The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a 2,000 ... -acre campus in North Central Florida. The state's oldest, largest and most comprehensive university, Florida is among the nation's most academically diverse public universities and enrolls more than 50,000 students. The University of Florida has a long history of established programs in international education, research and service. In 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida as the 9th best public university in the United States. read more