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The University of Washington (UW), founded in 1861, encompasses campuses in Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell, Washington. The university's College of Arts and Sciences includes arts, humanities, social sciences, natural and mathematical sciences, and other programs. UW also offers students dentistry, education, public health, law, medicine, forest resource, oceanography and fishery, library science, and aeronautics programs. Its medical school is attended by students across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. UW also includes colleges of architecture, urban planning, business administration, engineering, nursing, and public affairs. It operates evening degree, continuing education, and other programs. UW is one of the leading research institutions in the United States. In 2002, it received over $800 million in public and private research grants. Approximately 77 percent of funding is from federal agencies. UW has conducted engineering, forestry, aerospace, marine sciences, and health sciences research. The university has an annual combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 42,000 students. It employs approximately 3,600 instructors. Five faculty members have won the Nobel Prize. Other faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine. The Tacoma and Bothell campuses were opened in 1990.
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