We are Nebraska.
79,922 alumni in the state
14,821 undergraduate students from Nebraska
5,847 employees
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln serves the people of Nebraska by...
- Educating Nebraska's Workforce
- Empowering Nebraska's Citizens
- Revitalizing Nebraska's Economy
- Enhancing Nebraska's Quality of Life
- Creating Opportunities Through Research
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Extension
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension is focused on what's important to Nebraskans. We don't just want you to have knowledge. We help you turn that knowledge into "know how" - giving you the confidence, skill and understanding to make a change, achieve your objectives, improve your effectiveness or make your life better in some way.
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Excellence in Education
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a research-extensive institution with an extraordinary focus on undergraduate education. Our undergraduates learn from faculty who create new knowledge, who are leading scientists and scholars, and who care about students' success.
Research and Economic Development
The citizens of Nebraska benefit from the knowledge and research generated by UNL faculty and students. This research-based service to our state is a feature that distinguishes UNL as a land-grant university.
Research funding totaled $105.7 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 and includes all external funds awarded for university research projects. $72 million came from federal sources, including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, Department of Education and other agencies. The rest came from foundations, industry, associations and state agencies.
UNL researchers are addressing emerging challenges facing our state and nation: collaborative research to help the region adapt to a changing climate, research on energy sciences, biomedicine and genetics, enhancing teaching and learning in Nebraska schools and building stronger Nebraska families.
Better to Best
In Fall 2008, for the fifth-straight year, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made U.S. News and World Report's annual evaluation of America's Best Colleges' Top 50 list of Public National Universities. UNL is ranked near the top third of all national universities both public and private, (89th out of 264), and is tied with four other universities, including the University of Kansas and Iowa State University, as 40th out of 164 public universities in the "Top 50" list for public national universities. This places UNL among the top one-fourth of all public universities.
In the past five years, UNL has moved from 107th to 89th in the "Best National Universities" list and from 52nd to 40th in the "Public National" universities.
For 140 years, the University of Nebraska has been making Nebraska values real.
The University of Nebraska was founded in Lincoln in 1869 with the goal of the institution, as written in its charter, to "afford the inhabitants of the state the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science and the arts." UNL celebrated the 140th anniversary of its founding on Feb. 15, 2009.
