The State University of New York at Buffalo is a publicresearch university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. It is commonly referred to as the University at Buffalo (UB) or SUNY Buffalo, and was formerly known as the University of Buffalo. The university was founded in 1846 as a private medical university, but in 1962 merged with the State University of New York (SUNY) system. By enrollment, UB is the largest in the SUNY system,[4] and also the largest public university in New York. UB also has the largest endowment and research funding, as a comprehensive university center in the SUNY system.[5][6]