A Welcome from President Michael M. Crow

"ASU maintains a tradition of academic excellence in core disciplines, and has become an important global center for innovative interdisciplinary teaching and research."

As president of Arizona State University, I would like to welcome you to one of the premier metropolitan public research universities in the nation. Enrolling more than 50,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on three campuses in metropolitan Phoenix, ASU maintains a tradition of academic excellence in core disciplines, and has become an important global center for innovative interdisciplinary teaching and research.
A research university is inherently committed to the principle that teaching is most effectively carried out in a context that encourages the creation of new knowledge. At ASU ground-breaking interdisciplinary research in the sciences and fields of technology complements scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and professional schools. ASU is also a community of poets, novelists, artists, and musicians, a place where the expression of a personal vision is valued as highly as the design of a new molecule.
The historic campus in Tempe, a college town surrounded by the creative ferment of a metropolitan region, provides a congenial setting for our academic community. In Mesa, ASU’s Polytechnic campus is emerging as one of the nation’s premier polytechnics, with an emphasis on experience-based learning and applications-based problem solving. In a beautiful setting in the burgeoning West Valley, ASU’s West campus will evolve as a truly interdisciplinary college. And in downtown Phoenix, ASU is developing a campus emphasizing programs that utilize and contribute to its urban setting.
ASU proudly champions diversity, and boasts a student body as diverse as any in the nation. Our campuses are international in scope, with students coming to ASU from all 50 states and nations across the globe to receive an education of the highest caliber. ASU is an active partner in initiatives to enhance the social well-being, economic competitiveness, and cultural depth.