Columbus, OH
Founded in 1870
The Ohio State University, also known as OSU, was founded in 1870 and is a public research university located north of Columbus, Ohio. It is a member of the prestigious American academic consortium, the Association of American Universities, and is part of the Big Ten Conference. OSU is considered one of the top public universities in the Great Lakes region and is often referred to as the "Public Ivy." Ohio State University ranked 54th in the 2020 US News rankings and in 2016 was ranked 88th by QS World University Rankings, 72nd by Times Higher Education, 79th by ARWU, and 46th by US News World Rankings. The university offers 275 graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs, with strong programs in economics, business, engineering, and physics. The Ohio State University’s sports teams, known as the Buckeyes, compete in the NCAA and Big Ten Conference events. The school’s colors are scarlet and silver, and it has a strong sports tradition, especially in American football, having won multiple national championships. Notable alumni include inventor Charles Kettering, Teflon discoverer Roy Plunkett, inventor of the Hoffman code David Hoffman, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, and Olympic legend "Black Lightning" Jesse Owens, as well as multiple Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winners.