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The '''University of South Florida''' (or USF) is a [[Florida]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] founded in 1956.<ref name="history">{{cite web|work=University of South Florida|language=English|title=History|url=http://www.usf.edu/About-USF/history.asp}}</ref> It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t3natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Tier 3|work=US News|language=English}}</ref> In spite of its name, it is not located in the southern part of the state, but rather in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], which is in the west-central part of the state.

The '''University of South Florida''' (or USF) is a [[Florida]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] founded in 1956.<ref name="history">{{cite web|work=University of South Florida|language=English|title=History|url=http://www.usf.edu/About-USF/history.asp}}</ref> It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t3natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Tier 3|work=US News|language=English}}</ref> In spite of its name, it is not located in the southern part of the state, but rather in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], which is in the west-central part of the state (at the time it was, however, the southernmost state university in Florida).

==History==

==History==