Arizona State University

About us

Location Tempe, United States Funding Type Public
No of Students 72000 Establishment University
Founded In 1885 Estimated Cost of Living 17000 USD
Address Admission Services Student Services Building P.O. Box 870112

ASU is the largest public university in the entire United States of America with 5 campuses and more than 1,00,000 students. The 2018 university ratings by U.S. News & World Report rank ASU No. 1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the third year in a row. ASU is the #1 public university in the U.S. chosen by international students with more than 12,000 international students from 136 nations study at ASU. Above all, we are an inclusive university that appreciates diversity.

Why?

President Barack Obama visited ASU as sitting president on May 13, 2009. 

The 2018 university ratings by U.S. News & World Report rank ASU No. 1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the third year in a row.

ASU is a NASA designated national space-grant institute and a member of the Universities Research Association.

ASU is classified as a research university with "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" designation by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.  The Center for Measuring University Performanceranked ASU 24th among top U.S. public research universities in its 2015 report

Students currently compete in 24 varsity sports; Sun Devil Athletics fields teams in 10 men's and 14 women's sports. 

The Arizona State Sun Devils are members of the Pac-12 Conference and have won 24 NCAA championships. Along with multiple athletic clubs and recreational facilities, ASU is home to more than 1,100 registered student organizations, reflecting the student body's diversity.

For its efforts as a national leader in campus sustainability, ASU was named one of the top 6 "Cool Schools" by the Sierra Club in 2016, was named to the Princeton Review 2011 "Green Honor Roll," and earned an "A-" grade on the 2011 College Sustainability Green Report Card

ASU's School of Sustainability was the first school in the United States to introduce degrees in the field of sustainability