University of Miami

                                                         
                                                      University of Miami





                          The University of Miami  is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. As of 2014, the university currently enrolls 16-774 students in 12 separate colleges including a medical school located in Miami's Civic Center neighborhood, a law school on the main campus, and a school focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences on Virginia Key, with 
     

a research facilities at the Richmond Facility in southern Miami Dede County. These colleges offer approximately 115 undergraduate, 104 master's, and 63 doctoral of which 59 are research/scholarship and 


four professional areas of study. Over the years, the University's students have represented all 50 states and close to 150 foreign countries.  With more than 14,000 full and part time faculty and staff,  University of Miami is the sixth largest employer in Miami Dada County.

Research is a component of each academic division, with University of Miami  attracting $346.6 million per year in sponsored research grants. UM offers a large library system with over 3.1 million volumes and exceptional holdings in Cuban heritage and music. also University of Miami offers a wide range of student

t activities, including fraternities and sororities, a student newspaper and radio station.University of Miami  
intercollegiate athletic teams, collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes, compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and its football team has won five national championships since 1983.

The University began in earnest in 1925 when George E. Merrick, the founder of Coral Gables, gave 160 acres  and nearly $5 million, to the effort.These contributions were land contracts and mortgages on real estate that had been sold in the city.

 The University was chartered on April 18, 1925 by the Circuit Court for Dade County. By the fall of 1926, when the first class of 372 students enrolled at UM,  the land boom had collapsed, and hopes for a speedy recovery were dashed by a major hurricane. For the next 15 years the University barely remained solvent. 

The construction of the first building on campus, now known as the Merrick Building, was left half built for over two decades due to economic difficulties.  In the meantime, classes were held at the nearby Anastasia Hotel, with partitions separating classrooms, giving the University the early nickname of "Cardboard College.

In 1929, Walsh and the other members of the Board of Regents resigned in the wake of the collapse of the Florida economy. University of Miami 's plight was so severe that students went door to door in Coral Gables collecting funds to keep it open.A reconstituted ten-member Board was chaired by University of Miami first president Bowman Foster Ashe 


The university also has a campus theater, the Jerry Herman Ring Theater, which is used for student plays and musicals.  The John C. Gifford Arboretum, a campus arboretum and botanical garden, is located on the northwest corner of the main campus in Coral Gables. The Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center is the lecture hall and gallery of the School of Architecture that displays exhibitions focusing on architecture and design.


 The new board included Merrick, Theodore Dickinson, E.B. Douglas, David Fair child, James H. Gil man, Richardson Saunders, Frank B. Shuts, Joseph H. Adams, and J. C. Penney. In 1930, several faculty members and more than 60 students came to when the University of Havana closed due to political unrest.  University of Miami  filed for bankruptcy in 1932. In July 1934, the University of Miami was reincorporated 

and a Board of Trustees replaced the Board of Regents. By 1940, community leaders were replacing faculty and administration as trustees.  The University survived this early turmoil. During Ash's presidency, the University added the School of Law  the School of Business Administration  the School of Education   the Graduate School  the Marine Laboratory the School of Engineering   and the School of Medicine .



University of Miami 's main campus spans 260 acres  in Coral Gables, located immediately south of the city of Miami. Most of the University of Miami's academic programs are located on the main campus in Coral Gables, which houses seven schools and two colleges including the University of Miami School of Law. The campus has over 5,900,000 sq ft  of building space valued at over $657 million.






The Coral Gables campus is served by the Miami Metro rail at the University Station.The Metro connects UM to Downtown Miami, Brick ell, Coconut Grove, and other Miami neighborhoods. The UM campus is about a 15-minute train ride from Downtown and Brick ell. The Hurry 'Canes shuttle bus service operates

 two routes on campus   and weekend routes to various off-campus stores and facilities during the school year; an additional shuttle route provides service to the RS MAS campus on Virginia Key and Visayans Station. Miami also has a Zip car service. There is also a lake named "Lake Osceola" in the center of campus. It holds a large fountain, which serves as a landmark to many university students.