Arizona
State University is the third largest public university in the United States. This rapidly
growing, multicampus public research university offers programs from the
baccalaureate through the doctorate for approximately 49,700 full-time and
part-time students through ASU Main
in Tempe; ASU West in northwest Phoenix;
a major educational center in downtown
Phoenix; ASU East, located at the
Williams Campus (formerly Williams Air Force Base) in southwest Mesa; and other
instructional, research, and public service sites throughout Maricopa County.
ASU is a modern university that applies its research capabilities to the rapidly
evolving needs of Maricopa County and the state.
Arizona State University’s goal is to become a world-class university in a
multicampus setting, one of the very best public universities in the USA. Its
mission is to provide outstanding programs in instruction, research, and
creative activity, to promote and support economic development, and to provide
service appropriate for the nation, the state of Arizona, and the state’s
major metropolitan area. To fulfill its mission, ASU places special emphasis on
the core disciplines and offers a full range of degree programs—baccalaureate
through doctorate. To become competitive with the very best public universities,
ASU recognizes that it must offer quality programs at all degree levels in a
broad range of fundamental fields of inquiry. ASU was awarded the prestigious Research I university status in
1994, recognizing ASU as a premier research institution.
