Accreditation & Partnerships
Accreditations
Learn more about the University of Florida’s institutional accreditation by visiting the UF Undergraduate Catalog or Graduate Catalog.
The University of Florida is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. For additional information about NASAD, visit their website at http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/ or contact the NASAD office at 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190-5248, (703) 437-0700.
The University of Florida is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance. For additional information about NASD, visit their website at http://nasd.arts-accredit.org/ or contact the NASD office at 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190-5248, (703) 437-0700.
The University of Florida is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For additional information about NASM, visit their website at http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/ or contact the NASM office at 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190-5248, (703) 437-0700.
The University of Florida is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. For additional information about NAST, visit their website at http://nast.arts-accredit.org/ or contact the NAST office at 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190-5248, (703) 437-0700.
Partnerships and Memberships
The University of Florida is an institutional member of The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru), a partnership of colleges and universities that fosters and champions the role of the arts, design, and arts integration in higher education.
UF is an institutional member of Imagining America, a consortium of publicly engaged artists, designers, scholars, and community activists working toward the democratic transformation of higher education and civic life. Visit the UF Imagining America Working Group page.
UF is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, a nationally recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students.
The University of Florida certifies the four-year degrees for students in the college division at the New World School of the Arts. Students who are accepted into the college division of NWSA start as Miami Dade College students and then transfer to UF as college juniors after completing lower-division coursework and earning their AA. Miami-Dade County Public Schools oversees the high school division, completing the three-way educational partnership that supports this center of excellence in the visual and performing arts, located in Miami, Florida.
The School of Art + Art History in the University of Florida College of the Arts is a university partner of the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) for the ISLAA Artist Seminar Initiative for the academic years Fall 2022 - Spring 2025.
As of 2022, the Design Program in the UF School of Art + Art History is a Full Member of Cumulus Association, the leading global association to serve art and design education and research. This membership directly expands the opportunities and possibilities for students and faculty in Graphic Design and Design & Visual Communications to connect, collaborate, and innovate globally in pedagogy, practice, and research.
The UF School of Theatre + Dance was accepted into the Allied with Broadway for Racial Justice program in 2021.
The Center for Arts in Medicine is home to the EpiArts Lab, a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab. The Center is also a collaborator in the World Health Organization (WHO) Healing Arts Lab, and a partner with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in advancing use of the arts for health communication and vaccine confidence.