University of Missouri

University of Missouri

Latin: Universitas Missouriensis
Motto	Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin)
Motto in English	Let the Welfare of the People be the Supreme Law
Type	Public Flagship state university Land-grant
Established	February 11, 1839 (1839-02-11)
Parent institution	University of Missouri System
Academic affiliations	University of Missouri System Association of American Universities Oak Ridge Associated Universities Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Endowment	$852.3 million (June 2015) $1.477 billion (system-wide, June 2015)
Budget	$2.2 billion (FY 2016)
Chancellor	Henry C. "Hank" Foley (interim)
Provost	Garnett S. Stokes
Academic staff	3,243 (Fall 2014)
Administrative staff	12,939 (Fall 2014)
Students	32,777 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	25,627 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates	5,967 (Fall 2016)
Location	Columbia, Missouri, U.S. 38°56′43″N 92°19′44″W / 38.9453°N 92.3288°W / 38.9453; -92.3288Coordinates: 38°56′43″N 92°19′44″W / 38.9453°N 92.3288°W / 38.9453; -92.3288
Campus	Urban, College town Main campus: 1,262-acre (2.0 sq mi; 510.7 ha) Total: 19,261-acre (30.1 sq mi; 7,794.7 ha)
Colors	Black and MU Gold
Athletics	NCAA Division I – SEC MAC (wrestling only)
Nickname	Tigers
Mascot	Truman the Tiger
Website	www.missouri.edu

The University of Missouri (also, Mizzou, MU, or University of Missouri–Columbia) is a public land-grant research university located in Columbia, Missouri, U.S. It was founded in 1839 as the first public institution of higher education west of the Mississippi River. As the largest university in the state, it enrolled 32,777 students in 2016, offering over 300 degree programs in 19 academic colleges in the 2014–2015 school year. It is the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System, which also maintains campuses in Rolla, Kansas City, and St. Louis.

MU is one of the nation's top-tier R1 institutions and one of the 34 public universities to be members of the Association of American Universities. There are more than 300,000 MU alumni living worldwide with over one half continuing to reside in Missouri. The university was ranked 103rd among national universities in the 2016 U.S. News & World Report rankings .

Starting in December 1953, it boasts the country's only university-owned TV network (NBC) affiliate (KOMU), operated by the Missouri School of Journalism. In 1908, the world's first school of journalism was founded by Walter Williams as the Missouri School of Journalism.

The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the world's most powerful university research reactor. MU is one of only six public universities in the United States with a school of medicine, veterinary medicine, engineering, agriculture, and law all on one campus. The university also owns the University of Missouri Health Care system, which operates four hospitals in Mid-Missouri.