University of Washington Tacoma in the context of Tacoma, Washington


University of Washington Tacoma in the context of Tacoma, Washington

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The University of Washington Tacoma (UW Tacoma) is a campus of the University of Washington, located in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The UW Tacoma campus opened its first classrooms in repurposed warehouses in downtown Tacoma in 1990 and opened its permanent campus in 1997.

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University of Washington Tacoma in the context of University of Washington

The University of Washington (UW, and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded 164 years ago in 1861, it is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast.

The university has a 700-acre (2.8 km) main campus in the city's University District, with satellite campuses in nearby cities of Tacoma and Bothell. Overall, UW encompasses more than 500 buildings and over 20 million gross square footage of space, including one of the largest library systems in the world with more than 26 university libraries, art centers, museums, laboratories, lecture halls, and stadiums.

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