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University of Connecticut

Logo: University of Connecticut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Public university in Storrs, Connecticut, US

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, the school became a public land-grant college, then took its current name in 1939.2 It employed about 10,200 people in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1881Founded1
  • HeadquartersStorrs, United States1
  • Websiteuconn.edu
  • Legal formNonstock Corporation3
  • LEI549300F8BFKUEGTRQH153
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O R&C Service Company, 06103 Hartford, United States3
  • Registered withSecretary of the State's Commercial Recording Division, 00551843

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Campus view - University of Connecticut - DSC09948
Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, the school became a public land-grant college, then took its current name in 1939. Over the following decade, social work, nursing, and graduate programs were established. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. UConn is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.2

Corporate structure

University of Connecticut sits at the top of its group. 66 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, United States
    • Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry Subsidiary · Storrs-Mansfield, United States
    • Connecticut Digital Archive Subsidiary · Storrs-Mansfield, United States
    • Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve Subsidiary
    • Connecticut Transportation Institute Subsidiary
    • El Instituto: University of Connecticut Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies Subsidiary
    • Homer D. Babbidge Library Subsidiary · Connecticut, United States
    • J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum Subsidiary · Storrs-Mansfield, United States
    • Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture Subsidiary
    • The Dodd Center for Human Rights Subsidiary · Connecticut, United States
    • University of Connecticut Africana Studies Institute Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Avery Point Subsidiary · Groton, United States
    • University of Connecticut Center for Clean Energy Engineering Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Child Development Labs Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Subsidiary · Storrs-Mansfield, United States
    • University of Connecticut College of Engineering Subsidiary · Storrs-Mansfield, United States
    • University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Subsidiary · United States
    • University of Connecticut Department of Anesthesiology Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Cell Biology Subsidiary · United States
    • University of Connecticut Department of Emergency Medicine Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Family Medicine Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Immunology Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Medicine Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics Subsidiary
    • University of Connecticut Department of Neurology Subsidiary
    • and 45 more

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What it owns

What University of Connecticut reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
  • J. O. Christian Field
  • Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum
  • Morrone Stadium
  • William Benton Museum of Art

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. It was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, brothers who donated the land for the school as well as initial funding. The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in 1887. Women began attending classes in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893, the same year that it became Connecticut's land-grant college and was renamed Storrs Agricultural College. In 1899, the name changed again to Connecticut Agricultural College, and, in 1933, to Connecticut State College. In its current form, the College of Agriculture is the oldest of the university's colleges and professional schools.

On May 26, 1939, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin signed the bill that allowed Connecticut State College to have its name changed to the University of Connecticut. The following year, trustees organized and developed a plan to divide the university into separate schools and colleges in Business, Education, Home Economics, Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and College of Agriculture. This was also the year the School of Social Work and School of Nursing were established. Master's degrees had been awarded since 1920, but the Graduate School was established after the reorganization of the schools in 1940, as well as the Doctoral Program for graduates which was authorized in 1943. PhDs have been awarded since 1949. The schools of law and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university.

In 1958, the School of Education established the first high school in the town of Mansfield, E. O. Smith High School, as a laboratory school for teacher training and education research. The high school, which lies adjacent to campus, was operated by the University of Connecticut until 1987, when it became the regional public high school. E.O. Smith has maintained an Agricultural Science education program since its time as a part of UConn, and junior and senior high school students may take classes for credit on UConn's campus.

During the 1970s, UConn Health was established in Farmington as a home for the new School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975 and has been operated by UConn ever since.

In 1995, a state-funded program called UConn 2000 was passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and signed into law by then-Governor John G. Rowland. This 10-year program set aside $1 billion to upgrade campus facilities, add faculty, and otherwise improve the university. An additional $1.3 billion was pledged by the State of Connecticut in 2002 as part of a new ten-year improvement plan known as 21st Century UConn.

In 2001, the Institute of Comparative Human Rights (ICHR) was established at UConn, as a university‑wide institute, after the university had submitted a proposal to UNESCO to establish a UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights at the university. Amii Omara-Otunnu, a tenured professor in the history department originally from Uganda, who had forged the links with South Africa, was appointed UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights, which was the first UNESCO Chair in Human Rights in North America. Its focus was on engagement with South Africa, based on UConn's partnerships with a number of South African institutions, including the ANC and the University of Fort Hare. Its activities included an annual Comparative Human Rights Conference and the Comparative Human Rights Lecture Series. In March 2015 it collaborated with the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center to support the inaugural lecture series in honour of former senator and human rights champion Joseph I. Lieberman. The event was coordinated by UConn's Office of Global Affairs. The UNESCO Chair position was terminated by UNESCO on December 20, 2016, apparently because of the university not having filed paperwork to renew the position.

An agreement was reached in 2012 to launch Jackson Laboratory's $1.1 billion genomic medicine lab on the Farmington UConn Health campus as part of the Bioscience Connecticut initiative. In 2013, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Next Generation Connecticut, committing $1.7 billion in funding over a decade to enhance UConn's infrastructure, hire additional faculty, and upgrade STEM initiatives.

Two U.S. presidents have visited the Storrs campus during their term of office, Bill Clinton in 1995 and Joe Biden in 2021, to dedicate the first and second iterations of the Dodd Center for Human Rights, respectively. The Dodd Center has brought an array of other world figures to the campus, including Madeleine Albright, Elie Wiesel, Oscar Arias, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush visited the campus after leaving office.

From Wikipedia’s article on University of Connecticut, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led University of Connecticut, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Radenka Marić2024–now
197019801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (1)

Products and brands

According to the National Science Foundation, UConn spent $269 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 88th in the nation. In 2005, UConn ranked 64th in terms of R&D expenditure.

From Wikipedia’s article on University of Connecticut, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
  • Connecticut Digital Archive
  • Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve
  • Connecticut Transportation Institute
  • El Instituto: University of Connecticut Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies
  • Homer D. Babbidge Library
  • J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum
  • Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture
  • The Dodd Center for Human Rights
  • University of Connecticut Africana Studies Institute
  • University of Connecticut Avery Point
  • University of Connecticut Center for Clean Energy Engineering
  • University of Connecticut Child Development Labs
  • University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
  • University of Connecticut College of Engineering
  • University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • University of Connecticut Department of Anesthesiology
  • University of Connecticut Department of Cell Biology
  • University of Connecticut Department of Emergency Medicine
  • University of Connecticut Department of Family Medicine
  • University of Connecticut Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
  • University of Connecticut Department of Immunology
  • University of Connecticut Department of Medicine
  • University of Connecticut Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics
All 66 subsidiaries
  • University of Connecticut Department of Neurology
  • University of Connecticut Department of Neuroscience
  • University of Connecticut Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • University of Connecticut Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • University of Connecticut Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • University of Connecticut Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
  • University of Connecticut Department of Psychiatry
  • University of Connecticut Department of Public Health Sciences
  • University of Connecticut Department of Radiology
  • University of Connecticut Department of Surgery
  • University of Connecticut Eversource Energy Center
  • University of Connecticut Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
  • University of Connecticut Graduate School
  • University of Connecticut Hartford
  • University of Connecticut Health Center
  • University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
  • University of Connecticut Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy
  • University of Connecticut Institute for Systems Genomics
  • University of Connecticut Institute of Materials Science
  • University of Connecticut Institute of the Environment
  • University of Connecticut Institute of the Environment and Energy
  • University of Connecticut Interdisciplinary Research Center and Institute
  • University of Connecticut Music and Dramatic Arts Library
  • University of Connecticut Neag School of Education
  • University of Connecticut School of Allied Health Professions
  • University of Connecticut School of Business
  • University of Connecticut School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • University of Connecticut School of Computing
  • University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
  • University of Connecticut School of Engineering
  • University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts
  • University of Connecticut School of Law
  • University of Connecticut School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering
  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • University of Connecticut School of Nursing
  • University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
  • University of Connecticut School of Public Policy
  • University of Connecticut School of Social Work
  • University of Connecticut Stamford
  • University of Connecticut Waterbury
  • University of Connecticut Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • William Benton Museum of Art

Also owns

  • Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
  • J. O. Christian Field
  • Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum
  • Morrone Stadium

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 202010,2341

Timeline

  1. 1881Founded Founded1

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