Motto | Disciplina in civitatem (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Education for Citizenship |
Type | Flagship Public Land grant Sea grant Space grant |
Established | 1870 |
Academic affiliations | AAU APLU BTAA ORAU University System of Ohio |
Endowment | $5.2 billion (2018)[1] |
President | Walter E. Carter Jr. |
Academic staff | 7,310[2] |
Students | 61,170 (Columbus) 68,100 (all campuses)[2] |
Undergraduates | 46,820 (Columbus) 53,734 (all campuses)[2] |
Postgraduates | 14,350 (Columbus) 14,366 (all campuses)[2] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | 1,665 acres (7 km2) Columbus campus 16,196 acres (66 km2) total[2] |
Colors | Scarlet and Gray[3] |
Nickname | Buckeyes |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference |
Mascot | Brutus Buckeye |
Website | osu |
Ohio State University (OSU) is a public university in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Ohio State was founded in 1870. Ohio State University has been noted by multiple publications as one of the highest ranked universities in the United States[4] and in the world.[5]