University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university, the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland, and the original 1862 land grant institution in Maryland. In keeping with the legislative mandates of 1988 and 1999, the University of Maryland is committed to achieving excellence as the state's primary center for research and graduate education and as the institution of choice for undergraduate students of exceptional ability. It intends to become one of the most distinguished public universities in the United States. To realize its aspirations and fulfill its madates, the University advances knowledge and provides superior and innovative instruction in a broad range of academic disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. It also employs knowledge for the benefit of the economy and culture of the state, the region, the nation, and beyond, and it does so in ways that realize one of its most cherished values, human diversity.