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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a metropolitan research university that provides an accessible, quality education through flexible learning and unparalleled internship opportunities. At UA Little Rock, we prepare our more than 9,000 students to be innovators and responsible leaders in their fields. Committed to its metropolitan research university mission, UA Little Rock is a driving force in Little Rock’s thriving cultural community and a major component of the city and state’s growing profile as a regional leader in research, technology, economic development, and job creation. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a metropolitan research university that provides an accessible, quality education through flexible learning and unparalleled internship opportunities. At UA Little Rock, we prepare our more than 9,000 students to be innovators and responsible leaders in their fields. Committed to its metropolitan research university mission, UA Little Rock is a driving force in Little Rock’s thriving cultural community and a major component of the city and state’s growing profile as a regional leader in research, technology, economic development, and job creation. UA Little Rock students get to learn from the best professors around in classes that are as engaging as they are rigorous. Coursework blends critical thinking with real-world experience, providing a springboard for internships and later careers in such in-demand fields as nursing, engineering, data quality, criminal justice, and education. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate programs and more than 40 graduate programs. U.S. News and World Report has recognized the William H. Bowen School of Law’s legal writing program as one of the nation’s Top 10, the School of Business among the top tier business schools in the country, and the George W. Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math’s systems engineering program as one of the best in the South. UA Little Rock nursing students have the advantage of one of the country’s top state-of-the-art simulation hospital, known as SimCare. It’s a 22-bed, high fidelity hospital, training students in all areas of care as they work with interactive manikins that simulate a variety of medical-surgical scenarios. Applied Design, a UA Little Rock program to study contemporary studio craft such as ceramics, metalsmithing and jewelry, and furniture design and woodworking is the only degree program of its kind in the state and one of a very few accredited programs in this specialty. The UA Little Rock School of Criminal Justice houses the largest criminal justice program in the state and offers the only Ph.D. criminal justice program in Arkansas.