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Ole Miss

The University of Mississippi
Ole Miss seal.svg
Motto Pro scientia et sapientia (Latin)
Motto in English
On behalf of knowledge and wisdom
Type Public
Flagship
Sea-grant
Space-grant
Established 1848
Academic affiliations
ORAU
APLU
SURA
Endowment $593,921,946 (2014)
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter
Academic staff
871
Students 24,250 (fall 2016)
Location Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
34°21′54″N 89°32′17″W / 34.365°N 89.538°W / 34.365; -89.538Coordinates: 34°21′54″N 89°32′17″W / 34.365°N 89.538°W / 34.365; -89.538
Campus Rural 2,000+ acres
Colors Harvard Crimson, Yale blue
         
Nickname Rebels
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division ISEC
Website www.olemiss.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 278
U.S. News & World Report 140
Washington Monthly 166
University rankings
National
Forbes 332
U.S. News & World Report 140
Washington Monthly 180
Global
QS 551–600

The University of Mississippi (colloquially known as Ole Miss) is an American public research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. It is the state of Mississippi's flagship and largest university, with a total enrollment of 24,250 in fall 2016. It is both a sea-grant and space-grant institution and is classified as an "R1: Doctoral University — Highest Research Activity". Across all its campuses, it comprises approximately 2,200 faculty members, 10,600 staff members, and 24,000 students, and has a total budget of roughly $2 billion. About 55 percent of its undergraduates and 60 percent overall come from Mississippi, and 23 percent are minorities; international students come from 90 nations.

The Mississippi Legislature chartered the University of Mississippi on February 24, 1844. The university opened its doors to its first class of 80 students four years later in 1848. For 23 years, the university was Mississippi's only public institution of higher learning, and for 110 years it was the state's only comprehensive university.

When the university opened, the campus consisted of six buildings: two dormitories, two faculty houses, a steward's hall, and the Lyceum at the center. Constructed from 1846 to 1848, the Lyceum is the oldest building on campus. Originally, the Lyceum housed all of the classrooms and faculty offices of the university. The building's north and south wings were added in 1903, and the Class of 1927 donated the clock above the eastern portico. The Lyceum is now the home of the university's administration offices. The columned facade of the Lyceum is represented on the official crest of the university, along with the date of establishment.

In 1854, the university established the fourth state-supported, public law school in the United States, and also began offering engineering education.

With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, classes were interrupted when almost the entire student body (135 out of 139 students) from the University of Mississippi enlisted in the Confederate army.


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