Established in 1888 as Utah’s land-grant university, Utah State is a top research institution, with nearly $150 million in annual research expenditures.  Some facts about USU research:

• USU’s total research funding ranks among the top 10 non-medical schools in the West.

•  USU’s College of Education & Human Services is ranked 3rd in the nation in externally-funded research dollars.

• USU is third in the nation in percentage of federal engineering research among public universities with more than $20 million in research.

• Invention disclosures at USU have increased more than 35 percent in the past five years.