The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member and flagship of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.
The East Florida Seminary, re-established in Gainesville in 1866, was the direct predecessor to the University of Florida.
An early Florida Gators football practice in 1912
The University of Florida campus in 1906, looking southwest
Statue of Albert Murphree, the second president of the university
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,214 in 2022. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, which had a population of 339,247 in 2020.
Image: Gainesville, FL Downtown
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Image: Main entrance (West face), The Oaks Mall
Image: Century Tower (University of Florida)