Университет Огайо

Constructed while President Thomas Jefferson was in office, New England and Early Americana Federalist themes are prevalent in the university's earliest architecture. Development of the campus began in 1812 with the erection of the university's central building, Manasseh Cutler Hall, a designated and registered national landmark, and built only 20 years after the White House's construction. 

Sometimes cited informally as a 'public ivy' and one of the most beautiful residential campuses in America, the university has also adopted modern elements into its campus without displacing these early American period structures. The historic climate of campus and its early colonial roots prompted the Time Magazine to describe the university as "Harvard on the Hocking", a reference which has grown in popularity over the years.

There are lots of services and facilities for students on-campus including housing and dining, sports and fitness, a library and 10 research centers, clubs, fraternities and sororities, shops and many others.

In Ohio, students maintain a variety of organized and independent service events. Students operate a newspaper, television, and radio stations at Ohio University. The main newspaper, The Post, publishes in print five days a week and online all days of the week, while the university is in session and is officially independent of the university and its administration.

Freshmen at Ohio University (OU) in Athens can also ease into their college experience through learning communities, or LCs. These clusters of students take courses together and might live together, too. Students can also check out extracurricular activities, including nearly 500 clubs and organizations. With more than 30 fraternities and sororities, Greek life options abound, and about 10 percent of the student body opts to participate.

Ohio University students must live on campus until they have completed four semesters. Students who commute from a parent’s home within 50 miles of campus are exempt from the housing requirement, as are students who meet other exemption criteria.

The university offers residence halls in its 3 districts: East, West and South Greens. The majority of 38 halls are traditional-style residence halls with shared community bathrooms. Some of the halls have their own laundry facilities.

There are Student Success Center and Career Development Center at Ohio University that help students in their career paths. Career Center is responsible for organizing career and leadership coaching, mock interviews, leadership development classes, and other career events. 

Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $38,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $22,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,000, room and board - $12,500, personal and transportation costs - $2,500.

When Ohio University opened its doors in 1808, it consisted of just one building, one professor and three students. Today it is a public research university with 11 colleges, nearly 40,000 students and a total of 5,177 employees across its campuses.

At the heart of Ohio University is its main Athens campus spanning roughly 1,850 acres, with the picturesque College Green at its center. Defined by brick walkways and towering shade trees, the Green is home to three of the university’s oldest buildings: the Cutler, McGuffey and Wilson halls. All are of Georgian design and the 1816 Cutler building has been designated a national historic landmark.

As well as Athens, there are five regional campuses plus three satellite centers. These function as cultural and educational centers for the wider community as well as the university. In the university, students can complete an Ohio University baccalaureate degree, associate degree, or begin their study before transferring to the Athens campus to complete their coursework. 

With a global alumni network of roughly 200,000, Ohio University has graduated a number of famous people from a variety of fields. These include Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman, CEO of Fox News, Roger Ailes, and Nancy Cartwright, otherwise known as the voice of Bart Simpson.

Partnering with high schools, the university offers teachers in the southeast of Ohio first-hand training in the research of science, technology, engineering and math education. Similarly, its Virtual Immersive Technologies and Arts for Learning (VITAL) lab, working with the Smithsonian Institution, has produced an online gallery of Latino art and culture.

Established in 1983, the Business Innovation Centre was the first university-based business incubator in the state. Through it, local businesses are given an opportunity to launch their ideas. It is estimated that, since its inception, the initiative has helped more than 100 businesses create over 1000 jobs. 

Ohio University has been classified as a high activity research university by the Carnegie Foundation. Ohio has been cited for academic quality and value by publications Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, BusinessWeek, Forbes,  America's 100 Best College Buys, Princeton Review's Best Colleges, and Peterson's Guide to Competitive Colleges.

Ohio University is ranked 146th in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities.

Ohio University offers more than 250 areas of undergraduate study. On the graduate level, the university grants master's degrees in many of its major academic divisions, and doctoral degrees in selected departments. 

The most popular majors by the number of registered students are nursing, liberal arts and humanities, business administration and management, communications, journalism, marketing, psychology, health care management, radio, television, and digital communication and finance.