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Ohio University (often abbreviated as OU or Ohio) is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7.3 km²) campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest university in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States.
History
Organization
Ohio University is organized into several colleges:
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Scripps College of Communication
- Russ College of Engineering and Technology
- Zelman College of Business
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Education
- College of Health and Human Services
- Honors Tutorial College
- University College
- College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Center for International Studies
More than 8,100 students attend Ohio University's five regional campuses:
- Eastern (St. Clairsville)
- Zanesville
- Lancaster
- Southern (Ironton)
- Chillicothe
- Pickerington (part of Lancaster campus)
Classification
Ohio University was named by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a Doctoral/High Research Activity institution to reflect its growing number of graduate programs. Other public universities in Ohio with this classification are Bowling Green State University, Kent State University, Miami University, the University of Akron, the University of Toledo and Wright State University. University libraries contain more than 2.4 million bound volumes. Fact: date=July 2007
Nationally competitive awards
Ohio University is recognized for its student success rate in competing for nationally competitive awards. In 2006, twelve Ohio University students received Fulbright scholarships. In 2005, Ohio University had 9 Fulbright Scholars.
Other awards received by recent Ohio University students include the Mitchell Scholarship, the Truman Scholarship, Morris K. Udall Scholarship, and the Goldwater Scholarship and Hollings Scholarship, which were won by the same student during the 2005-2006 academic year.
Research at Ohio University
Gamertsfelder Hall, named for Walter Gamertsfelder Ohio University offers a fertile environment for research. A variety of unique research programs and institutes bring top practitioners who provide students with opportunities to work with and learn from world-class scientists and scholars actively engaged in advancing their disciplines.
Ohio University's Board of Trustees approved Research Centers and Institutes include:
- Ohio University's renowned College of Osteopathic Medicine sponsors: The Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine; The Tropical Disease Institute; The Edison Biotechnology Institute; The Appalachian Rural Health Institute; Academic & Research Center.
