The
University of Idaho (officially abbreviated
UI, locally referred to as "the U of I") is the
U.S. state of
Idaho's oldest public
university, located in the city of
Moscow in
Latah County in the
northern portion of the state. It is the state's
land-grant and primary research university, and enrolls more
national merit scholars than all other institutions in the state combined. In January 2012, the university enrolled the highest number of National Merit Scholars of any school in the
Northwest; more than the other institutions in the region with significantly larger enrollments. The University of Idaho was the state's sole university for 71 years, until
1963, and its the
College of Law, established in 1909, was first accredited by the
American Bar Association in 1925, and remains the only accredited law school in the state.