Ohio State University

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The Ohio State University

Former names	Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (1870–1878)
Motto	Disciplina in civitatem (Latin)
Motto in English	"Education for Citizenship"
Type	Public land-grant research university
Established	March 22, 1870; 154 years ago (March 22, 1870)[1]
Parent institution	University System of Ohio
Accreditation	HLC
Academic affiliations	AAU CUMU ORAU URA USU Sea-grant Space-grant
Endowment	$7.4 billion (2023)[2]
President	Walter E. Carter Jr.
Provost	Karla S. Zadnik (interim)
Academic staff	7,310[3]
Administrative staff	27,158[3]
Students	60,046 (Columbus) 65,405 (all campuses)[4]
Undergraduates	45,728 (Columbus) 51,078 (all campuses)[4]
Postgraduates	14,318 (Columbus) 14,327 (all campuses)[4]
Location	Columbus , Ohio , United States
Campus	Large city[5], 1,665 acres (7 km2) Total, 16,196 acres (66 km2) [3]
Other campuses	Lima Mansfield Marion Newark Wooster
Newspaper	The Lantern
Colors	Scarlet and gray[6]
Nickname	Buckeyes
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten WCHA PRC MIVA ORCC
Mascot	Brutus Buckeye
Website	osu.edu

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students. The university consists of sixteen colleges and offers over 400 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.^[7]

It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". As of 2023,^[update] the university has an endowment of $7.4 billion. Its athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I as the Ohio State Buckeyes as a member of the Big Ten Conference for the majority of fielded sports.

It is a member of the Association of American Universities. Past and present alumni and faculty include six Nobel Prize laureates, nine Rhodes Scholars, seven Churchill Scholars, one Fields Medalist, seven Pulitzer Prize winners, 64 Goldwater scholars, seven U.S. senators, 15 U.S. representatives, and 104 Olympic medalists.