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{{Short description|Public university in Columbus, Ohio, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = The Ohio State University
 | image_name             = Ohio State University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | former_names           = Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (1870–1878)
 | motto                  = ''Disciplina in civitatem'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Education for Citizenship"
 | established            = {{start date and age|March 22, 1870}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.osu.edu/site/anniversaries/founding-of-ohio-state-faqs/|title=Founding of Ohio State}}</ref>
 | parent                 = [[University System of Ohio]]
 | accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]|[[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities|CUMU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]|[[Coalition of Urban Serving Universities|USU]]|[[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea-grant]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | endowment              = $8.6 billion (2025)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://busfin.osu.edu/investments | title=Office of Investments &#124; Office of Business and Finance | access-date= August 19, 2025}}</ref>
 | faculty                = 7,310<ref name="Statistical Summary">{{cite web|title=Statistical Summary (Autumn 2018)|url=https://www.osu.edu/osutoday/stuinfo.php|website=osu.edu|publisher=Ohio State University|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-date=November 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124043205/https://www.osu.edu/osutoday/stuinfo.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 27,158<ref name="Statistical Summary"/>
 | president              = [[Walter E. Carter Jr.]]
 | provost                = [[Ravi V. Bellamkonda]]
 | students               = 60,046 (Columbus)<br />65,405 (all campuses)<ref name="headcount">{{cite web |url=https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-reports-increase-in-new-first-year-students-growth-on-regional-campuses/ |date=September 18, 2023 |title=Ohio State reports increase in new first-year students, growth on regional campuses |website=osu.edu |access-date=September 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001091600/https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-reports-increase-in-new-first-year-students-growth-on-regional-campuses/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 45,728 (Columbus)<br />51,078 (all campuses)<ref name="headcount"/>
 | postgrad               = 14,318 (Columbus)<br />14,327 (all campuses)<ref name="headcount"/>
 | city                   = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]
 | state                  = [[Ohio]]
 | country                = United States
 | campus                 = Large city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Ohio&s=all&pg=2&id=204796|title=IPEDS-Ohio State University|access-date=November 7, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221091452/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Ohio&s=all&pg=2&id=204796|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|1,665|acre|km2|0}}<br />Total, {{convert|16,196|acre|km2|0}}<ref name="Statistical Summary" />
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]|[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]]|[[Patriot Rifle Conference|PRC]]|[[Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association|MIVA]]|[[Ohio Regional Campus Conference|ORCC]]}}
 | nickname               = [[Ohio State Buckeyes|Buckeyes]]
 | colors                 = {{college color list|team=Ohio State Buckeyes}} <!-- automatically entered due to unified branding -->
 | mascot                 = [[Brutus Buckeye]]
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | logo                   = Ohio State University horizontal logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = 1.1
 | free_label             = Other campuses
 | free                   = {{hlist|[[Ohio State University at Lima|Lima]]|[[Ohio State University at Mansfield|Mansfield]]|[[Ohio State University at Marion|Marion]]|[[Ohio State University at Newark|Newark]]|[[Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute|Wooster]]|[[online education|Online]]}}
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''[[The Lantern]]''
}}

'''The Ohio State University''' ('''Ohio State''' or '''OSU''') is a [[public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]], United States. A member of the [[University System of Ohio]], it was founded in 1870. It is one of the [[List of largest United States university campuses by enrollment|largest universities by enrollment]] in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students. The university consists of sixteen [[college]]s and offers over 400 degree programs at the [[undergraduate]] and [[Graduate school|graduate]] levels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academics |url=https://www.osu.edu/academics |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=Ohio State University |language=en}}</ref>

It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". {{as of|2025|post=,}} the university has an [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment|endowment]] of $8.6 billion. Its athletic teams compete in [[NCAA Division I]] as the [[Ohio State Buckeyes]] as a member of the [[Big Ten Conference]] for the majority of fielded sports.

It is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]]. Past and present alumni and faculty include 6 [[Nobel Prize]] laureates, 9 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]], 7 [[Churchill Scholarship|Churchill Scholars]], 1 [[Fields Medal]]ist, 7 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, 64 [[Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship|Goldwater scholars]], 1 [[President of Costa Rica|Costa Rican president]], 1 [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. vice president]], 7 [[United States Senate|U.S. senators]], 15 [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representatives]], and 104 [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|Olympic medalists]].

== History ==
{{Main|History of Ohio State University}}

=== Overview ===
==== 1870–1899 Foundational era ====
[[File:University Hall (Ohio State University).jpg|thumb|[[University Hall (Ohio State University)|University Hall]] was the first building on campus, built in 1873 and reconstructed in 1976]]
The proposal of a manufacturing and agriculture university in central Ohio was initially met in the 1870s with hostility from the state's agricultural interests, and with competition for resources from [[Ohio University]], which was chartered by the [[Northwest Ordinance]] and [[Miami University]].<ref name=":4">{{cite web|last=Berdahl |first=Robert M. |url=http://cio.chance.berkeley.edu/chancellor/sp/flagship.htm |title=Discussion of "Flagship Universities" by UC-Berkeley Chancellor Berdahl |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |date=October 5, 1998 |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120058/http://cio.chance.berkeley.edu/chancellor/sp/flagship.htm |archive-date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref> Championed by the [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]] governor [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], the Ohio State University was founded in 1870 as a [[land-grant university]] under the [[Morrill Act of 1862]] as the '''Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College'''.<ref name=":4" />

The university opened its doors to 24 students on September 17, 1873. In 1878, the first class of six men graduated. The first woman graduated the following year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio State History and Traditions|url=https://news.osu.edu/history.html|publisher=The Ohio State University|access-date=July 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216131558/http://news.osu.edu/history.html|archive-date=February 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 1878, the Ohio legislature recognized an expanded scope for the university by changing its name to "the Ohio State University".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/buckeye-history/faqs#1 |title= Why are we called "THE" Ohio State University"? |work=FAQs |publisher=The Ohio State University Libraries |date=February 21, 2014 |quote=The statute has quote marks, and states "shall be known and designated hereafter as 'The Ohio State University{{'"}}.|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815234443/http://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/buckeye-history/faqs/#1|archive-date=August 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="arl.org">The government of Ohio, in its official web site listing the state's compiled laws: "3335.01 The Ohio State University. The educational institution originally designated as the Ohio agricultural and mechanical college shall be known as "The Ohio State University"." http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3335</ref>

==== 1900–1980 Middle era ====
[[File:Columbus, Ohio LOC 22.tif|thumb|A view of The Oval green space in the early 20th century]]
In 1906, Ohio State [[segregationist]]<ref name=seg2>{{cite web |title=Naming Policy |url=https://www.thelantern.com/projects/project/naming-policy/ |website=The Lantern |date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> president [[William Oxley Thompson]], along with the university's supporters in the state legislature, put forth the Lybarger Bill with the aim of shifting virtually all higher education support to the continued development of Ohio State while funding only the "[[normal school]]" functions of the state's other public universities. Although the Lybarger Bill failed narrowly to gain passage, in its place the Eagleson Bill was passed as a compromise, which determined that all doctoral education and research functions would be the role of Ohio State, and that Miami University and Ohio University would not offer instruction beyond the master's degree level – an agreement that would remain in place until the 1950s. In 1916, Ohio State was elected into membership in the [[Association of American Universities]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Staff|title=The Ohio State University {{!}} Association of American Universities|url=https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members/ohio-state-university|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=[[Association of American Universities]]}}</ref>

In 1911, president Thompson wrote in a letter, "the race problem is growing in intensity every year, and I am disposed to doubt the wisdom on the part of the colored people of taking any move that practically forces the doctrine of social equality."<ref name=seg>{{cite web |title=Students lead us closer to justice and equity |url=https://alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/students-lead-us-closer-justice-and-equity |website=Ohio State Alumni Magazine |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> At the same time, Ohio State "practiced [[racial segregation]]" that was widespread across the country at the time against Black students, and "there is no known evidence [Thompson] saw benefits in addressing it".<ref name=seg /> In 2024, after attempts were made to remove Thompson's statue from the Oval, university spokesperson Ben Johnson stated "the naming review process is thoughtful and thorough and therefore could take several years", but the statue has not been removed.<ref name=seg2 />

With the onset of the [[Great Depression]], Ohio State would face many of the challenges affecting universities throughout America as budget support was slashed, and students without the means of paying tuition returned home to support families. By the mid-1930s, however, enrollment had stabilized due in large part to the role of the [[Federal Emergency Relief Administration]] and later the [[National Youth Administration]].<ref>[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/heq/44.3/bower.html  ''A Favored Child of the State: Federal Student Aid at Ohio Colleges and Universities, 1934–1943'' Kevin P. Bower] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303185523/http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/heq/44.3/bower.html |date=March 3, 2006 }}</ref> By the end of the decade, enrollment had still managed to grow to over 17,500. In 1934, the Ohio State Research Foundation was founded to bring in outside funding for faculty research projects. In 1938, a development office was opened to begin raising funds privately to offset reductions in state support.

In 1952, Ohio State founded the [[interdisciplinary]] [[Mershon Center for International Security Studies]], which it still houses. The work of this program led to the United States [[Department of Homeland Security]] basing the National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security at the university in 2003.

==== 1980–present Modern era ====

Ohio State had an [[open admissions]] policy until the late 1980s. Since the early 2000s, the college has raised standards for admission, and been increasingly cited as one of the best public universities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knox|first=Tom|date=August 25, 2015|title=Ohio State ACT Scores Set Another Record – And Are A Far Cry From A Decade Ago|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/08/ohio-state-students-act-scores-set-another-record.html|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=Bizjournal}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last1=Greene|first1=Howard|title=The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities|last2=Greene|first2=Matthew|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=2001|isbn=978-0060934590|location=[[United States]]|page=12}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Masuoka|first1=Natalie|last2=Grofman|first2=Bernard|last3=Feld|first3=Scott L.|date=July 2007|title=Ranking Departments: A Comparison of Alternative Approaches|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096507070825|journal=PS: Political Science & Politics|volume=40|issue=3|pages=531–537|doi=10.1017/s1049096507070825|issn=1049-0965|quote=...Ohio State's has come to be one of the major departments in American politics...|s2cid=15449994|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Freedman|first=David H.|date=June 16, 2016|title=The War on Stupid People|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-war-on-stupid-people/485618/|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Grosch|first1=Michael|title=Mediale Hochschul-Perspektiven 2020 In Baden-Wuerttemberg: Empirische Untersuchung Im Rahmen Der Allianz "Forward IT"|last2=Hartmann|first2=Jörg|last3=Holstein|first3=Sarah|last4=Marks|first4=Philipp|last5=Sexauer|first5=Andreas|last6=Zafirov|first6=Aleksandar|publisher=[[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]]|year=2017|isbn=9783731506232|page=38|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bayor|first=Ronald|title=Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|year=2011|isbn=9780313357862|volume=2|page=1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smola|first=Jennifer|title=As Ohio State marks 150 years, has its land-grant mission evolved?|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2020/08/22/as-ohio-state-marks-150-years-has-its-land-grant-mission-evolved/42273375/|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en-US|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417042210/https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2020/08/22/as-ohio-state-marks-150-years-has-its-land-grant-mission-evolved/42273375/|url-status=live}}</ref> The main campus in Columbus has grown into the [[List of largest United States university campuses by enrollment|fifth-largest university campus]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/colleges-with-the-most-undergraduates|title=10 Universities With the Most Undergraduate Students|date=November 15, 2022|access-date=August 2, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212195352/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/colleges-with-the-most-undergraduates|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 12, 2015, OSU claimed the first-ever [[College Football Playoff National Championship]] by defeating Oregon 42–20.<ref name = "OSU B10East">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400547926|title=Indiana vs. Ohio State – Game Recap – November 22, 2014 |website=ESPN|access-date=November 22, 2014|archive-date=November 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123092544/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400547926|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=40621|title=Buckeyes make playoff Cleveland.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209160341/http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=40621|archive-date=December 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400610178|title=Alabama vs. Ohio State – Game Recap – January 1, 2015 |website=ESPN|access-date=January 12, 2015|archive-date=January 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115104928/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400610178|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 22, 2022, the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] granted the university a trademark on the word "the" in relation to clothing, such as T-shirts, baseball caps and hats distributed and/or sold through athletic or collegiate channels.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hofmann |first=Brian |date=June 22, 2022 |title='THE:' Ohio State awarded trademark on the word |url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/the-ohio-state-awarded-trademark-on-the-word/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=NBC4 WCMH-TV |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622175441/https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/the-ohio-state-awarded-trademark-on-the-word/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 22, 2022 |title=Ohio State awarded 'THE' trademark for certain apparel |url=https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=10tv.com |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622190938/https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 |url-status=live }}</ref> In recent years, Ohio State and its fans, in particular those of its athletics program, have frequently emphasized the word "THE" when referring to the school.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Victor |first=Daniel |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Ohio State University Trademarks 'The' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/us/the-ohio-state-university.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713030934/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/us/the-ohio-state-university.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{main|List of presidents of Ohio State University}}

[[Michael V. Drake]] became the 15th president of Ohio State in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://president.osu.edu/story/presidential-transition-announcement|title=A Message from President Drake|last=Drake|first=Michael|date=November 21, 2019|website=OSU.EDU|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806011025/https://president.osu.edu/story/presidential-transition-announcement|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, [[Kristina M. Johnson]] took office as the 16th president.<ref>{{cite web|first=Emily|last=Bamforth|date=June 3, 2020|title=Ohio State trustees confirm SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson as next president|url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/06/ohio-state-trustees-confirm-suny-chancellor-kristina-m-johnson-as-next-president.html|website=cleveland.com|access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> And in 2023, [[Walter E. Carter Jr.]] took office as the 17th president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet President Carter |url=https://president.osu.edu/meet-president-carter |website=Office of the President, The Ohio State University |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614002509/https://president.osu.edu/meet-president-carter |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Significant events ===

==== 1969–1970 Vietnam War protests ====
Throughout 1969, [[List of protests against the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam War protest tensions]] grew on Ohio State's campus. What is now Bricker Hall was occupied by students, but after being told they had "five minutes to leave, or they'd be arrested", students departed from the building. In late April 1970, anti-war riots ensued on Ohio State campus, leading to nearly 300 arrests, over 60 injuries, and seven gunshot wounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=OSU turmoil of 1969-70 remembered by protesters and police |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/campus/2017/10/05/osu-turmoil-1969-70-remembered/18519423007/ |website=The Columbus Dispatch |date=October 5, 2017 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021651/https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/campus/2017/10/05/osu-turmoil-1969-70-remembered/18519423007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Students began "boycotting classes with a student strike, protesting the university's rejection of a list of demands presented the week before. Specific demands included adding black and women's studies to the university's courses." On April 29, 1970, five days before the [[Kent State shootings]], students [[Picketing|picketed]] buildings, but this initially peaceful protest "started to spiral out of control" after [[Ohio State Highway Patrol]] troopers arrived in riot gear. When a man was assaulted by three students, tear gas was deployed, in response to which protesters threw rocks at the National Guard. Seven students were struck with a shotgun blast near the Student Union. There were no casualties, and the shooter was not identified.

==== 1978–1998 Richard Strauss sexual abuse scandal ====
{{excerpt|Ohio State University abuse scandal}}

==== 2003 University District arson ====
{{excerpt|2003 Columbus, Ohio arson}}

==== 2016 terrorist attack ====
{{excerpt|Ohio State University attack}}

==== 2023–2025 pro-Palestinian campus protests ====
[[File:40IMG 0015 (53680288936).jpg|thumb|Officers arresting a pro-Palestinian protester at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, April 25, 2024]]
{{excerpt|Ohio State University pro-Palestinian campus protests during the Gaza war|only=paragraphs}}

== Campus ==
{{see also|List of buildings at Ohio State University}}
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Ohio State's {{convert|1,764|acre|km2|adj=on}} main campus is about {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} north of Columbus' downtown. The historical center of campus is the Oval, a [[quadrangle (architecture)|quad]] of about {{convert|11|acre|adj=off}}.<ref name="faqs">{{cite web|url=https://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/digitalcontent/faqs#7|title=FAQs|website=University Libraries|publisher=The Ohio State University|access-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013151555/https://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/digitalcontent/faqs#7|archive-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The original campus was laid out in the English country style with University Hall overlooking what would become the Oval. From 1905 to 1913, the [[Olmsted Brothers|Olmsted brothers]], who had designed New York City's [[Central Park]], were contracted as architectural consultants. Under their leadership, a more formal landscape plan was created with its center axis through the Oval. This axis shifted the university's street grid 12.25 degrees from the City of Columbus' street grid. Construction of the main library in 1915 reinforced this grid shift.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wyngaard |first=Susan |date=1996 |title=Living in Peter Eisenman's Library, or, Managing the Mundane in Postmodern Paradise |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27948845 |journal=Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=37–39 |doi=10.1086/adx.15.2.27948845 |jstor=27948845 |s2cid=192721577 |issn=0730-7187 |access-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221105718/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27948845 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[File:OSU William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library East Atrium.JPG|thumb|The East Atrium at the [[William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library]]]]
Ohio State's [[research library]] system has a combined collection of over 5.8 million volumes. Along with 21 libraries on its Columbus campus, the university has eight branches at off-campus research facilities and regional campuses, and a book storage depository near campus. In all, the Ohio State library system encompasses 55 branches and specialty collections. Some more significant collections include the [[Byrd Polar Research Center]] Archival Program, which has the archives of Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] and other polar research materials; the [[Hilandar Research Library]], which has the world's largest collection of [[medieval]] [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] manuscripts on microform; the [[Cartoon Research Library|Ohio State Cartoon Library & Museum]], the world's largest repository of original cartoons; the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute; and the archives of Senator [[John Glenn]].

Anchoring the traditional campus gateway at the eastern end of the Oval is the 1989 [[Wexner Center for the Arts]]. Designed by architects [[Peter Eisenman]] of New York and Richard Trott of Columbus, the center was funded in large part by Ohio State alumnus Les Wexner's gift of $25 million in the 1980s. The center was founded to encompass all aspects of visual and performing arts with a focus on new commissions and artist residencies. Part of its design was to pay tribute to the armory that formerly had the same location. Its groundbreaking [[deconstructivism|deconstructivist]] architecture has resulted in it being lauded as one of the most important buildings of its generation. Its design has also been criticized as proving less than ideal for many of the art installations it has attempted to display. The centerpiece of the Wexner Center's permanent collection is [[Picasso]]'s ''[[Nude on a black armchair|Nude on a Black Armchair]]'', which was purchased by Wexner at auction for $45 million.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

[[File:Columbus, Ohio JJ 79.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the main campus, with [[Ohio State University Moritz College of Law|Drinko Hall]] and the South Oval in the foreground]]

To the south of the Oval is another, somewhat smaller expanse of green space commonly referred to as the South Oval. At its eastern end, it is anchored by the Ohio Union. To the west are Hale Hall, the Kuhn Honors House, Browning Amphitheatre (a traditional stone [[Greek theatre]]) and [[Mirror Lake (Ohio)|Mirror Lake]].

[[Knowlton Hall]], dedicated in October 2004, is at the corner of West Woodruff Avenue and Tuttle Park Place, next to [[Ohio Stadium]]. Knowlton Hall along with the [[Max M. Fisher College of Business|Fisher College of Business]] and Hitchcock Hall form an academic nucleus in the northwestern corner of North campus. Knowlton Hall was designed by Atlanta-based [[Mack Scogin Merrill Elam]] along with [[Reed and Stem|WSA Studio]] from Columbus. The Hall is home to the KSA Café, the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, and about 550 undergraduate and graduate students. Knowlton Hall stands out from the general reddish-brown brick of Ohio State's campus with distinctive white marble tiles that cover the building's exterior. This unique wall cladding was requested by [[Austin Eldon Knowlton|Austin E. Knowlton]], the namesake of and main patron to the creation of Knowlton Hall. Knowlton also requested that five white marble columns be erected on the site, each column representing one of the classical orders of [[architecture]].<ref name="herrick">{{cite web|url=http://herrick.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/building/knowlton-hall-austin-e|title=Knowlton Hall, Austin E.|access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928002321/http://herrick.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/building/knowlton-hall-austin-e|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>

The [[OSU College of Medicine and Public Health|Ohio State College of Medicine]] is on the southern edge of the central campus. It is home to the [[James Cancer Hospital]], a cancer research institute and one of the [[National Cancer Institute]]'s 41 [[NCI-designated Cancer Center|comprehensive cancer centers]], along with [[the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital]], a research institute for cardiovascular disease.

The campus is served by the [[Campus Area Bus Service]].

===Regional campuses===
The university also operates regional campuses in five areas:

* [[Ohio State University at Lima]] – [[Lima, Ohio]], established in 1960
* [[Ohio State University at Mansfield]] – [[Mansfield, Ohio]], established in 1958
* [[Ohio State University at Marion]] – [[Marion, Ohio]], established in 1957
* [[Ohio State University at Newark]] – [[Newark, Ohio]], established in 1957
* [[Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute]] (ATI) – [[Wooster, Ohio]], established in 1969

==Academics==

===Undergraduate admissions===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 57.2%
|admit rate change = 3.1
|yield rate        = 25.3%
|yield rate change = -7.4
|SAT Total         = 1260–1420<br />(among 21% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 26–32<br />(among 64% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="cds21-22">{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2021-2022_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2021-2022|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref>
}}

Ohio State is considered a selective public university.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last1=Aisch|first1=Gregor|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Cox|first3=Amanda|last4=Quealy|first4=Kevin|date=January 18, 2017|title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Ohio State|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/the-ohio-state-university|access-date=August 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826025018/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/the-ohio-state-university|url-status=live}}</ref> Undergraduate admissions selectivity to Ohio State is rated as 91/99 by ''[[The Princeton Review]]'' (meaning "highly selective")<ref>{{cite web|title=Princeton Review: The Ohio State University|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/ohio-state-university-columbus-1023960|url-status=live|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=[[Princeton Review]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731175952/https://www.princetonreview.com/college/ohio-state-university-columbus-1023960 |archive-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref> and "more selective" by ''U.S. News & World Report'';<ref name="USNWR" /> according to the data, it is the most selective for any public university in the state of Ohio. ''[[The New York Times]]'' classifies Ohio State as a "highly selective public college".<ref name=":5" />

For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), Ohio State received 58,180 applications and accepted 33,269 (57.2%). Of those accepted, 8,423 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 25.3%. OSU's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 93.9%, with 88% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="cds21-22" />

Of the 21% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1260–1420.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mathews|first=Jay|title=Top Colleges Not Better, Data Shows|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html|access-date=May 4, 2021|issn=0190-8286|quote=He ranked colleges by the number — not the percentage — of students with SAT math scores over 700 or ACT math scores over 30. Those students are all in the top 5 percent of test-takers. Here are the top 10 schools on that list in descending order: Ohio State, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT-Austin, Michigan, Illinois, University of Washington, Wisconsin, Texas A&M and Maryland (Becker's alma mater). Ohio State had 20,500 students with those scores. Maryland had 12,600.}}</ref><ref name="cds21-22" /> Of the 64% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores, the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 26 and 32.<ref name="cds21-22" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio State University SAT Score Analysis (New 1600 SAT) |url=https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Ohio-State-University-SAT-scores-GPA |website=prepscholar.com |publisher=PrepScholar |access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio State University ACT Scores and GPA |url=https://www.prepscholar.com/act/s/colleges/Ohio-State-University-ACT-scores-GPA |website=prepscholar.com |publisher=PrepScholar |access-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418084841/https://www.prepscholar.com/act/s/colleges/Ohio-State-University-ACT-scores-GPA |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2020–2021 academic year, 26 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=December 7, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624044709/http://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecenter.ufl.edu/AnyFed1990-2000-II/Nat_Merit_Schol_95-04.xls |title=The Center, Listing of National Merit Scholar Enrollment 1995–2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230092419/http://thecenter.ufl.edu/AnyFed1990-2000-II/Nat_Merit_Schol_95-04.xls |archive-date=December 30, 2006 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ '''Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics'''<ref name="cds21-22"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2020-2021_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2020-2021|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2019-2020_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2019-2020|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021741/https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2019-2020_Columbus.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/IRP_CDS_2018-2019_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2018-2019|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/IRP_CDS_2017-2018_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2017-2018|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2016-17_Survey_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2016-2017|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022203/https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2016-17_Survey_Columbus.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 58,180 || 49,087 || 47,703 || 48,077 || 47,782 || 44,845
|-
! Admits
| 33,269 || 33,619 || 25,634 || 24,988 || 22,964 || 24,265
|-
! Admit rate
| 57.2 || 68.5 || 53.7 || 52.0 || 48.1 || 54.1
|-
! Enrolled
| 8,423 || 8,679 || 7,716 || 7,944 || 7,209 || 7,938
|-
! Yield rate
| 25.3 || 25.8 || 30.1 || 31.8 || 31.4 || 32.7
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 26–32<br /><small>(64%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 26–32<br /><small>(80%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 28–32<br /><small>(78%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–32<br /><small>(80%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–31<br /><small>(86%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–31<br /><small>(84%<sup>†</sup>)</small>
|- 
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1260–1420<br /><small>(21%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1230–1390<br /><small>(36%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1300–1420<br /><small>(39%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1240–1450<br /><small>(35%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1260–1450<br /><small>(29%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}
{{clear}}

===Rankings and recognition===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 43
| USNWR_W  = 66 (tie)
| THE_WSJ  = 99
| Wamo_NU  = 68
| Forbes   = 72
| QS_W     = 190
| THES_W   = 116 (tie)
| ARWU_W   = 82
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed floatright" "text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4 |National program rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Ohio State University– U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=April 8, 2025|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903112009/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Audiology || 9
|-
| Biological sciences || 37
|-
| Biostatistics || 21
|-
| Business || 24
|-
| Chemistry || 20
|-
| Clinical psychology || 45
|-
| Computer science || 35
|-
| Earth sciences || 33
|-
| Economics || 37
|-
| Education || 27
|-
| Engineering || 27
|-
| English || 26
|-
| Fine arts || 32
|-
| Health Care management || 5
|-
| History || 22
|-
| Law || 28
|-
| Mathematics || 27
|-
| Medical schools: primary care || Tier 2
|-
| Medical schools: research || Tier 1
|-
| Nursing: doctorate || 9
|-
| Nursing: master's || 3
|-
| Nursing: midwifery || 25
|-
| Occupational therapy || 9
|-
| Pharmacy || 4
|-
| Physical therapy || 4
|-
| Physics || 28
|-
| Political science || 18
|-
| Psychology || 30
|-
| Public affairs || 16
|-
| Public health || 22
|-
| Social work || 12
|-
| Sociology || 18
|-
| Speech–language pathology || 21
|-
| Statistics || 24
|-
| Veterinary medicine || 4
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed floatright" "text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4 |Global program rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Ohio State University– U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 28, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|archive-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720044514/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Agricultural sciences || 40
|-
| Arts & humanities || 31
|-
| Biology & biochemistry || 91
|-
| Cardiac & cardiovascular systems || 88
|-
| Chemistry || 143
|-
| Clinical medicine || 45
|-
| Computer science || 181
|-
| Economics & business || 54
|-
| Electrical Engineering || 82
|-
| Engineering || 69
|-
| Environment/ecology || 83
|-
| Geosciences || 80
|-
| Immunology || 84
|-
| Materials science || 106
|-
| Mathematics || 83
|-
| Mechanical engineering || 54
|-
| Microbiology || 55
|-
| Molecular biology & genetics || 74
|-
| Neuroscience & behavior || 81
|-
| Oncology || 16
|-
| Pharmacology & toxicology || 50
|-
| Physics || 31
|-
| Plant & animal science || 43
|-
| Psychiatry/psychology || 38
|-
| Psychiatry/psychology || 38
|-
| Public Administration || 8
|-
| Social sciences & public health || 48
|-
| Space science || 15
|-
| Surgery || 36
|}

''[[Public Ivy|The Public Ivies]]: America's Flagship Public Universities'' (2000) by Howard and Matthew Greene listed Ohio State as one of a select number of public universities offering the highest educational quality.<ref name=":2" /> In its 2023 edition, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Ohio State as tied for 43rd among all national universities. They [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|ranked]] the college's [[political science]], [[audiology]], [[sociology]], [[speech–language pathology]], [[finance]], [[accounting]], [[Public policy|public affairs]], [[nursing]], [[social work]], [[Health administration|healthcare administration]] and [[pharmacy]] programs as among the top 20 programs in the country.<ref name="USNWR">{{cite magazine |title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings – Ohio State University—Columbus |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ohio-state-6883/ |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117165533/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ohio-state-6883 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' placed Ohio State 39-51 nationally and 101–150 globally for 2023. In its 2024 rankings, ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked it tied for 99th in the world. In 2024, ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 151st in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ohio-state-university|access-date=January 19, 2024|website=Top Universities|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021650/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ohio-state-university|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' college rankings, which seek to evaluate colleges' contributions to American society based on factors of social mobility, research and service to the country by their graduates, placed Ohio State 61st among national universities in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cortellessa|first=Eric|date=August 28, 2020|title=2020 National University Rankings|url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/national|access-date=April 6, 2021|website=Washington Monthly|language=en-US|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901051024/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/national|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:OhioUnionFront.JPG|thumb|The [[Ohio Union]] was the first [[Student center|student union]] at a state university in the United States.<ref name="What was the first student union">{{cite web |title=What was the first student union |url=http://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/buckeye-history/faqs/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815234443/http://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/buckeye-history/faqs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ]]
In 1916, Ohio State became the first university in Ohio to be extended membership into the Association of American Universities, and remains the only public university in Ohio among the organization's 60 members. Ohio State is also the only public university in Ohio to be [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" and have its undergraduate admissions classified as "more selective".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/|title=Carnegie Foundation Classification Database|website=[[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]]|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=September 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916035322/http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ohio State's political science program is ranked among the top programs globally. Considered to be one of the leading departments in the United States, it has played a particularly significant role in the construction and development of the [[Constructivism (international relations)|constructivist]] and [[Realism (international relations)|realist]] schools of [[international relations]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite web|title=The Top Public Universities in the United States|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/top-public-universities-788337|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=[[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]]|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021653/https://www.thoughtco.com/top-public-universities-788337|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, it was ranked as first among public institutions and fourth overall in the world by British political scientist [[Simon Hix]] at the [[London School of Economics|London School of Economics and Political Science]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hix|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Hix|date=September 2004|title=A Global Ranking of Political Science Departments|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x|journal=Political Studies Review|volume=2|issue=3|pages=293–313|doi=10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x|issn=1478-9299|s2cid=154679305|access-date=April 9, 2021|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021652/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=March 23, 2015|title=Political Science (BA, BS)|url=https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/academics/programs/political-science|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=College of Arts and Sciences|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414082253/https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/academics/programs/political-science|url-status=dead}}</ref> while a 2007 study in the academic journal [[PS – Political Science & Politics|''PS: Political Science & Politics'']] ranked it ninth in the United States.<ref name=":3" />  It is a leading producer of [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 16, 2021|title=Ohio State Ranked No. 1 Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars|url=https://oia.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-ranked-no-1-top-producer-of-fulbright-scholars/|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=The Ohio State University|language=en}}</ref>

''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'' ranked the undergraduate business program at Ohio State's [[Max M. Fisher College of Business|Fisher College of Business]] as the 14th best in the nation in its 2016 rankings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-best-undergrad-business-schools/|title=These Are the Best Undergraduate Business Schools of 2016|last1=Levy|first1=Francesca|last2=from|first2=Jonathan Rodkin|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426203140/http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-best-undergrad-business-schools/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Ohio State [[linguistics]] department was recently ranked among the top 10 programs nationally, and top 20 internationally by ''QS World University Rankings''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/linguistics#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=|title=QS World University Rankings 2017|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]|access-date=March 11, 2018|archive-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312022905/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/linguistics#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=|url-status=live}}</ref>

The college is the only school in [[North America]] that offers an [[ABET]]-accredited [[Welding|welding engineering]] undergraduate degree.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=McDavid|first1=Richard|title=Career Opportunities in Engineering|last2=Echaore-McDavid|first2=Susan|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|year=2006|isbn=9781438110707|page=197|quote=Ohio State University and LeTourneau University of Longview, Texas, are the only American institutions that offer a welding engineering (Ohio State) or a materials joining (LeTourneau) program that is accredited by ABET, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|date=September 2, 2011|title=Welding Engineering|url=https://engineering.osu.edu/graduate/welding-engineering|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=Ohio State: College of Engineering|language=en|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411025435/https://engineering.osu.edu/graduate/welding-engineering|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Research===
{| class="toccolours"  style="float:right; margin-right:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:210px;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | OSU colleges and schools
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Dentistry|College of Dentistry]]
|-
| College of Education and Human Ecology
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]]
|-
| College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Medicine|College of Medicine]]
|-
| College of Nursing
|-
| College of Optometry
|-
| College of Pharmacy
|-
| College of Public Health
|-
| College of Social Work
|-
| College of Veterinary Medicine
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]]
|-
| Graduate School
|-
| [[John Glenn College of Public Affairs]]
|-
| [[Max M. Fisher College of Business]]
|-
| [[Moritz College of Law]]
|}

[[File:OSU Wexner Medical Center campus 01.jpg|thumb|The [[Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center|Wexner Medical Center]] campus]]

The [[National Science Foundation]] ranked Ohio State University 12th among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2021 with $1.23 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universities Report Largest Growth in Federally Funded R&D Expenditures since FY 2011 {{!}} NSF - National Science Foundation |url=https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23303 |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=ncses.nsf.gov |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228183324/https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23303 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zalaznick |first=Matt |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed's top 30 R&D performers |url=https://universitybusiness.com/r-d-research-and-development-billion-dollar-top-30-college-university-higher-ed-spenders/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=University Business |language=en-US |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224165848/https://universitybusiness.com/r-d-research-and-development-billion-dollar-top-30-college-university-higher-ed-spenders/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2007 report released by the National Science Foundation, Ohio State's research expenditures for 2006 were [[United States dollar|$]]652 million, placing it seventh among public universities and 11th overall, also ranking third among all American universities for private industry-sponsored research. Research expenditures at Ohio State were $864 million in 2017. In 2006, Ohio State announced it would designate at least $110 million of its research efforts toward what it termed "fundamental concerns" such as research toward a cure for cancer, renewable energy sources and sustainable drinking water supplies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/10/08/daily3.html |title=OSU ranked No. 11 for research spending |date=October 8, 2007 |publisher=Business First of Columbus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015154250/http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/10/08/daily3.html |archive-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref> In 2021, President Kristina M. Johnson announced the university would invest at least $750 million over the next 10 years toward research and researchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/president-johnson-delivers-first-state-of-the-university-address/|title=President Johnson delivers first State of the University address|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324140851/https://news.osu.edu/president-johnson-delivers-first-state-of-the-university-address/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was announced in conjunction with Ohio State's new Innovation District, which will be an interdisciplinary research facility and act as a hub for healthcare and technology research, serving Ohio State faculty and students as well as public and private partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/innovation-district-to-spearhead-economic-growth-research-and-expanded-talent/|title=Innovation District to spearhead economic growth, research and expanded talent|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324080553/https://news.osu.edu/innovation-district-to-spearhead-economic-growth-research-and-expanded-talent/|url-status=live}}</ref> Construction of the facility was completed in 2023, as one of the first buildings in the District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/interdisciplinary-research-facility|title=Interdisciplinary Research Facility, Ohio State University, USA|access-date=February 8, 2024|archive-date=February 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208005704/https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/interdisciplinary-research-facility|url-status=live}}</ref>

Research facilities include [[Aeronautical/Astronautical Research Laboratory]], [[Byrd Polar Research Center]], Center for Automotive Research, (OSU CAR), [[Chadwick Arboretum]], Biomedical Research Tower, Biological Sciences Building, CDME, Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Heart and Lung Research Institute, Electroscience Laboratory, [[Large Binocular Telescope]] (''LBT'', originally named the Columbus Project), [[Mershon Center for International Security Studies]], Museum of Biological Diversity, National Center for the Middle Market, [[Stone Laboratory|Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island]], [[Center for Urban and Regional Analysis]] and [[Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center]].

===Endowment and fundraising===
Ohio State was among the first group<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/99-02-05_Trustees:_Endowment_Tops_$1_Billion.html |title=Ohio State endowment tops $1 Billion 2–5–99, Ohio State News |publisher=Osu.edu |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024611/http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/99-02-05_Trustees:_Endowment_Tops_$1_Billion.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> of four public universities to raise a $1 billion [[financial endowment|endowment]] when it passed the $1 billion mark in 1999. At the end of 2005, Ohio State's endowment stood at $1.73 billion, ranking it seventh among public universities and 27th among all American universities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/FY05NESInstitutionsbyTotalAssets.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220074532/http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/FY05NESInstitutionsbyTotalAssets.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2006 |title=National Merit and Achievement Scholars, 1995–2004 |date=2006 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers }}</ref> In June 2006, the endowment passed the $2 billion mark.

In recent decades, and in response to continually shrinking state funding, Ohio State has conducted two significant multi-year [[fundraising]] campaigns. The first concluded in 1987 and raised $460 million, a record at the time for a public university. The "Affirm Thy Friendship Campaign" took place between 1995 and 2000. With an initial goal of raising $850 million, the campaign's final tally was $1.23 billion, placing Ohio State among the small group of public universities to have successfully conducted a $1 billion campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/022505/text/iuf.shtml |title=Top 15 Public University Endowments as of June 30, 2004 |publisher=Homepages.indiana.edu |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181444/http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/022505/text/iuf.shtml |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref> At his welcoming ceremony, returning President E. Gordon Gee announced in the fall of 2007 that Ohio State would launch a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign. In 2019, celebrating the university's 150th year, President Michael V. Drake announced the "Time and Change Campaign"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://campaign.osu.edu/|title=Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign|last=University|first=© 2019 The Ohio State|date=September 23, 2019|website=The Ohio State University|language=en|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022207/https://campaign.osu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> with a goal of raising $4.5 billion from 1 million individual donors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/time-and-change-the-ohio-state-campaign-strives-to-engage-1m-supporters/|title=Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign strives to engage 1M supporters|website=Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign strives to engage 1M supporters|language=en-us|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>

==Student life==
[[File:RPAC and Scarlet Skyway.jpg|thumb|The Recreation and Physical Activity Center and Scarlet Skyway]]
The Office of Student Life has partnership affiliations with the [[Jerome Schottenstein Center|Schottenstein Center]], the [[Blackwell Inn]] and the [[Drake Union|Drake Events Center]]. Services supporting student wellness include the Wilce Student Health Center, named for university physician [[John Wilce]], the Mary A. Daniels Student Wellness Center and the Counseling and Consultation Service.

The RPAC is the main recreational facility on campus. The Wellness Center within the RPAC offers services such as nutrition counseling, financial coaching, HIV and STI testing, sexual assault services, and alcohol and other drug education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Wellness Center at The Ohio State University|url=http://swc.osu.edu/|publisher=Ohio State University Student Wellness Center|access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>

Ohio State's "[[Buckeye Bullet]]" electric car broke the world record for the fastest speed by an electric vehicle on October 3, 2004, with a maximum speed of {{convert|271.737|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} at the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedace.info/bonneville_nationals_buckeye_bullet_timing.htm|title=Bonneville Nationals 2004|publisher=Speedace|access-date=December 31, 2009|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022208/https://www.speedace.info/bonneville_nationals_buckeye_bullet_timing.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The vehicle also holds the U.S. record for fastest electric vehicle with a speed of {{convert|314.958|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, and peak timed mile speed of {{convert|321.834|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. A team of engineering students from the university's "Center for Automotive Research-Intelligent Transportation" (CAR-IT) designed, built and managed the vehicle. In 2007, [[Buckeye Bullet|Buckeye Bullet 2]] was launched. This follow-up effort was a collaboration between Ohio State engineering students and engineers from the [[Ford Motor Company]] and will seek to break the land speed record for hydrogen cell powered vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.osu.edu/news/archive/2007/070711a.php|title=Buckeye Bullet 2|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913073621/https://engineering.osu.edu/news/archive/2007/070711a.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- this needs updated - did end up breaking land-speed records -->

===Diversity===
{| font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Ohio State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?204796-Ohio-State-University-Main-Campus |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|66|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:green}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|82|%|2||background:black}}
|}

=== Sexual harassment handling ===
{{Further|Ohio State University abuse scandal}}
In June 2018, Ohio State dissolved its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit and eliminated four positions in the unit due to concerns about mismanagement and a lack of support for survivors of sexual assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msmagazine.com/blog/2018/07/09/ohio-state-universitys-sexual-misconduct-unit-dissolved-wake-harrowing-claims-survivors/|title=The Ohio State University's Sexual Misconduct Unit Dissolved in the Wake of Harrowing Claims From Survivors|website=msmagazine.com|date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> This occurred after the unit was suspended in February 2018 and following an external review.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-dissolves-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|title=Ohio State dissolves Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-us|archive-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225558/https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-dissolves-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Columbus Dispatch'' and the school newspaper, ''The Lantern'', reported that "[SCE] failed to properly report students' sexual-assault complaints" and that some victims were told that they were {{"'}}lying', 'delusional', 'suffering from mental illness', 'have an active imagination', that they 'didn't understand their own experience', and also 'fabricated their story{{'"}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180619/ohio-state-closes-sexual-assault-center-fires-4-after-complaints|title=Ohio State closes sexual-assault center, fires 4 after complaints|last=Smola|first=Jennifer|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2018/06/ohio-state-shutting-down-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|title=Ohio State shuts down its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit|work=The Lantern|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022209/https://www.thelantern.com/2018/06/ohio-state-shutting-down-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|url-status=live}}</ref> With help from the Philadelphia law firm [[Cozen O'Connor]], the university will be creating{{when|date=July 2024}} a new framework to handle sexual assault cases and reevaluating its [[Title IX]] program.

On July 20, 2018, ''[[BBC News]]'' reported that over 100 male students, including athletes from 14 sports, had reported sexual misconduct by a deceased university team physician, Richard Strauss.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48319878|title=Ohio State doctor 'abused 177 athletes'|date=May 18, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=May 18, 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022209/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48319878|url-status=live}}</ref> The reports dated back to 1978, and included claims that he groped and took nude photographs of his patients. Four former wrestlers filed a lawsuit against Ohio State for ignoring complaints of "rampant sexual misconduct" by Strauss. U.S. representative Jim Jordan was named in the lawsuit and has since denied the former wrestlers' claims that he knew about the abuse while he was an assistant coach for eight years at the university.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/|title=Rep. Jim Jordan Is Named in New OSU Sexual Abuse Lawsuit|last=Moser|first=Bob|date=July 18, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140814/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021|reason=Rolling Stone is not reliable for political topics.}} In May 2020, the university entered into a settlement and agreed to pay $40.9 million to the sexual abuse survivors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redden |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ohio State Pays $40.9M in Sexual Abuse Settlement |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/11/ohio-state-pays-409m-sexual-abuse-settlement |access-date=May 11, 2020 |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=May 11, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829125028/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/11/ohio-state-pays-409m-sexual-abuse-settlement |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Activities and organizations===
[[File:Front view of the Old Ohio Union, now known as Hale Hall at Ohio State.jpg|thumb|[[Hale Hall]] was the original home of the Ohio Union.]]

The [[Ohio Union]] was the first student union built by an American public university.<ref name="What was the first student union"/> It is dedicated to the enrichment of the student experience, on and off the university campus. The first Ohio Union, on the south edge of the South Oval, was constructed in 1909 and was later renamed Enarson Hall. The second Ohio Union was completed in 1950 and was prominently along High Street, southeast of the Oval. It was a center of student life for more than 50 years, providing facilities for student activities, organizations and events, and serving as an important meeting place for campus and community interaction. The union also housed many student services and programs, along with dining and recreational facilities. The second Ohio Union was demolished in February 2007 to make way for the new Ohio Union, which was finished in 2010. During this time, student activities were relocated to Ohio Stadium and other academic buildings.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Ohio Union|url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/about_the_union/history|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203081517/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/about_the_union/history|archive-date=December 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university has over 1,000 student organizations; intercollegiate, club and recreational sports programs; student media organizations and publications, [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities and sororities]]; and three student governments.

====Student organizations====
[[Student organizations]] at Ohio State provide students with opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of interest areas including [[Academy|academic]], [[Social issues|social]], [[religious]], [[artistic]], [[community service|service-based]], [[Diversity (politics)|diversity]] and many more.
There are over 1,000 registered student organizations that involve many thousands of students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://undergrad.osu.edu/explore/student-activities.html|title=The Ohio State University Undergraduate Admissions and First Year Experience|access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816181742/http://undergrad.osu.edu/explore/student-activities.html|archive-date=August 16, 2014}}</ref> The university's forensics team has won the state [[National Forensics Association]] tournament several times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohio.edu/news/00-01/294.html|title=Forensics Team Wins State Champ.|website=www.ohio.edu|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144409/https://www.ohio.edu/news/00-01/294.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Block O|Block "O"]] is currently the largest student-run organization on the campus of Ohio State. With over 2,400 annual members, Block "O" serves as the official [[student cheering section]] at athletic events for the university. According to the Student Organization Office in the Ohio Union, Agricultural Education Society is the oldest student organization on campus. The Men's Glee Club often disputes the claim, but after consultation with Ohio Union Staff, Agricultural Education Society was named as the university's oldest organization.

[[File:Rose Bowl 2019 Victory.jpg|thumb|Fans celebrating Ohio State's victory in the [[2019 Rose Bowl]] with the [[Ohio State University Marching Band]]]]

Each year, students may sign up to participate in BuckeyeThon, Ohio State's student-led philanthropy. The organization hosts events throughout the year to support the hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant unit<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buckeyethon.osu.edu/aboutus/our_beneficiary|title=BuckeyeThon at The Ohio State University|website=buckeyethon.osu.edu|access-date=September 24, 2016|archive-date=June 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620105332/https://buckeyethon.osu.edu/aboutus/our_beneficiary|url-status=dead}}</ref> at [[Nationwide Children's Hospital]] in Columbus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/posts/studentorgs/constitutions/2015_4_14_15_46_834.docx|title=Word document of BuckeyeThon Constitution and Bylaws (March 2015)|website=ohiounion.osu.edu|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Student Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927044941/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/posts/studentorgs/constitutions/2015_4_14_15_46_834.docx|archive-date=September 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Each February, thousands of students and community members attend BuckeyeThon's signature event, a [[Dance marathon|Dance Marathon]] consisting of two separate 12-hour shifts. In the past 15 years, students have raised over $5 million to support treatment, research, and various therapies at the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buckeyethon.osu.edu/events/dance_marathon|title=BuckeyeThon at The Ohio State University|website=buckeyethon.osu.edu|access-date=September 24, 2016}}</ref> Unique to BuckeyeThon is the use of an operational fund separate from the main philanthropic cancer fund. As a registered non-profit, BuckeyeThon is subject to university audit and issues gift receipts through the Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/?fund=315502|title=Make your gift|website=www.giveto.osu.edu|access-date=September 24, 2016|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022716/https://www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/details/315502?fund=315502|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ohio State has several student-managed publications and media outlets. ''The Makio'' is the official yearbook.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/makio/ |title=Makio – Ohio Union |publisher=Ohiounion.osu.edu |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218162454/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/makio/ |archive-date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref> ''The Makio's'' sales plummeted by 60% during the early 1970s; the organization went bankrupt and stopped publication during the late 1970s. The book was revived from 1985 to 1994 and again in 2000, thanks to several student organizations. ''The Lantern'' is the school's daily newspaper and has operated as a laboratory newspaper{{clarify|date=August 2020}} in the School of Communication (formerly the School of Journalism) since 1881. ''Mosaic'' is a literary magazine published by Ohio State, which features undergraduate [[fiction]], [[poetry]] and [[art]]. ''[[Sundial Humor Magazine|The Sundial]]'' is a student-written and -published humor magazine. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest humor magazines in the country, but has not been published without large interruptions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/01/23/humor-mag-rises-again-at-ohio-state.html |title=Humor Magazine Lives Again |access-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521142030/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/01/23/humor-mag-rises-again-at-ohio-state.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sundial.osu.edu/wordpress/ |title=Homepage of The Sundial |access-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530175636/http://sundial.osu.edu/wordpress/ |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ohio State has two improvisational comedy groups that regularly perform around campus and across the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.8thfloorimprov.com |title=The 8th Floor Improv |publisher=The 8th Floor Improv |access-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924074338/http://www.8thfloorimprov.com/ |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FishbowlImprov|title=8th Floor Improv's Facebook Page|work=Facebook|access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> There are two student-run radio stations: [[AROUSE]], the music station, is home to over 100 student DJs, streaming music and independent content,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arouseosu.com/about.html|title=About: The Amateur Radio Organization for Student Entertainment|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128102915/http://arouseosu.com/about.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiostatesports.net/ |title=Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio |publisher=Ohiostatesports.net |access-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915225806/http://www.ohiostatesports.net/ |archive-date=September 15, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Students also operate a local [[cable TV]] channel known as Buckeye TV, which airs primarily on the campus closed cable system operated by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).

====Student government====
At the Ohio State University, three recognized student governments represent their constituents.<ref name=govt>{{cite web|title=Student Governments|url=http://ohiounion.osu.edu/get_involved/student_governments|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208063009/http://ohiounion.osu.edu/get_involved/student_governments|archive-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

# Undergraduate Student Government (USG), which consists of elected and appointed student [[Representation (politics)|representatives]] who serve as liaisons from the [[undergraduate]] student body to university officials. USG seeks to outreach to and work for the students at Ohio State.
# Council of Graduate Students (CGS), which promotes and provides [[Academy|academic]], [[Academic administration|administrative]] and social programs for the university community in general and for [[graduate students]] in particular. The council provides a forum in which the graduate student body may present, discuss and set upon issues related to its role in the academic and non-academic aspects of the university community.
# Inter-Professional Council (IPC), which is a representative body of all professional students in the colleges of [[dentistry]], [[law]], [[medicine]], [[optometry]], [[pharmacy]] and [[veterinary medicine]]. Its purpose is to act as a liaison between these students and the governing bodies of the university.

===Residential life===
[[File:SCampusGateway.JPG|thumb|South Campus Gateway]]
Ohio State operates 41 on-campus residence halls divided into three geographic clusters: South Campus (site of the university's original dormitories), North Campus (largely constructed during the post-war enrollment boom) and West Campus ("The Towers").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housing.osu.edu/|title=University Housing|work=osu.edu|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-date=July 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730145205/http://housing.osu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> The residence hall system has 40 smaller living and learning environments defined by social or academic considerations.

Separate housing for graduate and professional students is maintained on the Southern tier of campus within the Gateway Residential Complex and the William H. Hall Student Residential Complex. Family housing is maintained at Buckeye Village at the far northern edge of campus beyond the athletic complex.

Student Life University Housing also administers student residential housing on the OSU Newark, OSU Mansfield and OSU Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) campuses.

The Residence Hall Advisory Council (RHAC), which is a representative body of all students living in the university's residence halls, helps evaluate and improve the living conditions of the residence halls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://involvedliving.osu.edu/rhac/about-us/ |title=About Us : Involved Living |publisher=Involvedliving.osu.edu |access-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022713/https://involvedliving.osu.edu/rhac/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

*'''North Campus''': Archer House, Barrett House, Blackburn House, Bowen House, Busch House, Drackett Tower, Halloran House, Haverfield House, Houck House, Houston House, Jones Tower, Lawrence Tower, Mendoza House, Norton House, Nosker House, Raney House, Scott House, Taylor Tower, Torres House
*'''South Campus''': Baker Hall East, Baker Hall West, Bradley Hall, Canfield Hall, Fechko House, German House, Hanley House, Mack Hall, Morrison Tower, Neil Avenue, Park-Stradley Hall, Paterson Hall, Pennsylvania Place, Pomerene House, Scholars East, Scholars West, Siebert Hall, Smith-Steeb Hall, The Residence on Tenth, Worthington Building
*'''West Campus''': [[The Towers (Ohio State)|Lincoln Tower]], [[The Towers (Ohio State)|Morrill Tower]]
*'''Off-campus''': South Campus Gateway Apartments, Veterans' House

==Athletics==
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{{See also|Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State Buckeyes baseball|Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey}}
[[File:Columbus, Ohio JJ 80a.jpg|thumb|[[Ohio Stadium]] is the [[List of stadiums by capacity|fifth largest stadium]] in the world.]]

Ohio State's intercollegiate sports teams are called the "Buckeyes" (derived from the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, the [[Ohio Buckeye|Ohio Buckeye, ''Aesculus glabra'']]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osu.edu/news/history.php|title=osu.edu – Ohio State History and Traditions, Origins of the Buckeye Name|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629023953/http://www.osu.edu/news/history.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s Division I in all sports (Division I FBS in football) and the [[Big Ten Conference]] in most sports. (The women's [[ice hockey|hockey]] program competes in the [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association]].) The school colors are scarlet and gray. [[Brutus Buckeye]] is the mascot. Ohio State currently has 36 varsity teams. As of 2017, the football program is valued at $1.5 billion, the highest valuation of any such program in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Beaton|first=Andrew|date=September 21, 2017|title=How Much Is Your College Football Team Worth?|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-is-your-college-football-team-worth-1506000030|access-date=April 9, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921134034/https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-is-your-college-football-team-worth-1506000030|url-status=live}}</ref> The team's [[Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry|rivalry]] against the [[University of Michigan]] has been termed as one of the greatest in [[Sports in North America|North American sports]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tracy|first=Marc|date=November 21, 2018|title=Michigan Tries to Steady That Big Chip on Ohio State's Shoulder|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/sports/ohio-state-michigan.html|access-date=April 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Duke Blue Devils v Ohio State University Buckeyes.jpg|thumb|[[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Men's basketball]] against [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] at [[Value City Arena]] in 2021]]

Ohio State is one of six universities – the University of Michigan, the [[University of Florida]], [[Stanford University]], [[UCLA]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]] being the others – to have won national championships in all three major men's sports (baseball, basketball and football).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/|title=– The Official Website of NCAA Championships|work=NCAA.com|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915060401/http://www.ncaa.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ohio State is also one of only two universities to appear in the national championship games in both football and men's basketball in the same calendar year (the other being the University of Florida). Ohio State has also won national championships in wrestling, men's volleyball, men's swimming and diving, men's outdoor track and field, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, women's rowing, co-ed fencing and multiple synchronized swimming championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html |title=NCAA National Championship Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144559/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html |archive-date=March 2, 2007}}{{failed verification|date=April 2015}}</ref> The Ohio State equestrian team has won eight Intercollegiate Horse Show Association national championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2007/04/19/Sports/Equestrian.Team.Looks.To.Take.Ninth.National.Title-2853075.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition |title=Equestrian team looks to take ninth national title – Sports |publisher=The Lantern |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228105509/http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2007/04/19/Sports/Equestrian.Team.Looks.To.Take.Ninth.National.Title-2853075.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition |archive-date=December 28, 2008 }}</ref> Since the inception of the [[NACDA Director's Cup|Athletic Director's Cup]], Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top-six finishes in three of the last five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nacda.cstv.com/directorscup/nacda-directorscup-previous-scoring.html|title=Athletic Directors' Cup Records|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207101234/http://nacda.cstv.com/directorscup/nacda-directorscup-previous-scoring.html|archive-date=February 7, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the 2005–2006 school year, Ohio State became the first Big Ten team to win conference championships in football, men's basketball and women's basketball. Ohio State repeated the feat during the 2006–2007 school year, winning solo championships in all three sports. In 2007, ''Sports Illustrated'' nicknamed Ohio State's athletic program as being "The Program" due to the unsurpassed facilities, an unparalleled number of men's and women's sports teams and their success, and the financial support of an impressive fan base.<ref>{{cite web|author=L. Jon Wertheim |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105239/1/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228001136/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105239/1/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |title=The Program|publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=March 5, 2007 |access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref>

==Traditions==
[[File:Ohio-Columbus-University-Hall-2017-10-21-001.jpg|thumb|The 1976 [[University Hall (Ohio State University)|University Hall]] is one of the most prominent buildings on campus.]]

The [[Ohio State University Marching Band]] is famous for "[[Script Ohio]]", during which the band marches single-file through the curves of the word "Ohio", much like a pen writes the word, all while playing the French march "[[Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse|Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tbdbitl.osu.edu/marching-band/traditions|title=Traditions|date=July 23, 2015|website=The Ohio State University Marching and Athletic Bands|language=en|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216014511/http://www.tbdbitl.osu.edu/marching-band/traditions|url-status=live}}</ref>

"[[Across the Field]]", a fight song used by teams of all sports, has been played at events since 1915.<ref>Walsh, Christopher (2009). ''Ohio State Football Football Huddleup'', Triumph Books (Random House, Inc.), {{ISBN|978-1-60078-186-5}}, p. 86.</ref> "[[Buckeye Battle Cry]]", the second fight song which was first performed in 1928, is played as the marching band enters via the Ohio Stadium ramp.<ref name="e155">{{cite web | last=Hendrix | first=Sheridan | title=New to OSU? Here's your rundown on Ohio State football traditions | website=The Columbus Dispatch | date=2024-09-14 | url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/09/14/new-to-osu-heres-your-rundown-on-ohio-state-football-traditions-buckeyes/75048484007/ | access-date=2024-09-29}}</ref>

===Affiliated media===
Ohio State operates a [[public television|public]] [[television station]], [[WOSU-TV]] (virtual channel 34/DT 16, a local [[PBS]] TV station), as well as two public radio stations, [[WOSU-FM]] 89.7([[National Public Radio|NPR]]/[[BBC]] [[Talk radio|news/talk]]) and [[WOSA|WOSA-FM]] 101.1 ([[European classical music|classical]], "Classical 101") in Columbus.

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of Ohio State University people}}

===Alumni===
[[File:Jesse Owens 1936.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jesse Owens]], American [[track and field]] athlete and four-time gold medalist in the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympic Games]]]]

Ohio State has 580,000 living alumni around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osu.edu/alumni/about-us/|title=Ohio State Alumni Association – The Ohio State University|date=July 28, 2014|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022744/https://www.osu.edu/alumni/about|url-status=live}}</ref> Past and present students and faculty include 5 Nobel Prize laureates, nine [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]], seven [[Churchill Scholarship|Churchill Scholars]], 64 [[Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship|Goldwater scholars]], one [[Fields Medal]]ist and seven [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, as well as current [[Vice President of the United States]] [[JD Vance]], seven [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]], 15 [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representatives]] and 104 [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|Olympic medalists]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Churchill Scholars – Churchill Scholarship|url=https://churchillscholarship.org/scholars.html|url-status=dead|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Churchill Scholarship|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415055657/https://www.churchillscholarship.org/scholars.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Staff|first=WSYX/WTTE|date=November 22, 2020|title=Ohio State student from Dublin awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship|url=https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-state-student-from-dublin-awarded-prestigious-rhodes-scholarship|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=WSYX|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022714/https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-state-student-from-dublin-awarded-prestigious-rhodes-scholarship|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Four Undergraduate Students Receive 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship {{!}} Office of Research|url=https://research.osu.edu/four-undergraduate-students-receive-2020-barry-m-goldwater-scholarship/|access-date=April 9, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417044552/https://research.osu.edu/four-undergraduate-students-receive-2020-barry-m-goldwater-scholarship/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also included are [[List of UFC champions|UFC champions]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipients, ambassadors, [[Fortune 500]] [[Chief executive officer|CEOs]] and members of the [[Forbes 400]] list of the world's wealthiest individuals.

Ohio State alumni have appeared on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine 12 times, with the artwork of alumnus [[Roy Lichtenstein]] featured on an additional two ''Time'' covers. [[George Steinbrenner]], former owner of the [[New York Yankees]] who won seven [[World Series]] with the team, earned his master's degree from Ohio State. [[Larry Sanger]], one of the founders of Wikipedia, and Steve May, chief technology officer at [[Pixar]], both graduated from Ohio State. Roboticist [[James S. Albus]] was named a "Hero of US Manufacturing" by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine in 1997.<ref>{{cite book |last=Albus |first=James S. |date=November 22, 2011 |title=Path to a Better World: A Plan for Prosperity, Opportunity, and Economic Justice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uttRtQAACAAJ |location=Indiana, US |publisher=[[iUniverse]] |page=ix |isbn=978-1-4620-3533-5 |author-link=James S. Albus |access-date=September 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022715/https://books.google.com/books?id=uttRtQAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Howard Tucker]], who as of April 2023 was the world's oldest living practicing doctor at 100, attended for both his undergraduate work and medical school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Dr. Howard |title=At 100 years old, I'm the 'world's oldest practicing doctor'—5 things I never do to live a long, happy life |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/i-am-100-years-old-and-the-worlds-oldest-practicing-doctor-what-i-never-do-to-live-a-long-happy-life.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=CNBC |date=April 11, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413010937/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/i-am-100-years-old-and-the-worlds-oldest-practicing-doctor-what-i-never-do-to-live-a-long-happy-life.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ohio State alumni have been inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[Cooperstown, New York]], the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|NFL Hall of Fame]] and the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]. Its athletes have won a combined 83 [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals and three times have received the [[James E. Sullivan Award|Sullivan Award]] as the nation's top amateur athlete.

Ohio State Alumna include [[Gertrude Moskowitz]], foreign language teacher educator credited with influencing generations of students with her humanistic approach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=Gary |date=2021-10-19 |title=Gertrude 'Trudy' Moskowitz, trailblazing professor of foreign-language education at Temple University, dies at 93 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/gertrude-trudy-moskowitz-obituary-temple-20211019.html |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.inquirer.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanistic Language Teaching |url=https://hlt.digital/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Faculty ===
As of 2008, Ohio State's faculty included 21 members of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] or [[National Academy of Engineering]], four members of the [[Institute of Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iom.edu/CMS/2951/16476.aspx|title=Database of Institute of Medicine Members|access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725104455/http://iom.edu/CMS/2951/16476.aspx|archive-date=July 25, 2008}}</ref> and 177 elected fellows of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. In 2009, 17 Ohio State faculty members were elected as AAAS Fellows. Each year since 2002, Ohio State has either led or been second among all American universities in the number of their faculty members elected as fellows to the AAAS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://php.aaas.org/about/aaas_fellows/list.php |title=Database of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115191304/http://php.aaas.org/about/aaas_fellows/list.php |archive-date=January 15, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio State Leads Country In AAAS Fellows Named, Again!|url=http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/aaasfellows2009.htm|date=December 17, 2009|publisher=Ohio State University Research News|access-date=April 12, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207161325/http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/aaasfellows2009.htm|archive-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>

In surveys conducted in 2005 and 2006 by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), Ohio State was rated as "exemplary" in four of the seven measured aspects of workplace satisfaction for junior faculty members at 31 universities: overall tenure practices, policy effectiveness, compensation and work-family balance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~coache/reports/20070123.html|title=Top Academic Workplaces |publisher=Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education |via=[[Harvard University]] |access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228104837/http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~coache/reports/20070123.html|archive-date=December 28, 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Jack Nicklaus Museum]]
*[[Ohio State University Press]]
*[[Ohio Senate Bill 1 (2025)#Ohio State University|Senate Bill 1 effects on Ohio State University]]

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