The 274 acre (1.1 km²) Belknap Campus three miles (5 km) from downtown Louisville is the primary campus, although there are
other local campuses in another location in Louisville (Shelby Campus) and in Fort
Knox, Kentucky (Fort Knox Campus). Classes are offered in many remote locations, including Panama, Hong Kong, Cairo, Egypt, and Athens, Greece.The university now consists of 12 different schools and colleges:
- Brandeis
School of Law
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Business and Public Administration
- College of Education and Human Development
- Graduate School
- J. B. Speed School of
Engineering
- Kent
School of Social Work
- School of Dentistry
- School of Medicine
- School of Music
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health and Information Sciences
Regionally, the University of Louisville is known for its strong programs in engineering, law, business, and medicine.There are also six libraries at the university, with a combined total of over 1,900,000 volumes of work:
- Dwight Anderson Memorial Music Library
- Kornhauser Health Sciences Library
- Laura Kersey Library of Engineering
- Law School Library
- Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library
- William F. Ekstrom Library (main library)
The Kersey library is being converted to an academic building that will be part of the J. B. Speed School of Engineering. It
is planned that, before 2007, the entire collection of the Kersey engineering library will
move to the main library on campus, Ekstrom Library.As of 2004 the current president is Dr. James R. Ramsey, former director of
the budget for Kentucky, he is the 17th president of the University of Louisville. Enrollment for 2003 was 21,464 students, and there are over 100,000 living alumni in the world. The school's mascot is
the cardinal, and the school colors are red, black, and white.
