Arizona State University

Tempe, United States

Arizona State University (ASU), founded in 1885, is one of the largest public research universities in the United States, spanning four campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area — Tempe (main, 2,030 acres), Downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic and West Valley. Built around its self-described "New American University" model of broad access combined with research excellence, ASU has been ranked the #1 most innovative school in the US by U.S. News & World Report for 11 consecutive years, and placed #173 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. ASU offers more than 800 undergraduate and graduate programs across 16+ colleges and schools, including the nationally renowned W.P. Carey School of Business, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the distinctive School of Earth and Space Exploration, which has partnered on NASA missions. With over 80,000 students, including more than 17,600 international students from 160 countries, ASU is consistently the top choice among international students at a US public university.

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