UNM

The University of New Mexico (UNM) offers hundreds of programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. As a Class I Research University, UNM:

• offers a full range of baccalaureate programs
• is committed to graduate education through the doctoral degree
• gives high priority to support research
• receives at least $40 million annually in federal support
• awards at least 50 PhD degrees each year.

UNM, which was founded in 1889, is located in Albuquerque with campuses throughout the state. The university:

• offers 210 certificate and degree programs, with 93 bachelor's degrees, 68 master's degrees and 37 doctoral programs
• has 11 degree-granting schools and colleges
• had 30,449 students at all of its campuses in 2007, of which about 5,714 were in graduate and professional schools
• has about 1900 teaching faculty, and include a Nobel Laureate, two MacArthur Fellows and several members of the national academies
• offers certificate and degree programs through the continuing education program at the main campus and branches in Los Lunas-Valencia, Santa Fe and Rio Rancho, as well as other non-Metro locations around the state
• in 2007, UNM will begin offering its four-year bachelor of science in nursing degree at the Los Lunas-Valencia campus

• has branch enrollment of nearly 40,000 additional students annually
• has two programs - rural medicine and family medicine that were ranked in the top ten by U.S. News & World Report in 2006
• was ranked among the top 25 colleges and universities for Latinos by Hispanic Magazine in 2004
• received more than $926 million for contracts and grants in 2004 in support of research, public service, and instruction projects
• plans to build a new campus in Rio Rancho in the coming decade.
  

UNM gives high priority to research funding. In late 2006, the UNM Foundation earmarked $600,000 for a new endowment that will provide grants for scientists to mold emerging technologies into products that can attract investors. UNM's technology transfer arm, the Science Technology Corp will work with the foundation to raise about $2M for the endowment, with a goal of eventually funding 10 to 15 projects annually. STC has forged strong ties with the Anderson School of Management and research oriented colleges in fields such as engineering and life sciences to work together to identify and promote marketable technology. Notably:

• number of licenses granted by UNM to companies has tripled from 9 to 30 in the last three years
• disclosure of new technologies doubled from 46 to 96
• number of patent applications filed tripled from 20 to 62

Among UNM's outstanding research units are:

• Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
• Center for High Technology Materials
• High Performance Computing Education & Research Center
• Center for Micro-Engineered Materials
• Latin American Institute