The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It was chartered as a land-grant university on 15 February 1869 and is classified in the Carnegie R1 category (Doctoral Universities, Highest Research Activity). It reported total enrolment of 23,954 in autumn 2025.
Agriculture is organised through the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), created by the Nebraska Legislature in 1973. IANR comprises the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the Agricultural Research Division and Nebraska Extension, plus the research and extension parts of three departments in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The university says the Agricultural Research Division is the only public entity in Nebraska charged with conducting agricultural research; its scientists work on about 300 research projects, and it works with 11 departments. Its research centres include the Panhandle, West Central and Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension, and Education Centers and the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory. Nebraska Extension’s key focus areas include animal agriculture, crops for the future, food, nutrition and health, and water and environment.