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		UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Established since 1798

Founded in 1798, the University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a state supported public research university located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. As the first city-owned public university in the United States, the University is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University, with a current enrolment of more than 21,000 students from over 50 U.S. states and 116 countries around the world. Students at University of Louisville are presented a wide range of study options - more than 170 fields in 11 schools and colleges.

Among many other accolades, University of Louisville boasts a College of Business that is ranked among the Top 50 business schools among public, state universities, placing it in the top 7 percent of all U.S. business schools. The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) has also named the college its 2010 National Model PhD Entrepreneurship Program award winner. Many of its programs are ranked among the world's best by leading international publications such as US News & World Report, BusinessWeek, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, CEO magazine, Fortune Small Business Magazine and the Women 3.0 Magazine.

World Class Research Status

With more than 30 US nationally recognized academic programs, a fast growing research capacity and devoted top notch world class faculty, the University of Louisville (U of L) is also one of the fastest-growing research institutions in the United States, yielding many milestone discoveries. Among other things, U of L faculty conducted the world's first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery, developed the world's first effective cervical cancer vaccine, conducted the world's first FDA-approved clinical trial using adult cardiac stem cells to treat heart disease and completed the nation's first successful hand transplant and the development of the Pap smear test. U of L is also credited with the first civilian ambulance, the nation's first accident services, now known as an emergency room (ER), and one of the first blood banks in the US.

The Thinker. The Real Deal

Art lover Arthur Hopkins, which bought it for the city of Louisville. The city decided to put The Thinker at UofL. He has sat in front of Grawemeyer Hall since 1949.

Rodin's Thinker goes way back.

Many art historians consider The Thinker to be the most famous sculpture in the world. The origins of The Thinker date to 1880 when the French government commissioned Rodin to create a gate for a planned museum in Paris. He found inspiration in Michelangelo's depiction of Hell in the Sistine Chapel paintings and in Dante's epic poem "The Inferno" and created a prototype for a massive gate he called The Gates of Hell. A man he called The Poet sat atop the gate, contemplating the condemned souls below. Rodin refined the design over the next 20 years, even though Paris never built the museum.

 

Rankings & Accolades

Students at the University of Louisville (U of L) College of Business experience programs ranked among the finest in the United States by leading publishing, business and academic organizations.

• The U of L College of Business was ranked in the Top 50 business schools among public, state universities, placing it in the top 7 percent of all U.S. business schools.
• The U of L College of Business is named as one of "America's Best Graduate Schools" in its 2010 rankings.
• The U of L College of Business is ranked in the top 7% of all business programs in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report 2006-2008.

U of L's part time MBA program is ranked #6 regionally and #34 nationlly by BusinessWeek 2009 rankings, in front of other notable business school such as SUNY Buffalo which is ranked #8 Regionally and #69 Nationally

Source: http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/ptmba_rankings_2009/

U of L College of Business is named by Princeton Review 2009 as one of the "Best 296 Business Schools."

 

 

The University of Louisville Entrepreneurship MBA is ranked #16 in United States by the Princeton Review / Entrepreneur Magazine 2009.

The University of Louisville Entrepreneurship MBA program is ranked #7 among public university programs in entrepreneurship and #3 among programs in the South by the Princeton Review / Entrepreneur Magazine 2009.

UofL College of Business MBA program is ranked as one of the Top 25 North American / Global programs by CEO, a leading international journal for business executives.

 

 

In its 2008 list of America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs, Fortune Small Business Magazine ranked the UofL program among its Top 26

 

 

France-based EdUniversal named the U of L College of Business one of the most important business schools in the world for 2008.

 

 

U of L's Panama MBA program is rated among the Top 20 in Latin America and one of the Top 2 MBA programs in Central America by Latin Trade Magazine, the largest business magazine in Latin America.

 

 

Women 3.0 magazine named the UofL Graduate Entrepreneurship Program among its Top 50 in 2008.

 

 

Named the 2010 National Model PhD Entrepreneurship Program by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)