University at Buffalo

About the organization

It is a public research university was founded in 1846 as a private medical college, but in 1962 merged with the SUNY system. The University at Buffalo is classified as a "Doctoral University with the Highest Research Activity (R1)". In 1989, UB was elected to the Association of American Universities. UB's alumni and faculty have included a prime minister, astronauts, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, three billionaires, Academy Award winners, Emmy Award winners, Fulbright Scholars, and Rhodes Scholars. U.S. President Millard Fillmore was one of the school's principal founders and served as the school's first chancellor.