Ohio University is a public research university located on a 1,850-acre (7.5 km2) campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. Ohio is the first institution of higher education chartered by an act of Congress in America (Northwest Ordinance) in 1787, the first university in the former Northwest Territory in 1804, and is the ninth oldest public university in the United States. The Athens campus enrolls more than 21,000 students, who come from nearly every state and approximately 100 countries. Five regional campuses and e-learning programs further extend educational access and opportunity to students across southern Ohio and bring the total student population to more than 35,000.

Ohio University maintains a selective admission rate of 70%, with further admission requirements for its schools. The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine maintains its own select admissions criteria. Ohio University offers more than 250 areas of undergraduate study. On the graduate level, the University grants master’s degrees in many of its major academic divisions, and doctoral degrees in selected departments. Ohio University is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifications designate Ohio University as a Research University (high research activity) under the Basic Classification category.

Motto: Religio Doctrina Civilitas, Prae Omnibus Virtus

Motto in English: Religion, Learning, Civility; Above All, Virtue

Established: 1804; chartered 1787

Type: Public

Endowment: US $447 million

Academic staff: 2,187

Students: 38,241 on all campuses

Undergraduates: 23,000 Main Campus (2013)

Postgraduates: 3,645

Location: Athens (main campus), Chillicothe, Ironton, Lancaster, Pickerington, Proctorville, St. Clairsville, Zanesville (all in Ohio)

Former names: American Western University

Color: Ohio Green & White

Athletics: NCAA Division I – MAC

Nickname: Bobcats

Mascot: Rufus the Bobcat

Website: www.ohio.edu

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