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Student LifeIn the Department • At the University • In Seattle
The campus has extensive teaching and research facilities, a library system with more than four million volumes, a museum, an art gallery, two major teaching and research hospitals, theaters, and a well-equipped intramural sports facility. The University of Washington's attractive campus borders on Lake Washington and Lake Union in Seattle, one of the country's most livable cities. Seattle is located on the shores of Puget Sound, between the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. A moderate climate with warm, sunny summers and cloudy but mild winters permits a wide range of year-round water and mountain recreational activities. The region supports major league football, baseball, and basketball, and the University fields outstanding sport teams as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference |
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Between
the foothills of Mount Rainier and the shores of Puget Sound lies the
University of Washington, renowned for excellence in teaching and research.
The University of Washington is one of the leading research universities
in the nation. It is recognized for the high quality of its research and
graduate programs. Since 1975 it has ranked first among US public universities
in the amount of competitive grant and contract support received from
federal sources. The University annually enrolls more than 36,000 students
and employs 4,000 faculty members in 16 schools and colleges. 