University of Connecticut facts for kids

The campus of the University of Connecticut.

The University of Connecticut, often called UConn, is a big public school in Storrs and Mansfield, Connecticut. A public university means it gets some money from the state government. It's a place where students go to learn after high school. UConn started in 1881. Today, about 28,677 students go to UConn to study many different subjects.

UConn Sports Teams

The sports teams at UConn are known as the UConn Huskies. They have 25 different sports teams for men and women. All these teams compete in the highest level of college sports, called NCAA Division I. Most of the Huskies' teams play in a group called the Big East Conference.

Sports Not in the Big East

Some UConn teams play in different groups because the Big East Conference does not have those sports:

• The football team plays on its own. This means they are not part of a conference for football.
• The men's and women's ice hockey teams play in a group called Hockey East.
• The women's rowing team competes in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Changes to Sports Teams

At the end of the 2020–21 school year, UConn decided to stop four of its sports teams. These teams were men's cross country, men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, and women's rowing.

Images for kids

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  University of Connecticut, around 1903

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  Branford House at the Avery Point campus

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  UConn's main building in Downtown Stamford

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  Starr Hall at the School of Law campus in Hartford

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  UConn Health, located in Farmington

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In Spanish: Universidad de Connecticut para niños