Today the university serves approximately 34,000 students. One of the top 50 public research universities in the country, USF was recently classified as a Research 1 University by the Board of Regents. The college has a long history of student excellence. It maintains affiliation agreements with more than 100 health care agencies in USF's service area, offering students a wide range of clinical experience in both in-patient and community facilities. USF's College of Medicine is renowned for cardiology, ophthalmology and immunology.
Admission is highly selective.
Each year, the college receives more than 2,000 applications to fill 96 available positions. Areas of include community and family health, epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, and health policy and management. Driving to weekly business and research meetings became an inefficiency problem for staff and faculty, as well as students. Conducting business and medical research over the phone or via email has not proven a realistic alternative. The productivity level of the staff, residents, and students is adversely affected.