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A [[Flagship#University campuses|flagship]] university refers to the leading comprehensive public research university in a given U.S. state. These universities are usually among the largest institutions of higher learning in the [[United States]] and are oftentimes the most well-known public universities in terms of national name recognition. Flagship universities are typically research intensive [[Ph.D.]] granting institutions and usually compete in [[NCAA Division I]] athletics. Some states may have more than one distinct university system (such as the [[University of Michigan |
A [[Flagship#University campuses|flagship]] university refers to the leading comprehensive public research university in a given U.S. state. These universities are usually among the largest institutions of higher learning in the [[United States]] and are oftentimes the most well-known public universities in terms of national name recognition. Flagship universities are typically research intensive [[Ph.D.]] granting institutions and usually compete in [[NCAA Division I]] athletics. Some states may have more than one distinct university system (such as the [[University of Michigan]] System and [[Michigan State University]]) while others may have two equally strong public universities in a given system (such as the [[University of California at Berkeley]] and [[UCLA]] in the [[University of California System]]). As such, it is possible for a state to have more than one public university referred to as a "flagship." A private university, however, is never referred to as a flagship even though it might be more prestigious or enjoy better name recognition than it's state-funded counterpart (for example, [[Harvard University]] is not the flagship university of [[Massachusetts]] but rather the [[University of Massachusetts at Amherst]]). |
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Revision as of 18:21, 15 December 2007
A flagship university refers to the leading comprehensive public research university in a given U.S. state. These universities are usually among the largest institutions of higher learning in the United States and are oftentimes the most well-known public universities in terms of national name recognition. Flagship universities are typically research intensive Ph.D. granting institutions and usually compete in NCAA Division I athletics. Some states may have more than one distinct university system (such as the University of Michigan System and Michigan State University) while others may have two equally strong public universities in a given system (such as the University of California at Berkeley and UCLA in the University of California System). As such, it is possible for a state to have more than one public university referred to as a "flagship." A private university, however, is never referred to as a flagship even though it might be more prestigious or enjoy better name recognition than it's state-funded counterpart (for example, Harvard University is not the flagship university of Massachusetts but rather the University of Massachusetts at Amherst).
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New York
The SUNY system has no official "flagship" campus or a campus referred to as simply the "State University of New York". However, it has four main "university centers"[1]
- State University of New York at Albany
- State University of New York at Binghamton (often informally considered the main undergraduate campus)
- State University of New York at Buffalo (often informally considered the main graduate campus)
- State University of New York at Stony Brook