University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences

Type	Public
Established	1910
Parent institution	University of Florida
Endowment	$1.73 billion (2018)[1]
Dean	Dave Richardson
Undergraduates	11,000
Postgraduates	1,500
Location	Gainesville , Florida , United States 29°38′56.9″N 82°20′38.8″W / 29.649139°N 82.344111°W / 29.649139; -82.344111
Website	www.clas.ufl.edu

The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the college for the liberal arts and sciences of the University of Florida, and the largest of the university's 16 academic colleges. Most core curriculum classes, 43 majors, and 47 minors are part of the college. The university reports that more than 700 faculty members teach at least 35,000 students each year, with more than 11,000 undergraduates pursuing a degree from the college and 1,500 graduate students are also attaining graduate degrees in the college.^[2]

The college faculty have received a variety of national and international awards, including the Pulitzer Prize,^[3] Guggenheim Fellowships,^[4] Senior Fulbright Awards, National Science Foundation Fellowships, Presidential Young Investigator Awards and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. They hold memberships in the National Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Prize Committee, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh.[1]

Liberal Arts and Sciences students have numerous scholarships and awards for their academic performance. During the past several years, CLAS students have been recognized as a Rhodes Scholar, Barry Goldwater Scholars, Harry Truman Scholars, and James Madison Scholars.^[5]