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You Can Make the World Ever Better

Welcome to the University of Rochester, where our mission to be ever better is ever present in all that we do. From research to medicine to music, we make profound, lasting change across industries and disciplines. Now it’s time for you to make your mark.

We Break Boundaries to Make Breakthroughs

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How One Professor Preserved NASA Space Rocks

Earth and environmental sciences professor Kevin Righter keeps the memorabilia from his years as a NASA curation lead close by in his new home in Rochester.

Keeping Asteroid Samples Clean

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Rochester Neuromedicine Researcher Discovers New Brain Anatomy

Ever Wonder: Why do we shrink over the course of a day?

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Our Nobel Prize Winners Revolutionize Their Fields

Ever Questioning, Ever Curious, Ever Better

We believe that the best standards have yet to be set, and our academic programs prepare students to think beyond convention to solve today’s most pressing challenges.

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A female scientist in a lab coat conducts research in a University of Rochester laboratory.

Pioneer New Technologies as a Researcher

A team of 10 University of Rochester undergraduates developed new technologies to efficiently replicate beneficial plant chemicals, including those endangered by climate change.

Advancing Technology

Create Your Own Custom Curriculum

Want to mix optics with music? Anthropology with business? At the University of Rochester, we have only one required course. The rest is up to you. Ian Krager, who graduated in 2022, studied political science and journalism.

Choose Your Own Adventure

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A Home for Healers and Creative Thinkers

At Rochester, creativity and curiosity inspire innovative thinking. We believe collaboration is key to making a lasting impact, and the work at our Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester Medical Center, and Memorial Art Gallery embodies the best of Rochester’s spirit.

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Art. Music. Science. Together.

The Eastman Performing Arts Medicine program integrates performing arts and healthcare, providing music for our patients, medical care for artists and investigating how music can enhance health and wellbeing.

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Meet Rochester’s “Mini-Met”

Not every university can say they have more than 5,000 years of art history on their campus. Students get free admission to the Memorial Art Gallery—an artistic hub driven to connect people, inspire fun, and ignite discovery.

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From Groundbreakers to Grammy Winners

Our alumni are known for their tenacious spirit and desire to challenge the status quo. Whether you’re thriving in the workplace or pursuing additional degrees, a Rochester education can take you anywhere.

The landscape of the type of data in baseball is changing significantly. Now it’s a lot more akin to something like the data that I’d be taking at the Laser Lab or during day-to-day work within physics or different engineering fields than it is statistics data. My job is to drive large projects that make sense of that data and set players up to develop new skills and succeed.

J. J. Ruby ’25 (PhD)