The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, 25 years before Brigham Young University and making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. The university received its current na…
The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, 25 years before Brigham Young University and making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. The university received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900. It is the flagship university of the Utah System of Higher Education.
Established: February 28, 1850
President: Taylor R. Randall
Former names: University of Deseret (1850–1892)
Motto: "Imagine, then Do"
Parent institution: Utah System of Higher Education
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