University of Montana is a public institution that was founded in 1893. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 10,190, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 220 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Montana's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 201.

The University of Montana campus in Missoula is situated by the Clark Fork River, near Mount Sentinel, in the western part of the state