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University of Wyoming
Graduation. UW Photo

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The University of Wyoming is the only provider of baccalaureate and graduate education in a state of some one-half million people and 98,000 square miles.
 

Aerial photograph of campus

Photo: Jim Havey, Havey Productions
Group of students
 
Art class students.
 

Combining major-university benefits and small-school advantages, we offer our students a truly unique and quality educational experience. UW stands at the forefront in the exploration of emerging technologies and concepts, giving our students the types of hands-on involvement and one-on-one attention rarely found at other colleges and universities. And we also continue to be recognized nationally as one of the best values in higher education.
 

UW opened on September 6, 1887, with one building, five professors, two tutors, and 42 students, who studied philosophy, arts, literature, and sciences. Today, we provide our 13,000 students more than 180 programs of study at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels; an outstanding faculty; and world-class research facilities —all set against the idyllic backdrop of southeastern Wyoming’s rugged mountains and high plains.
 

Our main campus is located in Laramie, approximately two hours north of Denver. The university also maintains the UW/Casper College Center, nine outreach education centers across Wyoming, and Cooperative Extension Service centers in each of the state’s 23 counties and on the Wind River Indian Reservation.