President Barack Obama visited ASU as sitting president on May 13, 2009. 

The 2018 university ratings by U.S. News & World Report rank ASU No. 1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the third year in a row.

ASU is a NASA designated national space-grant institute and a member of the Universities Research Association.

ASU is classified as a research university with "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" designation by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.  The Center for Measuring University Performanceranked ASU 24th among top U.S. public research universities in its 2015 report

Students currently compete in 24 varsity sports; Sun Devil Athletics fields teams in 10 men's and 14 women's sports. 

The Arizona State Sun Devils are members of the Pac-12 Conference and have won 24 NCAA championships. Along with multiple athletic clubs and recreational facilities, ASU is home to more than 1,100 registered student organizations, reflecting the student body's diversity.

For its efforts as a national leader in campus sustainability, ASU was named one of the top 6 "Cool Schools" by the Sierra Club in 2016, was named to the Princeton Review 2011 "Green Honor Roll," and earned an "A-" grade on the 2011 College Sustainability Green Report Card

ASU's School of Sustainability was the first school in the United States to introduce degrees in the field of sustainability. 

    5 Nobel Prize winners on campus. Read more about our award winning faculty here- https://provost.asu.edu/awards
    As chosen by employers in the Global University Employability Survey 2016. ASU ranks No. 9 in the country, ahead of MIT, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Duke, UCLA and the University of California.
    For the 3rd consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranks ASU No. 1 on its “Most Innovative Schools” list, ahead of Stanford at No. 2 and MIT at No. 3. ASU’s graduate programs continue to rank among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2017 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings. ASU is listed among the nation’s best schools for law, education, business, public affairs, fine arts and others.
    ASU ranks No. 5 on the most recent list of top universities favored by employers for producing the best-qualified graduates, according to The Wall Street Journal.
    ASU ranks in the top 20 on the University Business Incubator Index of the “Top Global University Incubators,” which reviewed 550 university incubators across the globe.