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{{Short description|Public university in Iowa City, Iowa, US}}
{{Redirect|State University of Iowa|text=Not to be confused with [[Iowa State University]]}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Iowa
 | image                  = University of Iowa seal.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | other_name             = State University of Iowa
 | established            = {{Start date and age|February 25, 1847}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = $3.3 billion (system-wide, 2023)<ref>As of June 30, 2021. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2023/Public-NCSE-Tables |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY22 to FY23 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215131515/https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2023/Public-NCSE-Tables |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | president              = [[Barbara J. Wilson]]<ref name="Administration">{{cite web |title=Administration: The University of Iowa |url=https://uiowa.edu/homepage/administration |website=uiowa.edu |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801214809/https://uiowa.edu/homepage/administration |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | provost                = Kevin Kregel<ref name="Administration" />
 | administrative_staff   = 2,296
 | students               = 31,563 (fall 2025)<ref>{{cite web|title=See 2025 enrollment for Iowa, ISU and UNI|url=http://uiowa.edu/about-iowa|publisher=Des Moines Register|access-date=September 17, 2025|archive-date=September 17, 2025|archive-url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2025/09/12/iowa-enrollment-regents-universities-fall-2025-iowa-isu-uni/86097327007/}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 23,407  (fall 2025)
 | postgrad               = 6,269 (fall 2025)
 | other                  = 1,877 (fall 2025)
 | city                   = [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]]
 | state                  = [[Iowa]]
 | country                = United States
 | coor                   = {{coord|41|39|42|N|91|32|11|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Small city<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Iowa&s=all&pg=2&id=153658|title=College Navigator - University of Iowa|website=nces.ed.gov|access-date=November 7, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107125439/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Iowa&s=all&pg=2&id=153658|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|1880|acre|km2}}
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''[[The Daily Iowan]]''
 | accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
 | free_label             = Other campuses
 | free                   = {{hlist|[[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]]|[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]|[[Oakdale, Iowa|Oakdale]]}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
 | colors                 = {{unbulleted list |Black and old gold<br>(official)<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Color |url=https://oniowa.uiowa.edu/content/traditions-0| website=Hawkeye Traditions |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref><br>{{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#CEB888}}|Black and gold<br>(branding)<ref>{{cite web |title=Branding Color |url=https://brand.uiowa.edu/color |website=University of Iowa Brand Manual |access-date=October 18, 2021}}</ref><br>{{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFCD00}}}}
 | nickname               = [[Iowa Hawkeyes|Hawkeyes]]
 | mascot                 = [[Herky the Hawk]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist
|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]
|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]
|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
}}
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | logo                   = Image:University of Iowa wordmark.svg
 | logo_upright           = 1.1
 | parent                 = [[Iowa Board of Regents]]
}}

The '''University of Iowa''' ('''U of I''', '''UIowa''', or '''Iowa'''<ref name="University of Iowa">{{cite web|title=University of Iowa|url=http://www.uiowa.edu|access-date=January 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029090249/http://www.uiowa.edu/|archive-date=October 29, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>) is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa]], United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and 7 professional degrees.<ref name="University of Iowa"/>

On an urban 1,880-acre campus on the banks of the [[Iowa River]], the University of Iowa is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153658 |title=Carnegie classification |website=Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education |publisher=Indiana University |access-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926142903/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153658 |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In fiscal year 2021, research expenditures at Iowa totaled $818 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://research.uiowa.edu/impact/news/ui-research-funding-sets-new-record-fy2021|title=Iowa R&D|website=uiowa.edu|language=en|access-date=March 23, 2022|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321234745/https://research.uiowa.edu/impact/news/ui-research-funding-sets-new-record-fy2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The university was the original developer of the [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree, and it operates the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], whose alumni include 17 of the university's 46 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iowalum.com/pulitzerPrize/ |title=UI Pulitzer Prize Winners |website=University of Iowa Center for Advancement |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701104624/http://www.iowalum.com/pulitzerPrize/ |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/archives/faq/faqfirsts.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.lib.uiowa.edu |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104175035/http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/archives/faq/faqfirsts.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Iowa is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] and the [[Universities Research Association]].

Among public universities in the United States, UI was the first to become [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] and host a department of religious studies; it also opened the first coeducational [[Carver College of Medicine|medical school]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Resource Guide to University Firsts|url=http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/archives/faq/faqfirsts/|website=University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections|publisher=University of Iowa|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929001004/http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/archives/faq/faqfirsts/|archive-date=September 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The University of Iowa's 32,000 students take part in nearly 500 student organizations.<ref>{{cite web|title=About OrgSynce|url=http://uiowa.orgsync.com/|website=OrgSync|publisher=University of Iowa|access-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920210029/http://uiowa.orgsync.com/|archive-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Iowa's 22 varsity athletic teams, the [[Iowa Hawkeyes]], compete in [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] of the [[NCAA]] and are members of the [[Big Ten Conference]]. The [[List of University of Iowa alumni|University of Iowa alumni network]] exceeds 250,000 graduates.

==History==

===Founding and early history===
[[File:Iowa_old_capitol_1855.jpg|thumb|right|[[Iowa Old Capitol Building]], Iowa City, 1855]]

The University of Iowa was founded on February 25, 1847, just 59 days after Iowa was admitted to the [[United States|Union]]. The Constitution of the State of Iowa refers to a State University to be established in Iowa City "without branches at any other place."<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCartney|first1=David|title=University Archivist|url=http://spectator.uiowa.edu/2010/december/oldgold.html|publisher=The University of Iowa Spectator|access-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602221535/http://spectator.uiowa.edu/2010/december/oldgold.html|archive-date=June 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The legal name of the university is the '''State University of Iowa''' (frequently abbreviated as '''SUI'''), but the [[Iowa Board of Regents|Board of Regents]] approved using "The University of Iowa" for everyday usage in October 1964.<ref>Board of Regents minutes, October 21–24, 1964, pages 170-171</ref>

The first faculty offered instruction at the university beginning in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, located where the student recreational area east of Van Allen Hall is now.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Grace |title=Demolished Seashore Hall to be new green space by September |url=https://dailyiowan.com/2021/03/18/demolished-seashore-hall-to-be-new-green-space-by-september/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=The Daily Iowan}}</ref> In September 1855, there were 124 students, of whom forty-one were women. The 1856–57 catalog listed nine departments offering [[Classical language|ancient languages]], modern languages, intellectual [[philosophy]], [[moral philosophy]], [[history]], [[natural history]], [[mathematics]], [[natural philosophy]], and [[chemistry]]. The first president of the university was [[Amos Dean]].

The original campus consisted of the [[Iowa Old Capitol Building]] and the {{convert|10|acre|m2}} (4.05 hectares) of land on which it stood. Following the placing of the cornerstone July 4, 1840, the building housed the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the [[Territory of Iowa]] (December 5, 1842) and then became the first capitol building of the State of Iowa on December 28, 1846. Until that date, it had been the third capitol of the Territory of Iowa. When the capital of Iowa was moved to [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] in 1857, the Old Capitol became the first permanent "home" of the university.

In 1855, the university became the first public university in the United States to [[list of mixed-sex colleges and universities in the United States|admit men and women on an equal basis]].<ref name="Roch">{{cite web |last=May |first=A.J. |title=University of Rochester History |url=http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=2319 |access-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-date=December 14, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214181209/http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=2319 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Iowa was the world's first university to accept creative work in theater, writing, music, and art on an equal basis with academic research.<ref name="University of Iowa Firsts">{{cite web | title=University of Iowa Firsts| url=http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/UI-firsts/index.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515022742/http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/UI-firsts/index.htm| archive-date=May 15, 2006}}</ref>

The university was one of the first institutions in America to grant a law degree to a woman ([[Mary B. Hickey Wilkinson]], 1873), to grant a law degree to an African American ([[Alexander Clark|Alexander G. Clark, Jr.]] in 1879), and to put an African American on a varsity athletic squad ([[Frank Holbrook]] in 1895). The university awarded its first [[doctorate]] in 1898.<ref name="University of Iowa Firsts"/>

===20th century–present===
[[File:Schaeffer Hall.jpg|thumb|Schaeffer Hall, location of the [[University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|College of Liberal Arts and Sciences]]]]
[[File:Old Capitol Iowa City 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Old Capitol Museum]]

The University of Iowa established the first law school and dental school<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Iowa 'University of Iowa' in "Britannica" (britannica.com)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315031630/https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Iowa |date=March 15, 2023 }}{{Retrieved|access-date=April 16, 2023}}</ref> west of the [[Mississippi River]]. It was the first university to use radio (later television, too) in education, in 1932, and it pioneered in the field of [[standardized testing]].<ref>{{Cite news | title=About Iowa – The University of Iowa| url=http://www.uiowa.edu/homepage/about-UI/index.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407024607/http://www.uiowa.edu/homepage/about-UI/index.html| archive-date=April 7, 2005}}</ref> Also, the University of Iowa was the first Big Ten institution to promote an African American to the position of administrative vice president ([[Phillip Hubbard]], promoted in 1966).

Under the leadership of Carl Seashore in 1922, Iowa became the first university in the United States to accept creative projects as theses for advanced degrees. Traditionally, graduate study culminates in the writing of a scholarly thesis, but Iowa accepted creative works including a collection of poems, a musical composition, or a series of paintings to be presented to the graduate college in support of a degree. In so doing, Iowa established a creative standard in qualifying for the Master of Fine Arts degree and secured a place for writers and artists in the academy. The university's Program in Creative Writing, known worldwide as the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], was founded in 1936 with the gathering together of writers of both poetry and fiction. It was the first creative writing program in the country, and it became the prototype for more than 300 writing programs, many of which were founded by Workshop alumni. The workshop remains the most prestigious creative writing program in the country and one of the most selective graduate programs of any kind, typically admitting fewer than five percent of its applicants.

The [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|U.S. Atomic Energy Commission]] conducted [[Unethical human experimentation in the United States|several experiments]] examining the effects of [[iodine-131]] administration in pregnant women (scheduled for abortions) and infants in 1953 and 1963, respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Morrison |first1=R. T. |last2=Birkbeck |first2=J. A. |last3=Evans |first3=T. C. |last4=Routh |first4=J. I. |date=March 1, 1963 |title=RADIOIODINE UPTAKE STUDIES IN NEWBORN INFANTS |url=https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4727967 |journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine (U.S.) |language=English |volume=4 |osti=4727967 |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |access-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616024543/https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4727967 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1995 |title=Human Radiation Experiments Associated with the U.S. Energy Department of Energy and Its Predecessors |url=https://ehss.energy.gov/OHRE/roadmap/experiments/0491doc.html |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=ehss.energy.gov |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830185401/https://ehss.energy.gov/OHRE/roadmap/experiments/0491doc.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goliszek |first=Andrew |title=In the Name of Science: A History of Secret Programs, Medical Research, and Human Experimentation |year=2003 |pages=132–134}}</ref>

The university was the first state university to recognize the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allied Union (in 1970).<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2006 |title=University of Iowa Firsts - University of Iowa Fact Book - Office of University Relations - The University of Iowa |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/UI-firsts/index.htm |access-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515022742/http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/UI-firsts/index.htm |archive-date=May 15, 2006 }}</ref>

[[University of Iowa shooting|A shooting took place on campus]] on November 1, 1991. Six people died in the shooting, including the perpetrator, and one other person was wounded. This was one of the deadliest university campus shootings in United States history.

In the summer of 2008, flood waters breached the Coralville Reservoir spillway, damaging more than 20 major campus buildings.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Flood Mitigation Task Force forum to offer updates, seek input| url=http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/November/111208at-a-glance.html| agency=University of Iowa| year=2008| access-date=November 30, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722100227/http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/November/111208at-a-glance.html| archive-date=July 22, 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref> Several weeks after the floodwaters receded, university officials placed a preliminary estimate on flood damage at $231.75&nbsp;million. Later, the university estimated that repairs would cost about $743&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Still coming back from the flood| url=http://www.dailyiowan.com/UniversityEdition/CampusandCity/ue10020.html| newspaper=The Daily Iowan| year=2009| access-date=November 30, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701004630/http://www.dailyiowan.com/UniversityEdition/CampusandCity/ue10020.html| archive-date=July 1, 2010| url-status=live}}</ref> The reconstruction and renovation work took a decade, but the university has recovered and taken several preventive measures with the hope of avoiding a tragic repeat of the event.<ref>{{Cite news| title=How the University of Iowa Recovered From the 'Unfathomable' Flood That Ruined It| work=The New York Times| date=May 10, 2019| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/climate/iowa-floods-disasters-lessons-learned.html| access-date=May 12, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512172811/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/climate/iowa-floods-disasters-lessons-learned.html| archive-date=May 12, 2019| url-status=live| last1=Schwartz| first1=John}}</ref>

In January 2009, [[UNESCO]] designated Iowa City the world's third [[City of Literature]], making it part of the UNESCO [[Creative Cities Network]].<ref>{{Cite news| title=Iowa City and Shenzhen, designated as UNESCO Creative Cities| url=http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38314&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721080707/http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38314&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 21, 2012| agency=UNESCO| year=2008| access-date=November 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=Iowa City Designated as UNESCO City of Literature | url=http://at-lamp.its.uiowa.edu/virtualwu/index.php/main/unesco | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225150954/http://at-lamp.its.uiowa.edu/virtualwu/index.php/main/unesco | archive-date=December 25, 2008| agency=University of Iowa|year=2008 | access-date= November 30, 2009}}</ref>

In 2015, the [[Iowa Board of Regents]] selected [[Bruce Harreld]], a business consultant with limited experience in academic administration, to succeed Sally Mason as president. The regents' choice of Harreld provoked criticism and controversy on the UI campus due to his corporate background, lack of history in leading an institution of higher education, and the circumstances related to the search process.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://chronicle.com/article/A-Controversial-Search-Ends/232861/|title=A Controversial Search Ends With a Controversial Chief for the U. of Iowa|last1=Kelderman|first1=Eric|date=September 4, 2015|last2=Mcintire|first2=Mary Ellen|newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education|issn=0009-5982|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625044231/http://chronicle.com/article/A-Controversial-Search-Ends/232861/|archive-date=June 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/university-of-iowa-liberal-arts-college-faculty-rebukes-new-president-20150924|title=University of Iowa Liberal arts college faculty rebukes new president {{!}} The Gazette|website=The Gazette|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617084919/http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/university-of-iowa-liberal-arts-college-faculty-rebukes-new-president-20150924|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/do-businesspeople-make-good-university-presidents|title=Do Businesspeople Make Good University Presidents?|last=Vara|first=Vauhini|date=September 10, 2015|newspaper=The New Yorker|issn=0028-792X|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520112615/http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/do-businesspeople-make-good-university-presidents|archive-date=May 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/regents-acted-in-bad-faith-in-university-of-iowa-president-search-aaup-concludes-20151210|title=Regents acted 'in bad faith' in University of Iowa president search, AAUP concludes {{!}} The Gazette|website=The Gazette|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421052649/http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/regents-acted-in-bad-faith-in-university-of-iowa-president-search-aaup-concludes-20151210|archive-date=April 21, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The regents said they had based their decision on the belief that Harreld could limit costs and find new sources of revenue beyond tuition in an age of declining state support for universities.<ref name=":0" />

==Campus==
[[File:ABW 1.jpg|thumb|right|Art Building West, [[University of Iowa School of Art and Art History]]]]
[[File:University of Iowa Collegiate Gothic.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics|General Hospital's]] [[collegiate Gothic]] tower is prominent on the west side of campus]]
[[File:Seamans Center Iowa City Iowa 2002-12-08.jpeg|thumb|right|Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences]]
[[File:Iowa Old Capitol IMG 3198.jpg|thumb|right|The Old Iowa State Capitol sits at the center of [[Pentacrest|The Pentacrest]]]]

The University of Iowa's main campus is in [[Iowa City]]. The campus is roughly bordered by Park Road and U.S. Highway 6 to the north and Dubuque and Gilbert streets to the east. The [[Iowa River]] flows through the campus, dividing it into west and east sides.

Of architectural note is the [[Pentacrest]] which comprises five major buildings—[[Iowa Old Capitol Building|Old Capitol]], Schaeffer Hall, MacLean Hall, Macbride Hall, and Jessup Hall—at the center of the University of Iowa Campus. The Pentacrest reflects the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] in addition to [[Greek Revival]] architectural styles and the [[Collegiate Gothic]] architecture, which is dominant in sections of the campus east of the [[Iowa River]]. The Old Capitol was once the home of the state legislature and the primary government building for the State of Iowa but is now the symbolic heart of the university with a restored ceremonial legislative chamber and a museum of Iowa history.

Also on the east side of the campus are six residence halls (Burge, Daum, Stanley, Currier, Mayflower, and Catlett), the Iowa Memorial Union, the [[Women's Resource & Action Center]], the Pappajohn Business Building, Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, the Lindquist Center ([[University of Iowa College of Education|home of the College of Education]]), Phillips Hall (the foreign language building), Van Allen Hall (home to physics and astronomy), Trowbridge Hall (home to Earth & Environmental Sciences, as well as the Iowa Geological Survey), the English-Philosophy Building, the Becker Communication Building, the Adler Journalism Building, [[Voxman Music Building]], and the buildings for biology, chemistry, and psychology. The Main Library can also be found on the east side.

The Colleges of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and [[Public health]] are on the west side of the Iowa River, along with the [[University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics]], Art Building West and Visual Arts Building, and the Theatre Building. Additionally, five residence halls (Hillcrest, Slater, Rienow, Parklawn, and Petersen), [[Kinnick Stadium]], and [[Carver-Hawkeye Arena]] are located on the west campus.

The campus is home to several museums, including the [[University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art]], the [[Iowa Museum of Natural History|Museum of Natural History]], the Old Capitol Museum, the Medical Museum, the Athletic Hall of Fame and Museum, and Project Art at the University Hospitals and Clinics.

A flood of the Iowa River in 2008 had a major impact on several campus buildings, forcing many to temporarily or permanently close. The upper levels of the Iowa Memorial Union remained open while its lower level was renovated. The arts campus, which included Art Building West, Old Art Building, Hancher Auditorium, Voxman Music Building, Clapp Recital Hall, and the Theatre Building, sustained significant damage. Art Building West reopened in 2012 after repairs were completed. Sections of Old Art Building were razed, leaving only the historic WPA-era building, which includes regionalist artist Grant Wood's former studio. Esteemed artists Elizabeth Catlett, Ana Mendieta, and Charles Ray were all trained in this building. The new Visual Arts Building was opened on a higher plot of land adjacent to Art Building West in 2016 after years when studio arts were housed in a temporary facility. Hancher Auditorium was rebuilt near its current site on the West bank of the Iowa River, and Voxman Music Hall was constructed adjacent to downtown Iowa City and the main campus on South Clinton Street. The new Hancher Auditorium and the new Voxman Music Building opened in 2016.

The Oakdale Campus, which is home to some of the university's research facilities and the driving simulator, is located north of [[Interstate 80]] in adjacent [[Coralville, Iowa|Coralville]].

===Campus public art collection===
The University of Iowa holds and continues to commission an extensive collection of public art. The program began under the Iowa State 'Art in State Buildings Program,' one of the first percent for art programs in the United States<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 19, 2016|title=Art in State Buildings|url=https://iowaculture.gov/arts/opportunities/calls-artists/art-state-buildings|access-date=July 11, 2020|website=IDCA|language=en}}</ref> since repealed in 2017. The collection includes many important works, including works by artists Sol LeWitt (2-3-1-1, 1994), [[El Anatsui]] (Anonymous Creature 2009), [[Dale Chihuly]] (Forest Amber and Gilded Chandelier, 2004), [[Auguste Rodin]] (Jean de Fiennes, draped, 1889), and [[Peter Randall-Page]] (Ridge and Furrow, 2011).<ref name="Ina Cole">{{cite book |editor1-last=Cole |editor-first1=Ina |title="From the Sculptor's Studio", conversation with Peter Randall-Page, held in 2014 and 2019 |year=2021 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing Ltd |page=202-215|isbn=9781913947590 |oclc=1420954826}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Art on Campus {{!}} Facilities Management|url=https://www.facilities.uiowa.edu/campus-spaces/art-campus|access-date=July 11, 2020|website=www.facilities.uiowa.edu}}</ref>

===Sustainability===

The University of Iowa is one of the EPA's Green Power Partners,<ref name="Green Power Partners">{{cite web|title=Green Power Partners |publisher=US Environmental Protection Agency |url=http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/index.htm |access-date=June 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508004021/http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/index.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2009 }}</ref> burning oat hulls instead of coal and reducing coal consumption by 20%.<ref name="UI President Mason announces strengthened sustainability focus for university">{{cite web| title =UI President Mason announces strengthened sustainability focus for university| publisher =UI News| url =http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/042208mason-sustainability.html| access-date =June 8, 2009| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080930083512/http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/042208mason-sustainability.html| archive-date =September 30, 2008| url-status =live}}</ref> In May 2004, the university joined the Chicago Climate Exchange,<ref name="Examples of Sustainability Practices and Initiatives">{{cite web| title =Examples of Sustainability Practices and Initiatives| publisher=University of Iowa| url =http://www.facilities.uiowa.edu/sustainable-initiatives/?submenuheader=4| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100702223545/http://www.facilities.uiowa.edu/sustainable-initiatives/?submenuheader=4| archive-date =July 2, 2010| access-date = June 8, 2009 }}</ref> and in April 2009, a student garden was opened.<ref name="New Student Garden opens on UI west campus">{{cite web| title =New Student Garden opens on UI west campus| publisher =University of Iowa| url =http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/april/042209student-garden.html| access-date =June 8, 2009| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110725164029/http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/april/042209student-garden.html| archive-date =July 25, 2011| url-status =live}}</ref>

The university also offers a Certificate in Sustainability through the Office of Sustainability (OS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sustainability.uiowa.edu/certificate/|title=Certificate in Sustainability|access-date=October 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014142321/http://sustainability.uiowa.edu/certificate/|archive-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The OS recently coordinated the university's first sustainability plan: "2020 Vision UIowa Sustainability Targets," proposed by UI president Sally Mason on October 29, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Iowa Office of Sustainability |url=http://sustainability.uiowa.edu/vision-2020-the-university-of-iowa-s-sustainability-targets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107153322/http://sustainability.uiowa.edu/vision-2020-the-university-of-iowa-s-sustainability-targets |archive-date=November 7, 2010 |publisher=Uiowa|access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref>

==Organization and administration==
{{Main|Iowa Board of Regents}}

The [[Iowa Board of Regents]], a statewide body, governs the University of Iowa, as well as the state's two other public universities (Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa), along with certain other institutions. Created by the Iowa General Assembly in 1909, the board is composed of nine volunteer members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate to serve staggered six-year terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regents.iowa.gov/FAQ/faq.html|title=FAQ - Board of Regents State of Iowa|website=www.regents.iowa.gov|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709011537/http://www.regents.iowa.gov/FAQ/faq.html|archive-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The Iowa Board of Regents hires the president of the University of Iowa and the university president reports to the board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://president.uiowa.edu/handbook|title=Handbook - president.uiowa.edu|website=president.uiowa.edu|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617160743/http://president.uiowa.edu/handbook|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The 22nd and current president of the University of Iowa is [[Barbara J. Wilson]], who has served since July 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.uiowa.edu/about-president|title=About the President &#124; Office of the President - The University of Iowa|website=president.uiowa.edu}}</ref>

== Undergraduate admissions ==

{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 86.2
|admit rate change = 2.1
|yield rate        = 23.4
|yield rate change = -0.1
|SAT Total         = 1140-1330<br />(among 18% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  =
|ACT               = 22-29<br />(among 65% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        =
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |url=https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2022-05/cds_2122.pdf |title=University of Iowa Common Data Set 2021-2022|publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

The 2022 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes UIowa as "more selective."<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Iowa|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-iowa-1892|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=November 12, 2022|archive-date=November 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112152352/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-iowa-1892|url-status=live}}</ref> For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), UIowa received 22,434 applications and accepted 19,340 (86.2%). Of those accepted, 4,521 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 23.4%. UIowa's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 88%, with 73.7% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

Of the 65% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 22 and 29.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> Of the 18% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1140-1330.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

University of Iowa is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 24 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 31 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=December 7, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624044709/http://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ '''Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics'''
<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-05/cds_2021_1.pdf |title=University of Iowa Common Data Set 2020-2021 |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113041631/https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-05/cds_2021_1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/cds_1920.pdf |title=University of Iowa Common Data Set 2019-2020
 |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/cds_1819.pdf |title=University of Iowa Common Data Set 2018-2019
 |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/cds_1718.pdf |title=University of Iowa Common Data Set 2017-2018 |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220225040/https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/cds_1718.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/cds_1617.pdf |title=University of Iowa Common Data Set 2016-2017 |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220225807/https://provost.uiowa.edu/sites/provost.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/cds_1617.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 22,434 || 24,132 || 25,928 || 26,706 || 27,734 || 28,494
|-
! Admits
| 19,340 || 20,338 || 21,404 || 22,077 || 23,862 || 23,967
|-
! Admit rate
| 86.2 || 84.3 || 82.6 || 82.7 || 86.0 || 84.1
|-
! Enrolled
| 4,521 || 4,510 || 4,986 || 4,806 || 5,027 || 5,643
|-
! Yield rate
| 23.4 || 22.2 || 23.3 || 21.8 || 21.1 || 23.5
|-
! ACT composite*<br />(out of 36)
| 22-29<br />(65%<sup>†</sup>) || 22-29<br />(87%<sup>†</sup>) || 22-29<br />(87%<sup>†</sup>) || 23-28<br />(90%<sup>†</sup>) || 23-28<br />(95%<sup>†</sup>) || 23-28<br />(92%<sup>†</sup>)
|-
! SAT composite*<br />(out of 1600)
| 1140-1330<br />(18%<sup>†</sup>) || 1130-1310<br />(27%<sup>†</sup>) || 1140-1330<br />(29%<sup>†</sup>) || 1120-1330<br />(26%<sup>†</sup>) || 1140-1370<br />(9%<sup>†</sup>) || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}

{{clear}}

==Academics==

{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:280px;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''College/school founding'''
|-
| '''College/school''' || {{center|'''Year founded'''}}
|-
| colspan="2" |<hr />
|-
| [[Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine|Carver College of Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/CCOM/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814081245/http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/CCOM/|archive-date=August 14, 2011 |title=University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine |publisher=Healthcare.uiowa.edu|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref> || {{center|1870<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/about.aspx?id=43 |title=History |access-date=June 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626150847/http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/about.aspx?id=43 |archive-date=June 26, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Dentistry|College of Dentistry]] || {{center|1882<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu/administration-historical-chronology|title=administration-historical-chronology - College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics|website=www.dentistry.uiowa.edu|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627005211/http://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu/administration-historical-chronology|archive-date=June 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Education|College of Education]] || {{center|1872}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] || {{center|1904}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Law|College of Law]] || {{center|1865<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.uiowa.edu/law-school-history-and-milestones|title=Law School History and Milestones - College of Law|website=law.uiowa.edu|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806115400/http://law.uiowa.edu/law-school-history-and-milestones|archive-date=August 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|College of Liberal Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clas.uiowa.edu |title=Home - School of Art and Art History- The University of Iowa |publisher=Clas.uiowa.edu |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526203832/https://clas.uiowa.edu/ |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{center|1900<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clas.uiowa.edu/about|title=About the College|date=April 15, 2011|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623012356/http://clas.uiowa.edu/about|archive-date=June 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| College of Nursing|| {{center|1949<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/archives/chrononursing/|title=Special Collections & University Archives - The University of Iowa Libraries222|website=www.lib.uiowa.edu|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627051753/http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/archives/chrononursing/|archive-date=June 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Pharmacy|College of Pharmacy]] || {{center|1885<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pharmacy.uiowa.edu/history|title=Our History - The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy|website=pharmacy.uiowa.edu|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626164319/http://pharmacy.uiowa.edu/history|archive-date=June 26, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[University of Iowa College of Public Health|College of Public Health]]|| {{center|1999}}
|-
| Graduate College|| {{center|1908}}
|-
| [[Tippie College of Business]] || {{center|1921}}
|-
| University College|| {{center|2005}}

|}

The University of Iowa is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]]. The university is home to [[ISCABBS]], a public [[bulletin board system]] that was the world's largest Internet community before the commercialization of the [[World Wide Web]].

The [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] was founded in 1936. Since 1947 it has produced thirteen [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners. Twenty-five people affiliated with the Writers' Workshop have won a Pulitzer Prize. The '''Hanson Center for Technical Communication''' was founded at The University of Iowa and named after a 1960 graduate, Thomas R. Hanson, who funded the institution with $800,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uifoundation.org/news/2004/jan02.shtml|title=UIF News: UI engineering graduate endows Center for Technical Communication|date=May 5, 2004|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505173255/http://www.uifoundation.org/news/2004/jan02.shtml|archive-date=May 5, 2004}}</ref>

The university has educated many of the state's professionals, including 79% of Iowa's dentists, 50% of physicians, 48% of pharmacists, as well as many teachers and administrators in each of the state's K–12 school districts.<ref name="University of Iowa"/>

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- U.S. rankings -->| Forbes = 155
| THE_WSJ = 169
| USNWR_NU = 98
| Wamo_NU = 110
| QS_W = =530
| THES_W = 201–250
| USNWR_W = 180
}}

In 2025, the University of Iowa tied for 98th among national universities, tied for 46th among public universities, placed 113th among "Best Value Schools," tied for 4th for Nursing and tied for 394th in "Top Performers on Social Mobility" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-iowa-1892/overall-rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |title=University of Iowa Rankings |access-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006012946/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-iowa-1892/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>

In graduate school rankings for 2021, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Iowa's Carver College of Medicine tied for 20th in the U.S. for primary care and tied for 34th for research. Its College of Public Health tied for 19th, its College of Pharmacy tied for 18th, its College of Law tied for 27th, and its Nursing School tied for 21st.<ref name=USNWR>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-iowa-153658/overall-rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |title=University of Iowa Graduate School Rankings |access-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102171900/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-iowa-153658/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>
''U.S. News & World Report'' also ranked 9 University of Iowa graduate programs among the top 25 in the United States for 2021.<ref name=USNWR/>

''[[Forbes]]'' ranked the University of Iowa 155th out of the top 500 rated private and public colleges and universities in America for the 2024-25 report. The University of Iowa was also ranked 68th among public colleges and 20th in the Midwest. In 2019 the University of Iowa was ranked as America's 99th "Best Value College".<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Iowa |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-iowa/?list=top-colleges |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

According to the [[National Science Foundation]], Iowa spent $511&nbsp;million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 51st in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930141919/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Research institutes===
* Institute of Agricultural Medicine. The Institute of Agricultural Medicine was established in 1955 to study rural public health issues with a grant from the [[W. K. Kellogg Foundation]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=1958 report on the Institute of Agricultural Medicine|pmc=1951702|pmid=13568013|volume=73|issue = 7|year=1958|pages=615–8 | last1 = Tjalma | first1 = RA |journal=Public Health Rep |doi=10.2307/4590204|jstor=4590204}}</ref> It was later renamed the Institute of Agricultural Medicine and Occupational Health.
* IIHR–Hydroscience & Engineering (Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research). IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering is a world-renowned center for education, research, and public service focusing on hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics. Based in the C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, a five-story red brick building on the banks of the Iowa River, IIHR is a unit of the University of Iowa's College of Engineering. Because of its contributions to water's study and use, the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]] recognized the Stanley Hydraulics Lab as a [[List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks|National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark]]. The ASCE distinguishes the lab as the "oldest university-based hydraulics laboratory in the nation continuously focusing on research and education in hydraulic engineering."<ref>{{cite web|title=IIHR History|url=http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/about/history/|access-date=October 31, 2012|date=June 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130161513/http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/about/history/|archive-date=November 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Obermann Center for Advanced Studies]]

=== Libraries ===

The University of Iowa library system is the state's largest library and comprises the Main Library, the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Hardin MD |url=http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/about.html |website=Hardin MD : hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu |publisher=Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa |access-date=9 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813124452/http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/about.html |archive-date=August 13, 2012 |language=en}}</ref> five branch libraries, and the Law Library. The University Libraries' holdings include more than five million bound volumes, more than 200,000 rare books, and 1000 historical manuscript collections. Significant holdings include Hardin Library's John Martin Rare Book Room, the [[Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives|Iowa Women's Archives]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Repositories List|url=http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories|access-date=May 30, 2021|website=ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa|language=en|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213615/http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Louis Szathmary]] culinary arts collections, the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of [[Concrete poetry|Concrete]] and [[Visual poetry|Visual Poetry]],<ref name=":1" /> science fiction collections, and works of [[Walt Whitman]]. The comic books collection in the Special Collections contains original art for 6,000 cartoons, film and television scripts, magazines and other underground or amateur publications, as well as mainstream books from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.<ref>{{cite web|title = Special Collections & University Archives - The University of Iowa Libraries222|url = http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/resources/comicbookcollections/|website = www.lib.uiowa.edu|access-date = October 19, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150917162526/http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/resources/ComicBookCollections/|archive-date = September 17, 2015|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Comics Research Libraries|url = http://comics.lib.msu.edu/director/comres.htm|website = comics.lib.msu.edu|access-date = October 19, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151112213856/http://comics.lib.msu.edu/director/comres.htm|archive-date = November 12, 2015|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of September 2024
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: University of Iowa|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?153658-University-of-Iowa |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|75|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|19|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|81|%|2||background:black}}
|}
There are also over 500 student organizations, including groups focused on politics, sports, games, lifestyles, dance, song, theater, and a variety of other activities. The university also tries to sponsor events that give students an alternative to the typical drinking scene.<ref name="latenight">{{cite web|url=http://www.iowacityowl.com/news_items/166-Late-Night-At-Iowa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211091413/http://www.iowacityowl.com/news_items/166-Late-Night-At-Iowa|archive-date=February 11, 2009 |title=Late Night At Iowa |work=Iowa City Owl |date=January 5, 2009 |access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref> In 2004 the university established an annual $25,000 contract with the newly reopened [[Iowa City Englert Theatre]] to host concerts and performances for as many as 40 nights a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2004/july/072204ui-englert.html |title=University Of Iowa And Englert Civic Theatre Reach Use Agreement |publisher=University News Service – The University of Iowa |date=July 22, 2004 |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720085754/http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2004/july/072204ui-englert.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Students participate in a variety of student media organizations. For example, students edit and manage ''[[The Daily Iowan]]'' newspaper (often called the DI), which is printed every Monday through Friday while classes are in session. Noted pollster [[George Gallup]] was an early editor of the DI. Daily Iowan TV, [[KRUI-FM|KRUI Radio]], Student Video Productions, ''Off Deadline'' magazine, and ''Earthwords'' magazine are other examples of student-run media.

==Athletics==
{{main|Iowa Hawkeyes}}

The University of Iowa has 22 varsity athletic teams, known as the [[Iowa Hawkeyes|Hawkeyes]]. All teams are members of the [[Big Ten Conference]] in the [[NCAA|National Collegiate Athletic Association's]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]. There are 10 men's teams and 12 women's teams. Three of these teams—men's gymnastics, men's swimming and diving, and men's tennis—were eliminated after the 2020–21 academic year to help address a projected $60–75 million deficit related to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/08/24/iowa-eliminates-4-teams |title=Iowa Eliminates 4 Teams |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |publisher=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=August 24, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812044040/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/08/24/iowa-eliminates-4-teams |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Wrestling ===
{{Main|Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling}}
Iowa's most successful team is [[Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling|men's wrestling]], which has won 24 of the school's 26 NCAA championships. Fifteen of those championships occurred during [[Dan Gable|Dan Gable's]] 21-year tenure as head coach (1977–1997). It has 35 Big Ten titles, 81 individual NCAA Titles, and has graduated 17 [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Olympians]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014-15 Iowa Wrestling Media Guide|url=http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/mediaguide1415.html|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905074347/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/mediaguide1415.html|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The team is currently coached by alumnus [[Tom Brands]].

=== Football ===
{{Main|Iowa Hawkeyes football}}
[[File:Kinnick Stadium Press Box.jpg|thumb|right|The facade of the west stand of [[Kinnick Stadium]]]]

Iowa's [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|football team]] is one of the most financially valuable college programs in the country.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaines|first1=Cork|title=The 25 schools that make the most money in college football 2013|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-schools-that-make-the-most-money-in-college-football-2013-1?op=1|website=Business Insider|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822185432/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-schools-that-make-the-most-money-in-college-football-2013-1?op=1|archive-date=August 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> They have won 11 Big Ten championships and claim 5 national championships.<ref>{{cite web|title=2023 Hawkeye Football Media Guide|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-com/2023/07/e1d1e392-2023-media-guide-compressed.pdf|access-date=December 24, 2024|archive-date=December 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224183005/https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-com/2023/07/e1d1e392-2023-media-guide-compressed.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The program has produced 10 members of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], 27 consensus first-team All-Americans, 5 members of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] and 245 NFL Draft Picks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winsipedia.com/iowa|title=Winsipedia - Iowa Hawkeyes football all-time record, wins, and statistics|work=Winsipedia|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809100859/http://www.winsipedia.com/iowa|archive-date=August 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The team is currently coached by [[Kirk Ferentz]], who has completed his 23rd year following coach [[Hayden Fry]], who coached the previous 20 seasons.

=== Field hockey ===
{{Main|Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey}}
Iowa's [[Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey|field hockey]] team is the most successful women's team at the university, winning the 1986 national championship. They have won 13 conference titles and have made 11 Final Four appearances in the 33-year history of the NCAA tournament, despite field hockey not being a high school sport in Iowa.<ref name=B1G>{{cite web|title=Big Ten Field Hockey Record Book|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-fieldh/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/FHRecordsBook.pdf|work=[[Big Ten Conference]]|access-date=October 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024054906/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-fieldh/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/FHRecordsBook.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2014 }}</ref> The program has produced 85 All-Americans and 13 [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympians]].<ref name="B1G AA 2014">{{cite web|title=Eleven Big Ten Players Earn NFHCA All-America Honors|date=December 1, 2014|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/120114aab.html|work=BTN.com|publisher=[[Big Ten Network]]|access-date=December 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205212906/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/120114aab.html|archive-date=December 5, 2014 }}</ref> The program is currently coached by Lisa Celluci.

=== Other sports ===
Other sports at the university include basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, gymnastics, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, cross country, and rowing. Most of the school's athletic facilities are located on the west end of campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Campus Zone Map |url=http://maps.facilities.uiowa.edu/flexviewer/CampusZones/ |publisher=The University of Iowa |access-date=August 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814105309/http://maps.facilities.uiowa.edu/flexviewer/CampusZones/ |archive-date=August 14, 2015}}</ref> The largest venue is the 70,585-seat [[Kinnick Stadium]], home to the football program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kinnick Stadium|url=http://www.hawkeyesports.com/facilities/kinnick-stadium.html|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905052941/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/facilities/kinnick-stadium.html|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Opening in 1929 as Iowa Stadium, it was renamed in 1977 after [[Nile Kinnick]], winner of the 1939 [[Heisman Trophy]]. The basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, and volleyball teams play at [[Carver-Hawkeye Arena]], which seats 15,400.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carver-Hawkeye Arena|url=http://www.hawkeyesports.com/facilities/iowa-carver-hawkeye.html|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905052942/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/facilities/iowa-carver-hawkeye.html|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Other venues include the [[Beckwith Boathouse]], [[Duane Banks Field]], and the old [[Iowa Fieldhouse]].

==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{main|List of University of Iowa alumni|List of University of Iowa faculty}}
Among the thousands of graduates from the University of Iowa, especially notable alumni include [[George Gallup]], founder of the Gallup Poll (BA, 1923; MA 1925; PhD 1928); [[Tennessee Williams]], leading 20th century playwright and author of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (BA 1938); [[Gene Wilder]], comedic film and television actor (BA 1955, Communication and Theatre Arts); [[James Van Allen]], world-famous physicist and discoverer of the radiation belts (the Van Allen Belts) that surround the earth, Emeritus Carver Professor of Physics at the University of Iowa (MS 1936, PhD 1939, Physics); [[Mauricio Lasansky]], Latin American artist known as the father of modern printmaking, founder of the University of Iowa's 'Iowa print group'; [[Albert Bandura]], one of the most cited psychologists of all-time as originator of social cognitive theory (MA 1951, PhD 1952); (Mary) [[Flannery O'Connor]], novelist and author of numerous short stories (MFA 1947, English); [[Sarai Sherman]], a twentieth century modernist painter whose work is in major national and international collections; Sculptor [[Luther Utterback]] (1973 M.F.A.);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luther Utterback |url=https://dsmpublicartfoundation.org/artist/luther-utterback/ |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> [[John Irving]], novelist who wrote ''[[The World According to Garp]]'', ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'', and several others (MFA 1967, English), writer [[Jenny Zhang (writer)|Jenny Zhang]]; [[Andre Tippett]], NFL Hall of Fame linebacker for the [[New England Patriots]]; [[Don Nelson]], Boston Celtics star, NBA head coach and Naismith Hall of Fame member, and [[Luka Garza]], two-time college basketball national player of the year currently playing in the NBA for the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2016|title=Los Angeles Review of Books|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/every-day-funeral-jenny-zhang-nate-brown-conversation/|access-date=August 13, 2021|website=Los Angeles Review of Books|language=en-US|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813032216/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/every-day-funeral-jenny-zhang-nate-brown-conversation/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/alumni/notable.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107013046/http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/alumni/notable.htm |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |title=Notable University of Iowa Alums |url-status=dead |access-date=June 1, 2016}}</ref> [[Jewel Prestage]], the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in political science, graduated with a master's and a doctorate in 1954. [[Tom Brokaw]], [[Mark Mattson]], [[Caitlin Clark]], [[Technoblade]], and [[Ashton Kutcher]] also attended the University of Iowa.

<gallery class="center">
File:GEN Cartwright VJCS.jpg|[[James Cartwright]], former [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]
File:George Gallup.png|[[George Gallup]], founder of [[Gallup Poll]]
File:Silas B. Hays.jpg|[[Silas B. Hays]], former [[Surgeon General of the United States Army]]
File:MaryBethHurt02.JPG|[[Mary Beth Hurt]], [[Tony Award]] nominee
File:Ashton Kutcher by David Shankbone.jpg|[[Ashton Kutcher]], actor
File:Mark Mattson.JPG|[[Mark Mattson]], neuroscientist at the [[National Institutes of Health]]
File:Flannery-O'Connor 1947.jpg|[[Flannery O'Connor]], writer; winner of [[National Book Award for Fiction]]
File:Marilynne Robinson.jpg|[[Marilynne Robinson]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novelist
File:Tippett2008.jpg|[[Andre Tippett]], Hall of Fame football player
File:James van Allen.jpg|[[James Van Allen]], pioneer space scientist
File:Gene Wilder 1970.JPG|[[Gene Wilder]], [[Academy Award]] nominee
File:Tennessee Williams NYWTS.jpg|[[Tennessee Williams]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning playwright
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Iowa}}
* [[Monster Study]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|first1=Lena M.|last1=Hill|first2=Michael D.|last2=Hill|title=Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the University of Iowa during the Long Civil Rights Era|location=Iowa City, IA|publisher=University of Iowa Press|date=2016}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.hawkeyesports.com/ Iowa Athletics website]
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