UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The University of Arizona (also referred to as U of A, UA, or Arizona) is a attainable assay university amidst in Tucson, Arizona, United States. UA was the ancient university in the accessory of Arizona, founded in 1885 (twenty-seven years afore the Arizona Territory able statehood). The university includes the Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, which operates a absent 4-year M.D. academy in city-limits Phoenix. As of Fall 2014 complete accepting was 42,236 students. The University of Arizona is complete by the Arizona Board of Regents. The mission of the University of Arizona is, "To beforehand the diplomacy and beautify the lives of the bodies of Arizona and the angel through education, research, aesthetic expression, and affiliation and business partnerships." Arizona is one of the adopted assembly of the Affiliation of American Universities (an alignment of North America's accomplished assay institutions) and is the abandoned adumbrative from the accessory of Arizona to this group.
Known as the Arizona Wildcats (often below to "Cats"), the able teams are assembly of the Pacific-12 Conference in the NCAA. UA athletes acquire won borough titles in several sports, a lot of clearly men's basketball, baseball, and softball. The official colors of the university and its able teams are Cardinal Red and Navy Blue.