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This article is about the Columbus campus. For other uses, see Ohio State University
(disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Ohio University or University System of Ohio.

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 1870; 152 years ago

Parent institution University System of Ohio

Accreditation HLC

Academic affiliations AAU

Sea-grant
 Space-grant

Endowment $7.0 billion (2022)[1]

President Kristina M. Johnson

Provost Melissa L. Gilliam

Academic staff 7,310[2]

Administrative staff 27,158[2]

Students 61,677 (Columbus)

67,772 (all campuses)[3]

Undergraduates 47,106 (Columbus)

53,189 (all campuses)[3]

Postgraduates 14,571 (Columbus)

14,583 (all campuses)[3]

Location Columbus

, 

Ohio

, 

United States

Campus Large City[4], 1,665 acres (7 km2)

Total, 16,196 acres (66 km2) [2]

Other campuses Lima

Mansfield

Marion

Newark

Wooster

Newspaper The Lantern

Colors Scarlet and gray[5]
   

Nickname Buckeyes

Sporting affiliations NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten

WCHA

ORCC
 Mascot Brutus Buckeye

Website www.osu.edu

The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-

grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of
Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public
universities in the United States. Founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university
and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, Ohio State was originally
known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and focused on various
agricultural and mechanical disciplines, but it developed into a comprehensive university
under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, and
in 1878, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio
State University" and broadening the scope of the university. Admission
standards tightened and became greatly more selective throughout the 2000s and
2010s.
Ohio State's political science department and faculty have greatly contributed to the
construction and development of the constructivist and realist schools of international
relations; a 2004 LSE study ranked the program as first among public institutions and
fourth overall in the world. A member of the Association of American Universities, Ohio
State is a leading producer of Fulbright Scholars, and is the only school in North
America that offers an ABET-accredited undergraduate degree in welding engineering.
The university's endowment of $6.8 billion in 2021 is among the largest in the world.
Past and present alumni and faculty include five Nobel Prize laureates, nine Rhodes
Scholars, seven Churchill Scholars, one Fields Medalist, seven Pulitzer Prize winners,
64 Goldwater scholars, six U.S. Senators, 15 U.S. Representatives, and 108 Olympic
medalists. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research
activity." As of 2021, Ohio State has the most students in the 95th percentile or above
on standardized testing of any public university in the United States.
The university has an extensive student life program, with over 1,000 student
organizations; intercollegiate, club and recreational sports programs; student media
organizations and publications, fraternities and sororities; and three student
governments. Its athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as
the Ohio State Buckeyes, and it's a member of the Big Ten Conference for the majority
of its sports. The school's football program has had great success and is one of the
major programs of college football; their rivalry against the University of Michigan has
been termed as one of the greatest in North American sports. As of 2017, Ohio State's
football program is valued at $1.5 billion, the highest valuation of any such program in
the country. The main campus in Columbus has grown into the third-largest university
campus in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly
15,000 graduate students.
 Contents

 1History
o 1.1Founding and early years (1870–1899)
o 1.2Growth and prominence (1900–1980)
o 1.3Modern era (1980–present)
 1.3.12016 terrorist attack
 2Campus
o 2.1Regional campuses
 3Academics
o 3.1Rankings and recognition
o 3.2Research
o 3.3Admissions and tuition
 3.3.1Undergraduate
o 3.4Honors programs
o 3.5Endowment and fundraising
 4Student life
o 4.1Diversity
o 4.2Sexual harassment handling
o 4.3Activities and organizations
 4.3.1Student organizations
 4.3.2Student government
o 4.4Residential life
 5Athletics
 6Traditions
o 6.1Fight songs and chants
 7Affiliated media
 8Notable people
o 8.1Alumni
o 8.2Faculty
 9See also
 10Notes
 11References
 12External links

History
Main article: History of Ohio State University
Founding and early years (1870–1899)
University Hall was the first building on campus, built in 1873 and reconstructed in 1976

The proposal of a manufacturing and agriculture university in central Ohio was initially
met in the 1870s with hostility from the state's agricultural interests and competition for
resources from Ohio University, which was chartered by the Northwest
Ordinance and Miami University.[6]
Championed by the Republican governor Rutherford B. Hayes, the Ohio State
University was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act of
1862 as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. [6]
The school was originally within a farming community on the northern edge of
Columbus. While some interests in the state had hoped the new university would focus
on matriculating students of various agricultural and mechanical disciplines, Hayes
manipulated both the university's location and its initial board of trustees towards a more
comprehensive educational mission.[citation needed] The university opened its doors to 24
students on September 17, 1873. In 1878, the first class of six men graduated. The first
woman graduated the following year. [7] Also in 1878, the Ohio legislature recognized an
expanded scope for the university by changing its name to "the Ohio State University." [8]
[9]
 The definite article "the" is part of Ohio State's legal name; since at least the 1990s,
Ohio State alumni – especially NFL players – have emphasized the "the" when referring
to their school ("the Ohio State University").[10]
Ohio State began accepting graduate students in the 1880s, and in 1891, the school
saw the founding of its law school, Moritz College of Law. It would later acquire colleges
of medicine, dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, commerce and journalism in
subsequent years.
Growth and prominence (1900–1980)
A view of The Oval green space in the early 20th century.

In 1906, Ohio State President William Oxley Thompson, along with the university's
supporters in the state legislature, put forth the Lybarger Bill with the aim of shifting
virtually all higher education support to the continued development of Ohio State while
funding only the "normal school" functions of the state's other public universities.
Although the Lybarger Bill failed narrowly to gain passage, in its place the Eagleson Bill
was passed as a compromise, which determined that all doctoral education and
research functions would be the role of Ohio State, and that Miami University and Ohio
University would not offer instruction beyond the master's degree level – an agreement
that would remain in place until the 1950s. In 1916, Ohio State was elected into
membership in the Association of American Universities.[11]
With the onset of the Great Depression, Ohio State would face many of the challenges
affecting universities throughout America as budget support was slashed, and students
without the means of paying tuition returned home to support families. By the mid-
1930s, however, enrollment had stabilized due in large part to the role of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration and later the National Youth Administration.[12] By the
end of the decade, enrollment had still managed to grow to over 17,500. In 1934, the
Ohio State Research Foundation was founded to bring in outside funding for faculty
research projects. In 1938, a development office was opened to begin raising funds
privately to offset reductions in state support.
In 1952, Ohio State founded the interdisciplinary Mershon Center for International
Security Studies, which it still houses. The work of this program led to the United
States Department of Homeland Security basing the National Academic Consortium for
Homeland Security at the university in 2003.

Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes with fullback Dick Doyle and assistant coach Ernie Godfrey, 1952

The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan football programs participated

in "The Ten Year War" between 1969 and 1978. In consistently close matches, it pitted
coaches Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Bo Schembechler of Michigan against each
other.[13] This heated era led to the persistent Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry.
Modern era (1980–present)
Ohio State had an open admissions policy until the late 1980s; particularly since the
early 2000s, the college has greatly raised standards for admission, and it has been
increasingly cited as one of the best public universities in the United States.[14][15][16][17][18][19] As
of 2021, it has by far the most students in the country in the 95th percentile or above of
test-takers on the ACT and SAT of any public university.[20] The trend particularly began
under former university administrator William Kirwan in 1998, who set out to greatly
increase the quality of applicants and make the university an elite academic university. [21]
[22]

Michael V. Drake, former chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, became the

15th president of the Ohio State University on June 30, 2014. He announced on
November 21, 2019, that he would retire at the end of the 2019–2020 academic year.
[23]
 In 2019, Ohio State filed for trademark protection of "the" when it is used to refer to
Ohio State;[24] the application was denied.[25] On June 3, 2020, the Ohio State Board of
Trustees appointed Kristina M. Johnson, the former chancellor of the State University of
New York, as the 16th president of the Ohio State University. [26] The main campus in
Columbus has grown into the third-largest university campus in the United States.[27]
On June 22, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted the
university a trademark on the word "the" in relation to clothing, such as T-shirts,
baseball caps and hats distributed and/or sold through athletic or collegiate channels. [28]
[29]
 Ohio State and its fans, in particular those of its athletics program, frequently
emphasizes the word "THE" when referring to the school. [30]
2016 terrorist attack
Main article: Ohio State University attack
In an attack against the campus on November 28, 2016, a fluorine leak was called in for
a laboratory building, and as fire trucks began to depart, Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove
into the crowd, then emerged and began stabbing those nearby.[31][32] The attack was
stopped in under two minutes by OSU Police Officer Alan Horujko, who witnessed the
attack after responding to the reported gas leak, and shot and killed Artan. [33] Ten people
were transported to local hospitals, and one suspect was killed. Local law enforcement
and the FBI launched an investigation, which determined that Artan was inspired by
terrorist propaganda from the Islamic State and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.[34]
[31][35]

Campus
See also: List of buildings at Ohio State University
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap

Interactive map of the university's main campus in Columbus

Ohio State's 1,764-acre (7.14 km2) main campus is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of
Columbus' downtown. The historical center of campus is the Oval, a quad of about 11
acres (4.5 ha).[36] The original campus was laid out in the English country style with
University Hall overlooking what would become the Oval. From 1905 to 1913,
the Olmsted Brothers, who had designed New York City's Central Park, were contracted
as architectural consultants. Under their leadership, a more formal landscape plan was
created with its center axis through the Oval. This axis shifted the university's street grid
12.25 degrees from the City of Columbus' street grid. Construction of the main library in
1915 reinforced this grid shift.[37]
Four buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Hale Hall (originally
Enarson Hall), Hayes Hall, Ohio Stadium and Orton Hall. Unlike earlier public
universities such as Ohio University and Miami University, whose campuses have a
consistent architectural style, the Ohio State campus is a mix of traditional, modern and
postmodern styles. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the
Oval's western end, is Ohio State library's main branch and largest repository. The
Thompson Library was designed in 1913 by the Boston firm of Allen and Collens in the
Italianate Renaissance Revival style, and its placement on the Oval was suggested by
the Olmsted Brothers. In 2006, the Thompson Library began a $100 million renovation
to maintain the building's classical Italian Renaissance architecture. [38]

The East Atrium at the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library.

Ohio State operates North America's 18th-largest university research library with a

combined collection of over 5.8 million volumes. Additionally, the libraries regularly
receive about 35,000 serial titles. Its recent acquisitions were 16th among university
research libraries in North America.[9] Along with 21 libraries on its Columbus campus,
the university has eight branches at off-campus research facilities and regional
campuses, and a book storage depository near campus. In all, the Ohio State library
system encompasses 55 branches and specialty collections. Some more significant
collections include the Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, which has the
archives of Admiral Richard E. Byrd and other polar research materials; the Hilandar
Research Library, which has the world's largest collection
of medieval Slavic manuscripts on microform; the Ohio State Cartoon Library &
Museum, the world's largest repository of original cartoons; the Lawrence and Lee
Theatre Research Institute; and the archives of Senator John Glenn.
Anchoring the traditional campus gateway at the eastern end of the Oval is the
1989 Wexner Center for the Arts. Designed by architects Peter Eisenman of New York
and Richard Trott of Columbus, the center was funded in large part by Ohio State
alumnus Leslie Wexner's gift of $25 million in the 1980s. The center was founded to
encompass all aspects of visual and performing arts with a focus on new commissions
and artist residencies. Part of its design was to pay tribute to the armory that formerly
had the same location. Its groundbreaking deconstructivist architecture has resulted in it
being lauded as one of the most important buildings of its generation. Its design has
also been criticized as proving less than ideal for many of the art installations it has
attempted to display. The centerpiece of the Wexner Center's permanent collection
is Picasso's Nude on a Black Armchair, which was purchased by alumnus Leslie
Wexner at auction for $45 million.

Aerial view of the main campus, with Drinko Hall and the South Oval in the foreground.

To the south of the Oval is another, somewhat smaller expanse of green space
commonly referred to as the South Oval. At its eastern end, it is anchored by the Ohio
Union. To the west are Hale Hall, the Kuhn Honors House, Browning Amphitheatre (a
traditional stone Greek theatre) and Mirror Lake.
Knowlton Hall, dedicated in October 2004, is at the corner of West Woodruff Avenue
and Tuttle Park Place, next to Ohio Stadium. Knowlton Hall along with the Fisher
College of Business and Hitchcock Hall form an academic nucleus in the northwestern
corner of North campus. Knowlton Hall was designed by Atlanta-based Mack Scogin
Merrill Elam along with WSA Studio from Columbus. The Hall is home to the KSA Café,
the disciplines of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, City and Regional Planning, and
about 550 undergraduate and graduate students. Knowlton Hall stands out from the
general reddish-brown brick of Ohio State's campus with distinctive white marble tiles
that cover the building's exterior. This unique wall cladding was requested by Austin E.
Knowlton, the namesake of and main patron to the creation of Knowlton Hall. Knowlton
also requested that five white marble columns be erected on the site, each column
representing one of the classical orders of Architecture.[39]
The Ohio State College of Medicine is on the southern edge of the central campus. It is
home to the James Cancer Hospital, a cancer research institute and one of the National
Cancer Institute's 41 comprehensive cancer centers, along with the Richard M. Ross
Heart Hospital, a research institute for cardiovascular disease.
The campus is served by the Campus Area Bus Service.
Regional campuses
The university also operates regional campuses in five areas:
 Ohio State University at Lima – Lima, Ohio, established in 1960
 Ohio State University at Mansfield – Mansfield, Ohio, established in 1958
 Ohio State University at Marion – Marion, Ohio, established in 1957
 Ohio State University at Newark – Newark, Ohio, established in 1957
 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute  (ATI) – Wooster, Ohio,
established in 1969

Academics
Rankings and recognition

The Ohio Union was the first student union at a state university in the United States.[40]

Academic rankings

National

Forbes[41] 105

THE / WSJ[42] 99

U.S. News & World Report[43] 49

Washington Monthly[44] 41

Global

ARWU[45] 101–150

QS[46] 140

THE[47] 85
 U.S. News & World Report[48] 52

showNational program rankings[49]

showGlobal program rankings[50]

The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2000) by Howard and Matthew
Greene listed Ohio State as one of a select number of public universities offering the
highest educational quality.[14] In its 2021 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked Ohio
State as tied for the 17th-best public university in the United States, and tied for 53rd
among all national universities. They ranked the college's political
science, audiology, sociology, speech–language pathology, finance, accounting, public
affairs, nursing, social work, healthcare administration and pharmacy programs as
among the top 20 programs in the country. [51] The Academic Ranking of World
Universities placed Ohio State 42–56 nationally and 101–150 globally for 2020. In its
2021 rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it tied for
80th in the world. In 2021, QS World University Rankings ranked the university 108th in
the world.[52] The Washington Monthly college rankings, which seek to evaluate colleges'
contributions to American society based on factors of social mobility, research and
service to the country by their graduates, placed Ohio State 98th among national
universities in 2020.[53]
In 1916, Ohio State became the first university in Ohio to be extended membership into
the Association of American Universities, and remains the only public university in Ohio
among the organization's 60 members. Ohio State is also the only public university in
Ohio to be classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" and
have its undergraduate admissions classified as "more selective." [54]