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College of South Carolina

University of South Carolina
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Former name
South Carolina College
Motto Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros (Latin)
Motto in English
Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel
Type Public university
Flagship state university
Sea-grant university
Established 1801
Parent institution
University of South Carolina System
Endowment $655,469,462
President Harris Pastides
Provost Joan T. Gabel
Academic staff
1,604
Students 33,575 (Columbia)
49,220 (System-wide)
Location Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Campus Urban, 359 acres (145 ha)
Colors Garnet and Black
         
Athletics NCAA Division ISEC
Nickname Gamecocks
Mascot Cocky
Website www.sc.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 78-104
Forbes 186
U.S. News & World Report 108
Washington Monthly 105
Global
ARWU 201-300
QS 551-600
Times 201-225
U.S. News & World Report 242

The University of South Carolina (also referred to as USC, SC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, co-educational research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with seven satellite campuses. Its campus covers over 359 acres (145 ha) in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House. The University is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as having "highest research activity." It has been ranked as an "up-and-coming" university by U.S. News & World Report, and its undergraduate and graduate International Business programs have ranked among the top three programs in the nation for over a decade. It also houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland, and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection.

Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, South Carolina is the flagship institution of the University of South Carolina System and offers more than 350 programs of study, leading to bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from fourteen degree-granting colleges and schools. The University of South Carolina has an enrollment of approximately 49,220 students, with 33,575 on the main Columbia campus as of fall 2015. USC also has several thousand future students in feeder programs at surrounding technical colleges. Professional schools on the Columbia campus include business, engineering, law, medicine, pharmacy, and social work.

The University was founded as South Carolina College on December 19, 1801, by an act of the General Assembly initiated by Governor John Drayton in an effort to promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Backcountry. On January 10, 1805, having an initial enrollment of nine students, the college commenced classes with a traditional classical curriculum. The first president was the Baptist minister and theologian Reverend Jonathan Maxcy. He was an alumnus of Brown University, with an honorary degree from Harvard University. Before coming to the college, Maxcy had served as the second president of Brown and the third president of Union College. Maxcy's tenure lasted from 1804 through 1820.


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