University of Missouri
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The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in 1839 as the first public university west of the Mississippi River.[15] It has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1908 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."[16]
Latin: Universitas Missouriensis | |
Former names | Missouri State University[1] |
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Motto | Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin) |
Motto in English | "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law"[2][3][4] |
Type | Public land-grant research university |
Established | February 11, 1839; 185 years ago (1839-02-11)[5] |
Parent institution | University of Missouri System |
Accreditation | HLC |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $1.42 billion (2023) (MU only)[6] $2.24 billion (2023) (system-wide)[7] |
Budget | $1.76 billion (FY 2024)[8] |
Chancellor | Mun Choi[9] |
Provost | Latha Ramchand[10] |
Academic staff | 4,215 (Fall 2023)[11] |
Administrative staff | 6,965 (Fall 2023)[11] |
Students | 31,041 (Fall 2023)[12] |
Undergraduates | 23,629 (Fall 2023)[12] |
Postgraduates | 7,412 (Fall 2023)[12] |
Location | , , United States 38.9453°N 92.3288°W / 38.9453; -92.3288 |
Campus | Midsize city[13], 1,262 acres (511 ha)[5] Total, 19,261 acres (7,795 ha) |
Newspaper | |
Colors | Old gold and black[14] |
Nickname | Tigers |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | Truman the Tiger |
Website | missouri |
Enrolling 31,041 students in 2023, it offers more than 300 degree programs in thirteen major academic divisions.[12][17] Its Missouri School of Journalism, founded by Walter Williams in 1908, was established as the world's first journalism school; it publishes a daily newspaper, the Columbia Missourian, and operates NBC affiliate KOMU.[18][19][20] The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the sole source of isotopes in nuclear medicine in the United States.[21] The university operates University of Missouri Health Care, running several hospitals and clinics in Mid-Missouri.
Its NCAA Division I athletic teams are the Missouri Tigers and compete in the Southeastern Conference. The American tradition of homecoming is claimed to have originated at MU.[22] Its alumni, faculty, and staff include 18 Rhodes Scholars,[23] 19 Truman Scholars,[24] 150 Fulbright Scholars,[25] 7 Governors of Missouri,[26] and 6 members of the U.S. Congress.[27] Two alumni and faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize: alumnus Frederick Chapman Robbins won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954[28] and George Smith was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 while affiliated with the university.[29]