University of Miami
| Motto | Magna est veritas (Latin) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | "Great is the truth" |
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | April 8, 1925 |
| Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $1.71 billion (2025) |
| Budget | $6.6 billion (2026) |
| President | Joe Echevarria |
| Provost | Joel Samuels |
Academic staff | 3,695 (fall 2025) |
Administrative staff | 18,003 (fall 2025) |
| Students | 20,104 (fall 2025) |
| Undergraduates | 13,241 (fall 2025) |
| Postgraduates | 6,863 (fall 2025) |
| Location | , Florida , United States 25°43′18″N 80°16′45″W / 25.7216°N 80.2793°W |
| Campus | Small city, 453 acres (1.83 km2) (total) |
| Newspaper | The Miami Hurricane |
| Colors | Orange, white and green |
| Nickname | Hurricanes |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Sebastian the Ibis |
| Website | miami |
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. As of 2025, the university enrolled 20,104 students in two colleges and eight schools across over 350 academic majors and programs, including the Miller School of Medicine in Miami's Health District, the law school on the main campus, the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science on Virginia Key, and additional research facilities in southern Miami-Dade County.
The University of Miami offers 154 undergraduate, 150 master's, and 70 doctoral degree programs. With over 21,000 faculty and staff as of 2025, the University of Miami is the second-largest employer in Miami-Dade County. The university's main campus in Coral Gables spans 240 acres (0.97 km2), has over 5,700,000 square feet (530,000 m2) of buildings, and is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of downtown Miami, the heart of the nation's sixth-largest and world's 70th-largest metropolitan area. As of 2025, the university had annual research expenditures of $520 million.
As of 2025, the University of Miami has 240,769 alumni from all 50 states and 174 foreign nations. University of Miami faculty include a number of notable academics across nearly all disciplines, including four Nobel Prize recipients. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).
The University of Miami's intercollegiate athletic teams are collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes and compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Its football team has won five national championships since 1983, and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982.