Established 1910 Academic affiliation University of Florida Undergraduates 12,000 Total enrollment 14,000 (2010) Dean Paul D'Anieri | Type Liberal arts college Students 14,000 Dean Dave Richardson Founded 1910 Parent organization University of Florida | |
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Location Gainesville, Florida,
United States Headquarters Gainesville, Florida, United States Similar University of Florida, University of California, University of Colorado, Villanova University, Wayne State University Profiles | ||
The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the college for the liberal arts and sciences of the University of Florida, and the largest of the university's 16 academic colleges. Most core curriculum classes and 42 majors and 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 12,000 undergraduates pursuing a degree from the college and 2,000 graduate students are also attaining graduate degrees in the college.
The college faculty have received a variety of national and international awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim Fellowships, Senior Fulbright Awards, National Science Foundation Fellowships, Presidential Young Investigator Awards and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. They hold memberships in the National Academy of Science, the Nobel Prize Committee, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh.[3]
CLAS students have numerous scholarships and awards for their academic performance. During the past several years, CLAS students have been recognized as a Rhodes Scholar, Barry Goldwater Scholars, Harry Truman Scholars, and James Madison Scholars.