School Overview

The University of Kentucky is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University), the largest college or university in the state.The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 120 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and seven professional programs.