Auniversitybuiltforthecenturyahead—
withthedisciplineofthecenturypast.
Founded on a 300-acre wooded campus with a radical idea: dissolve the walls between disciplines. Twenty-eight years later, that conviction still runs every laboratory, seminar, and quad.
We believe the hardest questions have never respected departments.
Rigor
Every claim earns its evidence. Every student defends their work.
Imagination
Departments dissolve. The best ideas live between fields.
Service
Knowledge is a public good. Our research is measured in lives improved.
Belonging
80 countries, one campus. Difference sharpens thought.
Twenty-eight years, measured in firsts.
- 1998
Founded
300 acres of woodland, an endowment of $40M, and a founding faculty of 42 believers in interdisciplinary rigor.
- 2004
First Nobel
Prof. Elena Márquez wins the Nobel in Chemistry for room-temperature catalysis of ammonia synthesis.
- 2011
Global Campuses
Satellite programs open in Singapore, London, and São Paulo — 40% of undergraduates now spend a semester abroad.
- 2018
$450M R&D
Annual research funding crosses the half-billion mark. Twelve new labs open, five spinouts IPO.
- 2024
Net-Zero Campus
The main campus achieves full net-zero operations, six years ahead of the pledge.
- 2026
Today
25,000 students · 2,000 faculty · 14 Nobel laureates · 8 Turing awards · ranked #4 globally.
Numbers that refuse to sit still.
"The best universities do not train students for jobs that exist. They graduate people who will build the jobs that don't."
Dr. Weir is the ninth President of AGU. Previously the founding director of the Neuro-Robotics Institute and a MacArthur Fellow, she has led the university through its most ambitious decade — including the launch of net-zero operations, three new international campuses, and the doubling of financial aid.