🏳️University of Rochester

Website faviconrochester.edu

With just over 4,500 undergraduates, Rochester is one of the smallest and most collegiate in character among the nation's top research universities.

Forever better

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Become a Rochester Yellowjacket

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At Rochester, you’re headed for a future with boundless possibility. With our flexible curriculum, renowned research opportunities, and local and global community, you’ll do your part to make the world ever better.

While I wanted to work in a clinical capacity, I wasn’t ready to give up my passion for inquiry and discovery. But coming to Rochester, I was able to meet physician-scientists to see what this career path was like... I realized it was a **perfect way to blend my interests** in medicine and science.

Derek Chien ’25

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How to apply

](https://admissions.rochester.edu/applying/how-to-apply/)

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Financial aid

](https://www.rochester.edu/financial-aid/)

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Programs and majors

](https://www.rochester.edu/academics/programs.html)

Discover Rochester for yourself

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Nestled at the intersection of the Genesee River and downtown Rochester, our campuses offer beautiful landscapes, stunning performance halls, cutting-edge laboratories, and a tight-knit culture to bring it all together.

[Plan your visit](https://www.rochester.edu/visit/)

News and updates

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Alumni spotlight

### Rochester alum’s novel adapted for the big screen

Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel _Mickey7_ gets a Hollywood glow-up with Bong Joon-ho’s film _Mickey 17_.

The magnificent _Mickey7_

](//www.rochester.edu/newscenter/review-spring-2025-edward-ashton-mickey7-bong-joon-ho-mickey17-641682/)

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### Does e-cigarette use increase the risk of cancer?

](//www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/does-e-cigarette-use-increase-the-risk-of-cancer)[

### Historic Yellowjacket athletics footage is a fountain of youth

](//www.rochester.edu/newscenter/yellowjacket-historic-game-footage-videos-archives-639342/)[

### New technology could prevent QR code phishing attacks

](//www.rochester.edu/newscenter/qr-code-phishing-definition-quishing-638842/)

[Explore more news](https://rochester.edu/newscenter/)

Helpful links

*   [Contact](https://www.rochester.edu/contact/)

*   [Directory](https://onlinedirectory.ur.rochester.edu/)

*   [Human resources](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/)

*   [myURHR](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/myurhr/)

*   [MyPath](https://mypath.rochester.edu/)

*   [UR Mobile (app)](https://tech.rochester.edu/services/ur-mobile/)

*   [Parking & shuttles](https://www.rochester.edu/parking/)

*   [Information technology](https://tech.rochester.edu/)

*   [Blackboard](https://learn.rochester.edu/)

Resources for

*   [Prospective students](/admissions/)

*   [Current students](/students/)

*   [Faculty and staff](/working/)