The University of Maine is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".
Former names: Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (1865–1897) · University of Maine (1897–1971) · University of Maine at Orono (1971–1986)