Comprehensive Over 100 disciplines

Land-grant, sea-grant, space grant Outreach mission

Member AAU Premier U.S. research institutions

Focused on research & graduate education

Highly ranked Among top 15 U.S. publics

Preparing the state’s next generation of leaders

Cost effective & efficient 82% 6-year graduation rate

$574M grants & contracts

Graduated over 9200undergrads in FY 09-10

Aims to strengthen its standing among U.S. publics

Increasingly a driver of Florida economic development - through grants & contracts; development & transfer of intellectual property; collaborations with private enterprise

A leader in innovative multidisciplinary approaches to the grand challenges we face

Access: through growth of distance education Health Care: through Clinical & Translational

Sciences Inst., Inst. On Aging, Emerging Pathogens Inst., Cancer & Genetics Inst., McKnight Brain Inst.

Energy & Sustainability: through Nanosciences Inst., Florida Inst. For Sustainable Energy, Cellulosic Biomass Ethanol

Tech Transfer & Economic Development: through Office of Technology & Licensing and Innovation Hub; Entrepreneurship

Uniquely equipped to tackle grand challenges requiring contributions of many disciplines• Cancer & Genetics, Neuroscience, Aging, Nanotechnology, Emerging

Pathogens, Sustainability, Energy, Climate Change, Water

Renew the undergraduate experience• Provide a UF experience through common Gen Ed courses, such as new

humanities course• Create Undergraduate Office of Research to provide research experiences• Integrated teaching of science & mathematics through HHMI Science for

Life Program• Creative B summer program to invigorate educational & cultural aspects of

summer B• Creation of undergraduate major in biomedical engineering

Expand access, primarily through distance education• Currently over 52 degree programs available through distance education,

mostly graduate level• Plan substantial expansion at undergraduate level through services of external

distance ed provider• UF degree programs on state college campuses (currently two degree

programs in operation on SFC; discussions underway with Edison State College and Miami-Dade College)

• Double size of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine class from current 88 to 160 over next four years

Continue to improve graduation rate• 6-year rate currently 82%. Will improve incrementally

Integrate operations of Medical School and Shands Teaching Hospital

Spur economic development• Research & Development• CTSI• Innovation Hub

Invest in faculty• Maintain strength in research/economic development• Improve student/faculty ratio

Invest in cutting-edge fields• Biomedical engineering• Computational biology ?

Engage with the world outside Florida• Offer students opportunity to experience different cultures and modes of

business• Modest outposts abroad: Paris, Beijing• Exploring possibility of additional outposts – South Korea?• Increase international enrollment

Because of several large undergraduate classes admitted 4-6 years ago, UF is graduating historically high numbers of undergrads. On-campus undergrad degree production will return to sustainable level consistent with state budget, campus infrastructure and student-faculty ratio

Graduate degree production will maintain and increase slowly, consistent with UF focus

Committed to growing professional education• Granted over 1100 professional degrees in

09-10• Are expanding entering DVM class from 88

to approx 160 (over 4 years)

Access to degrees thru distance ed will increase. In 08-09, UF awarded nearly 900 such degrees, mostly at grad/professional levels. Access for undergrads will increase.

• Family, Youth & Community Sciences (R)• Public Health (BR)• Occupational Therapy(R)• Biology (MR) – will replace separate degrees• Genetics Counseling (M) • African American Studies (B)• Digital Health & Wellness (M)• Biomedical Engineering (B)

We hope for a stable state budgetWe hope for a stable state budget UF will become increasingly entrepreneurial UF will become increasingly entrepreneurial Restoration of state matching programs Restoration of state matching programs

should be a priorityshould be a priority UF will rely on:UF will rely on:• Differential tuitionDifferential tuition• Authority granted recently by Legislature to: Authority granted recently by Legislature to:

block tuition, implement fees, charge market block tuition, implement fees, charge market ratesrates

• Self-funded mechanismsSelf-funded mechanisms• Increased nonresident tuition Increased nonresident tuition

UF proposes to increase differential UF proposes to increase differential tuition by 7%tuition by 7%

To be used to fund faculty/advisers To be used to fund faculty/advisers to provide instruction/advising and to provide instruction/advising and improve student-faculty ratioimprove student-faculty ratio

Equivalent of 30% to be used for Equivalent of 30% to be used for need-based student aid will be need-based student aid will be provided from other sources ?provided from other sources ?