Missouri, University of, is a state university system. It has four campuses. The University of Missouri was founded in 1839 in Columbia. It is the oldest state university west of the Mississippi River. The university’s athletic teams are called the Tigers.
The University of Missouri-Columbia’s school of journalism, founded in 1908, is the oldest in the world. The University of Missouri-Kansas City campus was founded as the privately controlled University of Kansas City in 1929. It became part of the University of Missouri in 1963. The Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, was founded in 1870. The University of Missouri-St. Louis campus was founded as an urban campus of the University of Missouri in 1963. The university’s website at https://www.umsystem.edu/ offers additional information.
