
Just touring around U of W. The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as The U or UW (usually pronounced "U-Dub"), it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast. The UW maintains three locations, with its flagship campus in Seattle's University District and branch campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. Its operating budget for fiscal year 2005 was $3.1 billion.[3] The university is known as a Public Ivy, an American term for state-funded institutions of higher learning that "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price." Many of the UW's programs are ranked in the top ten by US News and World Report including #1 rankings for both the UW School of Medicine (primary care) and nursing school.[20] UW's rank for medical research has recently moved up from seventh in 2007 (along with Stanford) to sixth in 2008.[21] UW Medicine received $573.2 million in grants from National Institutes of Health in the fiscal year of 2006, second highest among all universities in the US. By 2006, UW School of Medicine has overall been ranked #1 for 14 consecutive years by US News. UW is also the only medical school in the nation that ranked in the top 10 for all eight specialties.[22] The UW School of Nursing has been ranked #1 in the nation since 1984, when the first survey of nursing schools was <b>...</b>
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