Motto | "No Limit" |
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Type | Public university |
Established | 1963 |
Parent institution | State University System of Florida |
Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
Endowment | $74.6 million (2020)[1] |
President | Martha Dunagin Saunders |
Academic staff | 374 |
Students | 14,343[2] |
Undergraduates | 9,646[2] |
Postgraduates | 4,697[2] |
Location | , , United States 30°32′58″N 87°13′05″W / 30.5495°N 87.2181°W |
Campus | Small city[3], 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) |
Other campuses | |
Newspaper | The Voyager |
Colors | Blue and green[4] |
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Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II – Gulf South |
Mascot | Argie the Argonaut[5] |
Website | www |
The University of West Florida (West Florida or UWF) is a public university in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Established in 1963 as a member institution of the State University System of Florida, the University of West Florida is a comprehensive research university without faculties of law or medicine, a designated space-grant institution, and sits on the third largest campus in the State University System, at 1,600 acres (650 ha). The university's mascot is Argie the Argonaut and its logo is the chambered nautilus.[6]