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International Extension Programs
Utah State University has a national and international reputation for teaching, research, and service and takes seriously its land-grant mission of extending its educational resources to the populous of the state of Utah and throughout the world. USU is a Carnegie Foundation I Research University ranking in the top 5% of universities in the United States. Only 84 universities of 3,856 colleges and universities in the United States have this prestigious designation. Harvard University, Stanford University, and University of California at Berkeley, to name a few are also Carnegie I Research Universities. Utah State University has over 21,490 students served by eight academic colleges (Agriculture; Business; Education; Engineering; Family Life; Humanities, Arts, and Social Science; Natural Resources; and Science). These colleges offer bachelor degrees along with 86 master and 33 doctoral degrees.
Extension is the outreach arm of Utah State University. It has primary responsibility to deliver educational programs and the latest applied research to off campus residents of the state of Utah and the world, hence the motto, “The World is Our Campus.” To help facilitate this delivery, USU utilizes a digital satellite-based, electronic distance education network, which supports five graduate and five undergraduate degree programs, with approximately 194 courses generating 23,970 credit hours per year. Live programming is delivered to 60 different electronic classrooms at remote sites throughout Utah and surrounding states. USU is now using this capability to deliver programs throughout the world. Utah State University has an experienced international faculty with the instructional expertise to design and deliver most educational programs and custom fit training needs.
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