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The University
The University of New Orleans (UNO) was established by the Louisiana
Legislature in 1956 to bring public-supported higher education
to the state’s largest urban community. The Board of Supervisors of
the Louisiana State University acquired a 195-acre site on the southern
shore of Lake Pontchartrain within the City of New Orleans. A number
of the buildings remaining on the property from its prior use as a
United States Navy air station were renovated for academic purposes
during the winter and spring of 1958. In September 1958, Louisiana
State University in New Orleans, which was renamed the University of
New Orleans in 1974, opened to nearly 1,500 freshman students, more
than twice the number anticipated. Only a freshman curriculum was
offered the first year. In succeeding years, additional levels of curricula
were developed and offered so that by 1962 the University was
operating as a full four-year, degree-granting institution. Programs
of study are now offered through six academic undergraduate colleges:
Business Administration, Education and Human Development,
Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences – in addition to the Graduate
School. Educational extension, professional development, and international
education activities (including credit and non-credit courses)
are offered through Metropolitan College.
As a member of the Louisiana State University System, UNO has
grown to become a comprehensive urban university that provides
academic support for the further enhancement of the educational,
economic, cultural, and social well-being of the culturally rich and
diverse New Orleans metropolitan area. To that end, the University’s
community involvement has developed mutually beneficial
affiliations with public and private bodies whose goals are consistent
with and supportive of the University’s teaching, research, and community
service role. The University promotes both technological and
academic engagements that connect the institution, its faculty, and its
students to the community. Such affiliations with public schools, other
local universities, governments, foundations, businesses, and civic
groups enrich opportunities for learning and creative discovery, while
enhancing opportunities for career and community growth. Graduate
study and research are also integral to the University’s purpose. Doctoral
programs focus on fields of study in which UNO has the ability
to achieve national competitiveness and/or respond to specific state
and regional needs.
UNO is a selective admissions university* serving approximately
12,500 students, of whom nearly three-fourths are undergraduates,
and a fourth are graduate students in both Master’s and Doctoral
programs. UNO offers more than one hundred degree programs to
a student body that is broadly representative of local, national, and
international diversity. The University serves students of traditional
age and also older students whose experience and motivation prepare
them for programs of study leading to degrees as well as to professional
and personal advancement.
*UNO is classified as a Southern Regional Education Board Four-
Year II institution, as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Intensive University,
and as a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Level VI
institution.
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