated
on-board those satellites
are University of Idaho Center
for Advanced Microelectronics
and Bimolecular Research’s
(CAMBR) radiation-tolerant computer
chips. The chips may see
action in future near-earth and
deep-space missions, as well as
in applications closer to home.
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