Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio,
enrolling almost 20,000 students on its main 1,800 acre (7.3 km²) campus. It is the oldest college in Ohio. Its 285 undergraduate majors, as well as master's and doctoral programs are organized into 11 degree granting
units:
- College of Arts & Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Communication
- College of Education
- Russ College of Engineering and Technology
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Health & Human Services
- Honors Tutorial College
- University College
- College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Center for International Studies
More than 8,000 students attend OU's five regional campuses:
- Eastern (St. Clairsville)
- Zanesville
- Lancaster
- Southern (Ironton)
- Chillicothe
The school colors are hunter green and white; the mascot is the Bobcat. The Bobcats compete in NCAA Division I (I-A in
football) as a member of the Mid-American Conference.The school is nationally ranked among the nation's finest institutions of higher learning.
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University libraries contain more than 2.4 million
bound volumes. The university's student-run newspaper is
The Post. WOUB radio and television stations, affiliated with NPR and
PBS, originate in the telecommunications center.
