Public university in Columbia, Missouri, US
University of Missouri Latin : Universitas Missouriensis Former names
Missouri State University[ 1] Type Public land-grant research university Established February 11, 1839; 185 years ago (1839-02-11 ) [ 2] Parent institution
University of Missouri System Accreditation HLC Academic affiliations
Endowment $1.42 billion (2023) (MU only)[ 3] $2.24 billion (2023) (system-wide)[ 4] Budget $1.76 billion (FY 2024)[ 5] Chancellor Mun Choi [ 6] Provost Latha Ramchand[ 7] Academic staff
4,215 (Fall 2023)[ 8] Administrative staff
6,965 (Fall 2023)[ 8] Students 31,041 (Fall 2023)[ 9] Undergraduates 23,629 (Fall 2023)[ 9] Postgraduates 7,412 (Fall 2023)[ 9] Location , , United States
38°56′43″N 92°19′44″W / 38.9453°N 92.3288°W / 38.9453; -92.3288 Campus Midsize city[ 10] , 1,262 acres (511 ha)[ 2] Total, 19,261 acres (7,795 ha) Newspaper Colors Old gold and black[ 12] Nickname Tigers Sporting affiliations
Mascot Truman the Tiger Website missouri .edu
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 .[ 13] It has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1908 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."[ 14]
Enrolling 31,041 students in 2023, it offers more than 300 degree programs in thirteen major academic divisions.[ 9] [ 15] 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 .[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the sole source of isotopes in nuclear medicine in the United States.[ 19] 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.[ 20]
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^ a b "MU Endowment Pool Profile" . University of Missouri. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
^ As of June 30, 2023. "Quarterly Performance Report" (PDF) . University of Missouri System . October 2, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2024 .
^ As of June 30, 2023. "U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (XLSX) . National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). February 15, 2024. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024 .
^ "Operating Budget" (PDF) . University of Missouri System. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ Williams, Mara Jose (July 28, 2020). "President of 4 universities now also head of Mizzou. Faculty at other schools worry" . Kansas City Star . Kansas City, Missouri . Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
^ "Latha Ramchand, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs" . Curators of the University of Missouri. 2019. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019 .
^ a b "Student Enrollment (Employee Headcount tab)" . University of Missouri. 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024 .
^ a b c d "Student Enrollment // MU Analytics" . muanalytics.missouri.edu . 2014–2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024 .
^ "College Navigator - University of Missouri-Columbia" . nces.ed.gov .
^ "HLC-University of Missouri" .
^ Mizzou Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines (PDF) . July 9, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
^ "University of Missouri" . Britannica Kids . Retrieved December 5, 2022 .
^ "Carnegie R1 and R2 Research Classifications Doctoral Universities (updated 2018)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2020.
^ "Colleges & Schools | University of Missouri" . missouri.edu . 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024 .
^ "World's First J-School Celebrates 100 Years" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 19, 2009 .
^ "Colleges and Schools" . University of Missouri. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
^ "KOMU Celebrates 50 Years of News Coverage and Community Service" . Missouri School of Journalism . February 9, 2004. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018 .
^ Williams, J. E. (June 1998). "MURR- The World's Most Powerful University Research Reactor". Journal of Nuclear Medicine . 39 (6): 13N–26N. ISSN 0161-5505 . PMID 9627317 .
^ Brooke, Eliza (August 31, 2015). "The History of Homecoming" . Vice: Broadly . Vice Magazine. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018 .