The University of Iowa is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City in southeast Iowa, on the Iowa River near the intersection of U.S. Interstate Highways 80 and 380. Iowa is composed of 11 colleges, the largest of which is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, enrolling most of Iowa's undergraduates. The Henry B. Tippie College of Business, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and the Colleges of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, enroll undergraduates, and with the Colleges of Dentistry and Public Health provide graduate education in conjunction with the Graduate College.More than 28,000 students enroll at Iowa each year. Some 64 percent come from Iowa, 21 percent from adjoining states, and 8 percent from the remaining states. International students from 106 countries make up 7 percent of the University's enrollment. The faculty numbers about 1,200 and there are about 13,000 staff. The total annual operating budget is about $1.2 billion, and there are more than 119 major buildings, most of them within walking distance of one another. Adding to the population are more than a million visitors each year who come to enjoy cultural events and art exhibits, to attend Big Ten athletic events, and to participate in the many conferences and educational programs scheduled at the University year-round.Established in 1847, Iowa has won international recognition for its wealth of achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Iowa was the first U.S. public university to admit men and women on an equal basis and the first institution of higher education in the nation to accept creative work in theater, writing, music, and art as theses for advanced degrees. It established the first law school and the first educational radio station west of the Mississippi, broadcast the world's first educational television programs, and developed and continues to hold preeminence in educational testing.The University has world renowned research programs in genetics, hydraulics, and speech and hearing, and has recorded major innovations in agricultural medicine, biocatalysis, biomedical engineering, biomedical sciences, and pharmacology education. Its graduate programs in audiology, printmaking, creative writing, speech-language pathology, and nursing service administration are first-ranked. Iowa scientists, including James Van Allen, have been pioneers in space research, designing and building research instruments for more than 50 successful U.S. satellites and space probes. The University of Iowa operates one of the nation's most advanced and comprehensive university-owned teaching hospitals. It also has developed the most technically advanced driving simulator in the world.

　　爱荷华大学是一所重要的全国性研究型大学，位于爱荷华州东南部爱荷华市，占地 1900 英亩，坐落在爱荷华河畔，靠近美国州际公路 80 号和 380 号的交汇处。爱荷华州由 11 个学院组成，其中最大的是文理学院，招收了爱荷华州大多数本科生。亨利·B·蒂皮商学院、罗伊·J·和露西尔·A·卡弗医学院，以及教育学院、工程学院、法学院、护理学院、药学院，招收本科生，并与牙科学院和公共卫生学院合作，与研究生学院合作提供研究生教育。每年有超过 28,000 名学生在爱荷华大学注册。约 64%来自爱荷华州，21%来自邻近州，8%来自其他州。来自 106 个国家的国际学生占该大学招生的 7%。教职员工约有 1200 人，员工约 13000 人。年度总运营预算约为 12 亿美元，拥有 119 座以上的主要建筑，大多数都在步行可达范围内。每年有超过一百万游客前来欣赏文化活动和艺术展览，观看十大联盟体育赛事，并参加大学全年举办的众多会议和教育项目，进一步增加人口。爱荷华州成立于 1847 年，因其在艺术、科学和人文学科的丰富成就而获得国际认可。爱荷华州是美国首个男女平等录取的公立大学，也是全国首个接受戏剧、写作、音乐和艺术创作作品作为高级学位论文的高等教育机构。 它创办了密西西比河以西的第一所法学院和第一家教育广播电台，播出了世界上第一档教育电视节目，并在教育测试领域保持并持续保持领先地位。该大学在遗传学、水力学以及言语与听力等领域拥有世界知名的研究项目，并在农业医学、生物催化、生物医学工程、生物医学科学和药理学教育领域取得了重大创新。其听力学、版画、创意写作、言语语言病理学和护理服务管理的研究生项目名列前茅。包括詹姆斯·范·艾伦在内的爱荷华科学家一直是空间研究的先驱，设计并制造了50多颗成功的美国卫星和太空探测器的研究仪器。爱荷华大学运营着全国最先进、最全面的大学自有教学医院之一。它还开发了世界上最先进的驾驶模拟器。