Founded in 1864—just a few years after the city of Denver itself was founded—the University of Denver is one of the country's premier private universities.The University's 125-acre campus, a few miles south of downtown Denver, is home to more than 11,500 students hailing from all regions of the United States and 83 other countries.The University offers more than 100 undergraduate programs of study, & more than 120 graduate and professional programs.Regardless of what they study, University of Denver students embark on a personal educational journey that helps them find and follow their individual purpose.Through local and international service learning programs, our students have worked alongside communities everywhere from downtown Denver to Africa, Europe, Asia and beyond. Research led by our faculty and students has made a tangible difference in a huge range of fields, generating new medical technologies, environmental safeguards, archaeological discoveries and much more.U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings for undergraduate education, released in September 2015, ranked DU 86th, tied with Marquette University and the University of Tulsa.DU is first in the U.S. among doctoral and research universities for the percentage of its undergraduates studying abroad, according to the 2014 Open Doors report. The report found that 72% of DU undergraduates study abroad, compared to the national average of less than one percent.