The University is a leader among the nation's public institutions of higher education, home to top-ranked programs in business, creative writing, education, health sciences, medicine, and law. Students live and study in a comfortable, college-town community with locally run bookstores, ethnic restaurants, tree-lined walkways, charming old neighborhoods, and summer festivals. Cultural events and art exhibits, recreational activities, Big Ten athletic games and conferences and educational programs are available year-round to satisfy every interest.

If you enjoy the arts and history, the University of Iowa offers many opportunities to please any palate.  In any given year, artists from around the world visit Iowa City, including the latest Broadway shows, ballet and dance, and musical acts of all varieties, from the Joffrey Ballet and Munich Symphony Orchestra to Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan to Mamma Mia and The Full Monty.  Visit the University of Iowa Museum of Art, famous for its collection of modern and African art, and the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, which contains more than one million specimens from microscopic fossils of ancient pollen to mastodon skulls.

The ArtsIowa Calendar provides a list of current events.