Hayes Hall on the South Campus, where UB architecture students dream up tomorrow's models for building and living.
UB is the premier public research university in the northeastern United States and the largest and most comprehensive campus in the 64-campus SUNY system. We’re an established leader and are consistently recognized by top university guides and publications for our excellent value and high-quality academics.
The bronze buffalo in front of the Center for the Arts, North Campus
High four-year graduation rate, low average student debt at graduation, abundant financial aid, a low sticker price and overall great value.
—Kiplinger’s
Stellar academics and for all it is doing to make college affordable, especially for applicants with need in these tough economic times.
—The Princeton Review “Best Value Colleges”
We also offer some of the country’s strongest graduate and professional degree programs, recognized as among the top-tier schools for quality of programs and research, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools”:
Medical student Isidore Dinga Madou conducts research in the Physiology and Biophysics Lab in the Biomedical Research Building.
Our students are eager to learn and get involved on campus, and they go on to do amazing things. Whether they are conducting climate research in Greenland, performing street theater in Prague or teaching English to refugees, UB students are engaged citizens whose collaborative learning experiences resonate far beyond the classroom. They consistently win prestigious scholarships and fellowships, such as the Truman, Fulbright, Marshall and Goldwater.
Paras Prasad, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry
Our faculty have been recognized as the best teachers and top innovators in the world, winning such prestigious awards as the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Medal of Science, the National Medal of Technology, the MacArthur Foundation “genius award” and the Guggenheim Fellowship, among others.
Li Yanhong (Robin Li), co-founder of Chinese search engine Baidu.com
More than 280,000 UB alumni are making a difference in every state and 150 countries around the world. Among our celebrated graduates are: