Robert Morris University
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| Type | Private, nonsectarian |
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| Established | 1921 |
| Endowment | $31.76 million (2015) |
| President | Christopher B. Howard |
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Academic staff
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196 full-time faculty |
| Undergraduates | 4,144 |
| Postgraduates | 1,037 |
| Location |
Moon Township, Pennsylvania 40°31′14″N 80°12′38″W / 40.520579°N 80.210688°WCoordinates: 40°31′14″N 80°12′38″W / 40.520579°N 80.210688°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 230 acres (0.93 km2) |
| Colors | Blue, White, and Red |
| Athletics | NCAA Division 1 - NEC |
| Nickname | Colonials |
| Mascot | RoMo |
| Website | www |
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Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private, coeducational university located in Moon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1921. It enrolls more than 4,000 undergraduates and more than 1,000 graduate students and offers more than 60 bachelor's degree programs and more than 20 master's and doctoral programs. Most students are from the Pittsburgh area, while 17 percent of freshmen in 2014 were from outside Pennsylvania.
Robert Morris University is named after Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and financier of the American Revolution. It is not affiliated with Robert Morris University Illinois.
Robert Morris University originated in 1921 as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, founded by Andrew Blass. It was based in various downtown buildings during its early decades, including the William Penn Hotel.
In 1962 the school purchased Pine Hill Manor and Farm in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, formerly the home of Oliver Kaufmann, vice president of Kaufmann's department store in Pittsburgh, his wife, Freda, and their children. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania then granted the school permission to award associate degrees, and the school became Robert Morris Junior College. The first new buildings, Franklin Center and three residence halls, were erected in 1963. The school became Robert Morris College in 1969, and for decades operated two separate campuses. In 2002, it attained university status and was thus renamed Robert Morris University. In 2010, the university sold its Downtown Center at 600 Fifth Avenue to Duquesne University.
On Dec. 4, 2014, Gregory G. Dell'Omo announced that he had accepted an offer from Rider University to become its next president in August 2015. The university at that time announced plans for the formation of a presidential search committee. On Sept. 10, 2015, Robert Morris named Christopher Howard, currently president of Hampden-Sydney College, as its next president. Howard, the first African-American president in school history, assumed office in February 2016.
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