University of New England 11 Hills Beach Road Biddeford, ME 04005  Toll Free: (800) 477-4UNE  Phone: (207) 283-0171  Web: www.une.edu

Quick Facts-University of New England Total enrollment: 3800 Undergraduate enrollment: 1370 Location: University Campus is on 540 coastal acres in Biddeford, Maine, 20 miles south of Portland (Maine's largest city), and 90 miles north of Boston. Westbrook College Campus, designated a national historic site, has a central green and classic brick buildings, set on 40 acres in a quiet residential neighborhood in Portland, Maine. New Facilities: The Harold Alfond Center for Health Sciences is a 20 million dollar state-of-the-art facility that houses classrooms and laboratories for medical, graduate, and undergraduate students. This facility also contains a fresh tissue lab, which is one of only three such labs in the country. The Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center and Research Facility is the only facility of it’s kind based on a college campus in the United States. It includes a state-of-the-art pool system for the mammals, wet lab areas, classrooms, research areas, surgery room, and an extensive seawater system that services the entire facility. UNE will open a new resident hall facility for September 2002. The new resident hall complex will house 310 students in four-room suites, and all rooms will be singles. Athletics: NCAA Division III, Commonwealth Coast Conference, and ECAC. Varsity teams include: men's and women's soccer, cross-country, basketball, and lacrosse, men's golf, and women's volleyball and softball. UNE also sponsors a number of club team that compete in collegiate leagues. Facilities include: gym and fitness areas, basketball courts (indoor and outdoor), tennis courts, indoor running track, racquetball courts, a competition size pool, and docking facilities with sailboats, kayaks and canoes. Costs: Tuition academic year 2001-2002: $16,740 Room and Board: $6,770 Financial Aid: All federal program awarded based on the FAFSA. Campus based programs including grants and an outstanding academic scholarship program based on GPA and SATs. About The University of New England It’s easy to make the case for attending college in southern Maine. The people are friendly and welcoming and the coastal area has a long history as a popular vacation destination. It’s a beautiful, livable part of the country and a wonderful place to spend your college years. The University of New England has two campuses: the University Campus in Biddeford, Maine and the University’s Westbrook College Campus in Portland, Maine. Both campuses offer their own uniqueness in a beautiful southern Maine setting. The University Campus in Biddeford encompasses more than 540 acres and has more than 4,000 feet of ocean frontage. Among its 22 buildings is the new 80,000-sq. ft. Harold Alfond Center for Sciences; the Campus Center, which includes a recreational/fitness center, a gymnasium, and a swimming pool that’s accessible to people with disabilities; and the Jack S. Ketchum Library. The university has completed the construction of a $7.5-million Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center and Research Facility this year. The university campus is nine miles from Kennebunkport, and 1 ½ hours from Boston, Massachusetts and the Mt. Washington Valley of New Hampshire. UNE’s 41-acre Westbrook College Campus offers access to the urban resources and cultural activities of Portland, Maine’s largest city. Appealing in its own right-it’s been designated a national historic district-the campus features notable architecture, recently updated facilities and technologies, and a pleasing small-college environment. You can choose UNE with full confidence that you’ll find strong, career-focused programs across the curriculum. You’ll also find a core curriculum solidly based in the liberal arts and sciences and a highly qualified faculty that understands person-to-person teaching. Our programs are exceptionally high quality and admission is reasonably competitive. With a degree from UNE, you’ll be a strong contender in the job markets of the twenty-first century, and for admission to many leading graduate and professional programs. Our philosophy of education and student life places emphasis on the quality of instruction and on the practical application of academic material. You’ll have access to outstanding clinical and internship experiences throughout the region and around the world. UNE’s College of Osteopathic Medicine offers many opportunities for research in the medical fields, and UNE’s affiliation with the highly respected Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine also offers students internships with some of the top scientists in America. Internships, co-ops, and clinicals all add up to the practical experience that allows students at UNE to apply the skills learned in the classroom to real job situations. The men and women who teach at UNE are an experienced group of people, with more than 85 percent earning the highest degree in their field. They are highly competent, demanding, concerned, accessible, and willing to give individual attention to students. The match between what our faculty has to offer and what our students need and expect is key to the rare educational environment at the University of New England. A recent accreditation report stated that, “while many small institutions believe in individual attention, UNE does it.”