The University of Pittsburgh (known as “Pitt”) is a member of the Association of American Universities. The university’s flagship campus in Pittsburgh itself has more than 100 buildings on 132 acres of land.
At the center of the Pitt main campus lies the Cathedral of Learning, a 42-story Gothic-style tower that is also the tallest university building in the Western Hemisphere. Almost 5,000 faculty train roughly 29,000 pupils, including over 10,000 graduate students. The school’s classrooms enjoy an impressive 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
Pitt has a long list of scientific accomplishments to its credit. Its research is responsible for the polio vaccine, synthetic insulin, the world’s first double transplant operation, and discovery of the most distant known galaxy.
The university has also benefited greatly from a close relationship with the Pittsburgh Medical Center, and stands in close proximity to the internationally renowned Carnegie Mellon University.
Pitt has an annual operating budget of $2 billion, of which $900 million is dedicated to research.
