In the course of these efforts, UT has become a nationally recognized, comprehensive public university with a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs serving students from almost every county in Ohio, all fifty states and ninety-eight countries. As the Northwest Ohio economy restructures itself, UT is serving as the primary source of intellectual leadership for area-wide change. This role is unique in that UT is building a University with selected programs of national excellence, capable of competing at the highest levels, while at the same time it is a university deeply rooted in the community of which it is a part. The University of Toledo has the only public college of law, engineering and pharmacy in the region, each of which is fully accredited by the appropriate agency. Programs in these colleges, combined with strong and accredited programs in business, education and allied professions and numerous other areas of science and technology, place the University at the forefront of regional economic change and development.
Undergraduate education remains the first priority.
Undergraduate enrollment has increased 75 percent since 1973, making UT the fastest growing public institution in Ohio until recently. The broad mixture of programs, students and faculty has created an environment that supports and encourages collaboration and cooperation between the University and other organizations, groups and institutions. This environment for collaboration is particularly strong in the sciences supportive of medicine, as demonstrated by cooperative research programs between UT and the Medical College of Ohio, and between business and the faculties in the sciences and engineering, as evidenced by a significant number of partnership arrangements. A very special environment is provided by the location of the University's academic programs in the visual arts at the Toledo Museum of Art. The University of Toledo offers a broad range of doctoral, master's and professional degree programs.