Arizona State University

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Arizona State University (ASU) is a public research institution of higher education and research with campuses located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is a single, unified institution with each of the four campuses functioning as a planned clustering of colleges and schools. As of 2006, the Tempe campus is the second-largest university campus in terms of student enrollment in the United States, with a student body of 51,234.

In addition to the Tempe, Arizona campus, ASU has three other campuses: its West campus was created in 1984 in Phoenix; its Polytechnic campus which opened in 1996 in Mesa; and its newest campus in Downtown Phoenix, which opened in August 2006. Combined, the West campus, Downtown campus, and Polytechnic campus enroll approximately 12,500 students.

Each year, nearly 10,000 students graduate from the university's four campuses. In 2006, 188 National Merit Scholars chose to attend ASU. Many are part of the Barrett Honors College, which has produced 54 Fulbright scholars, 28 Goldwater scholars, 13 Truman scholars, and 1 Gilman scholar. Under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ASU is classified as an "RU/VH" (formerly known as "Research-1") university.

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