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Most core curriculum classes, 43 majors, and 47 minors are part of the college. The university reports that more than 700 faculty members teach at least 35,000 students each year, with more than 11,000 undergraduates pursuing a degree from the college and 1,500 graduate students are also attaining graduate degrees in the college.
The UF Veterinary Hospitals include the UF Small Animal Hospital and the UF Large Animal Hospital in Gainesville, and UF Pet Emergency Treatment Services (PETS) and UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center (opening spring 2022) in Ocala. The UF Veterinary Hospitals are a major animal referral center in the Southeast.
CALS administers the degree programs of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). IFAS is a federal, state, and local government partnership dedicated to develop knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life.
The college was founded in 1910, and in 2015 was named in honor of Herbert Wertheim – a serial inventor, philanthropist and UF Distinguished Alumnus. Located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, the college is composed of nine departments , 15 degree programs, and more than 20 centers and institutes.
The college is unique in that the majors that are offered are inter-disciplinary in nature. As of 2021, there were more than 2,900 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the college. [ 2 ] In 2024, the College of Health and Human Performance generated $13.5 million in research expenditures.
Earlier in the year, the chairman of UF's Board of Trustees, Morteza Hosseini, reportedly pushed the university to hire Joseph Ladapo, a controversial doctor known for his support of DeSantis's COVID-19 policies and promotion of COVID misinformation. [54] Hosseini is a major Republican Party donor and DeSantis adviser. [54]
The university's teaching hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital, is nationally ranked in 5 specialties. [5] The ARWU ranked UF's College of Medicine 51st among schools of medicine across the globe in 2012. [6] In December 2018 Expertscape recognized it as #4 in the world for expertise in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1. [7]
The UF College of Nursing is Florida's Flagship nursing program. Established in 1956, the College of Nursing is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida main campus. The college is fully accredited, and is one of six academic colleges and schools that constitute the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center. [2]