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The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea grant major research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. The University of Florida was founded in 1853, and is a Public Ivy. The University of Florida is the second-largest university in the United States, with 51,913 students as of fall 2007. It is the largest comprehensive university in the state of Florida and has one of the largest budgets in the United States nearly $4.377 billion per year. UF is home to 17 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. As of the 2007-2008 academic year, UF ranked twelfth among all institutions in the number of new National Merit Scholar students enrolled. Researchers at the University of Florida developed the famous sports drink Gatorade. The University of Florida offers many graduate programs—including engineering, law and... full article at wikipedia

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