ASU ranks as the top university in Arizona for innovation, affordability, quality of students and degree programs. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
The University of Arizona is the stateâs land-grant university and a member of the prestigious, invitation-only Association of American Universitiesâmade up of just 62 universities in the country. Rising from the sands of the Sonoran desert in 1885, the institution is transforming science fiction into scientific fact, collaborating across disciplines and engaging in novel partnerships to make the unknown known. As one of the worldâs premier public research universities, the University conducts more than $625 million of research annually.