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University of Missouri, Columbia

University of Missouri
University of Missouri Seal.svg
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
Association of American Universities
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Endowment
  • $851.1 million (June 2016)
  • $1.477 billion (system-wide, June 2015)
Budget $2.2 billion (FY 2016)
Chancellor Garnett S. Stokes (interim)
Alexander Cartwright
   (starts August 1, 2017)
Provost Garnett S. Stokes
Academic staff
3,243 (Fall 2014)
Administrative staff
12,939 (Fall 2014)
Students 33,266 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 25,898 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 7,368 (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 ISEC
MAC (wrestling only)
Nickname Tigers
Mascot Truman the Tiger
Website www.missouri.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 72-98
Forbes 216
U.S. News & World Report 111
Washington Monthly 80
Global
ARWU 201–300
QS 551-600
Times 351-400
U.S. News & World Report 328

The University of Missouri (also, Mizzou, or MU) 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 32,266 students in 2016, offering over 300 degree programs in 20 academic colleges. It is the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System, which also maintains campuses in Kansas City, Rolla, 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.


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