University of Missouri

University of Missouri
Seal of the University of Missouri
Latin: Universitas Missouriensis
Former names
Missouri State University[1]
MottoSalus populi suprema lex esto (Latin)
Motto in English
"Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law"[2][3][4]
TypePublic land-grant research university
EstablishedFebruary 11, 1839 (1839-02-11)[5]
Parent institution
University of Missouri System
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$1.42 billion (2023)[6]
Budget$1.76 billion (FY 2024)[7]
ChancellorMun Choi[8]
ProvostLatha Ramchand[9]
Academic staff
4,215 (Fall 2023)[10]
Administrative staff
6,965 (Fall 2023)[10]
Students31,041 (Fall 2023)[11]
Undergraduates23,629 (Fall 2023)[11]
Postgraduates7,412 (Fall 2023)[11]
Location, ,
United States

38°56′43″N 92°19′44″W / 38.9453°N 92.3288°W / 38.9453; -92.3288
CampusMidsize city[12], 1,262 acres (511 ha)[5]
Total, 19,261 acres (7,795 ha)
Newspaper
ColorsOld gold and black[14]
   
NicknameTigers
Sporting affiliations
MascotTruman the Tiger
Websitemissouri.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.[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]

Enrolling 31,041 students in 2023, it offers more than 300 degree programs in thirteen major academic divisions.[11][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]

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  2. ^ "Our History". University of Missouri System. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "UM Seal Guidelines and History". Curators of the University of Missouri. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  4. ^ "University of Missouri System Style Guide" (PDF). Curators of the University of Missouri. September 7, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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  6. ^ "Endowment Pool" (PDF). University of Missouri System. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "Operating Budget" (PDF). University of Missouri System. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ a b "Student Enrollment (Employee Headcount tab)". University of Missouri. 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d "Student Enrollment // MU Analytics". muanalytics.missouri.edu. 2014–2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
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  13. ^ "HLC-University of Missouri".
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  15. ^ "University of Missouri". Britannica Kids. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  16. ^ "Carnegie R1 and R2 Research Classifications Doctoral Universities (updated 2018)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2020.
  17. ^ "Colleges & Schools | University of Missouri". missouri.edu. 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "World's First J-School Celebrates 100 Years". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  19. ^ "Colleges and Schools". University of Missouri. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "U.S. Rhodes Scholarships Number of Winners by Institution U.S. Rhodes Scholars 1904 – 2020" (PDF).
  24. ^ "Scholar Listing". The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  25. ^ "Grantee Directory". us.fulbrightonline.org. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  26. ^ "Missouri". National Governors Association. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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  28. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  29. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

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