University of Nevada Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 8914

The University of Nevada Las Vegas is located in one of the country's fastest-growing cities and offers more than 220 undergraduate, Master's, and doctoral degree programs. UNLV is known for its programs in History, engineering, Environmental Studies, Hotel Administration, fine arts, and Management Information Systems.

The Atlantic Monthly recognized UNLV's English department as having one of the nation's most innovative MFA programs and one of the top five doctoral programs in creative writing. The University of Nevada Las Vegas is also well known for its research efforts and receives approximately $74.8 million supporting research funding. UNLV also has an excellent international program and it opened its first international campus in Singapore.

UNLV's 17 intramural sports teams are also very successful in their own fields. Nicknamed the "Rebels" or "Lady Rebels", UNLV's teams have won several prestigious competitions. In addition to sports, the University of Nevada Las Vegas's has active student life on campus including an extensive performing arts center which includes the Judy Bayley Theater, Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, etc.

Quick Facts:

U.S. Senator John Ensign and Charles Gugino is a UNLV alumnus.

UNLV has eight housing complexes.

A new 135,000-square-foot student Union and a new 188,000-square-foot recreation center were both completed in 2007.

UNLV houses and manages the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment, a supercomputer facility sponsored by the National Science Foundation.






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