Our brand new University of Iowa Scarf has Iowa on the front and Hawkeyes on the back, and is offered in the classic school color scheme of Black and Gold. The University of Iowa (also known as UI, or simply Iowa) is a public research university located in Iowa City, Iowa. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees; and it is the home of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, one of the largest university-owned teaching hospitals in the nation. Iowa was the first American institution of higher learning to accept creative work for academic credit, and developed the Master of Fine Arts degree. Iowas's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Hawkeyes. They compete in the Big Ten Conference.