The University of Oregon (UO) is an R1 institution, a member of the Association of American Universities, and enrolls approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students. The UO recently joined the Big Ten Conference, with student-athlete competition within the new group starting in 2024. As a part of this move, UO will also join the Big Ten Academic Alliance, bringing together research and academic institutions sharing a common mission of research, graduate, professional, and undergraduate teaching, and public service. The UO’s 295-acre main campus in Eugene features state-of-the-art facilities in a verdant, arboretum-like setting. Eugene, a vibrant city of approximately 200,000, is within easy traveling distance of the Pacific Coast, the Cascade Mountains, Portland, and the rest of the beautiful Pacific Northwest.