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Welcome

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism offers the opportunity to study leisure theory and research, as well as applied topics related to the park, recreation, and tourism profession.

Numerous recreation businesses, hospitals, and public agencies support the curriculum by serving on an advisory council and by providing opportunities for student internships and employment.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism at the University of Utah is part of a warm, western setting where people are outgoing, friendly and where learning is loved.

Located of the northeastern edge of Salt Lake City, the 1,500 acre campus reaches to the foothills of the majestic Wasatch Mountains. Over 25,000 students represent all 50 states and many foreign countries. A teaching faculty of more than 2,000 clinical, adjunct, research, and visiting faculty.

Utah is the west at its best: Four distinct seasons, ready access to all outdoor activity including superb skiing at eight world-famous resorts just minutes from the campus. The state also has five national parks and numerous other national and state scenic/recreation areas. Salt Lake City, with a metropolitan population of 650,000, is the hub of the intermountain west.

The University of Utah offers new hope for better health to thousands of people in the intermountain west through a regional Medical Center and various education programs. The University of Utah and its surrounding beauty offers many educational and recreational opportunities for its students, faculty, staff and its surrounding neighbors.