The Ohio State University & the City of Columbus

Founded in 1870, The Ohio State University is recognized as one of America's distinguished research universities. With more than 2,600 full-time faculty, more than 45,000 students on its Columbus campus, and a curriculum of 10,500 courses, Ohio State offers a learning environment few universities can match.

The Ohio State University
Ohio State is the leading comprehensive university in Ohio with a mission of international distinction in education, scholarship, and public service. Combining a responsibility for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge with a land-grant heritage of public service, it offers an extensive range of academic programs in the liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions. Ohio State provides undergraduate and graduate education for students who wish to benefit from a scholarly environment in which research inspires and informs teaching. As a major graduate institution, the university plays an important role in the generation of new knowledge and in the preparation of mature scholars. The university offers 120 graduate fields of study with 100 leading to the Ph.D. The quality and diversity of instructional programs and resources afford students the opportunity to elect programs of unusual strength in the traditional disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary programs which reflect new ways of organizing knowledge and new approaches to contemporary problems. In recent years, Ohio State has granted one of every 100 Ph.Ds earned in the United States.

At Ohio State, diversity and individual differences are recognized and valued. Equality of opportunity is a basic commitment. University policy, both traditionally and currently, is that discrimination against any individual for reasons of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, or Vietnam-era veteran status is specifically prohibited.

Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the home to Ohio State's main campus. As the state's capital and largest city, Columbus is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the nation, with a population of about 1.4 million. Columbus is primarily a service-industry community, although there is some light manufacturing.

The city is a national center for research and development and is home to an international airport served by most major airlines. As Ohio's capital city, Columbus' ties to government, business, and industry provide career and research opportunities for Ohio State students and their spouses.

Columbus offers what you would expect from a major metropolitan area an array of ethnic restaurants; symphony, ballet, and opera companies; theaters and museums, including the Wexner Center for the Arts (located on the Ohio State campus). It also boasts major-league teams in soccer and hockey, the Yankees' top farm team (the Clippers), and, of course, the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Within minutes of campus, you'll also find beautiful parks, bike trails, and neighborhood communities. It's surprisingly easy to navigate around Columbus, so you'll quickly find your way to your favorite destinations.