Academics
Located in historic Lexington, Kentucky’s flagship school offers its nearly 22,100 undergraduates and 7,000 graduate students more than 200 academic programs across 16 colleges, including professional schools and an honors college, as well as a century and a half’s worth of traditions and athletics. Even though the University of Kentucky is a large school, “the faculty and professors make you feel right at home” and “know who you are or have seen you around.” Students appreciate how many options are available for every aspect of their lives: “There is so much to do and everything is there to help the students. All of the resources you could need are there,” says one. Many courses are hybrid (between classroom and online) or “use interactive learning with videos and review questions”; the new classrooms in the science building “are so advanced, they’re perfect for modern learning,” and there are “many opportunities for research, community service, or campus organizations.” The UK Core class system is a “great strength,” which sets general education requirements for every student “regardless of major.” Additionally, “all faculty are engaged in research so there are many opportunities for students in that area."
UK professors are “extremely dedicated to what they teach” and “passionate about giving us more than just degrees,” with “a great base of knowledge, enthusiasm, and accessibility.” Faculty “seem to be obviously experts in their field” and “are able to answer questions from personal experience more so than just textbook knowledge.” Though students admit that higher-level classes far exceed the introductory ones (“due to large lecture style courses it is difficult to get detailed feedback from some”), the curriculum is overall “rigorous and challenging,” and the student body “is unified by a central respect for the image of the college and a general interest in professional development.”
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