University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati, sometimes known simply as Cincinnati, is a research institution that belongs to the public and is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the second biggest university in Ohio and was established in 1819 under the name Cincinnati College. It is the city's oldest institution of higher education and boasts an annual enrolment of more than 44,000 students, making it the oldest college in Cincinnati. It is a constituent institution of the Ohio University System. The institution is comprised of a total of four major sites, with the main campus located in uptown Cincinnati, the medical campus located in the Heights and Corryville districts, and branch campuses located in Batavia and Blue Ash, both in the state of Ohio.

The university is comprised of 14 different colleges, offering degrees in fields like as medicine, architecture, business, education, engineering, and the humanities as well as the sciences and engineering. The medical institution is home to a renowned teaching hospital as well as various biomedical research labs. Some of the discoveries that have come out of these facilities include a live polio vaccine as well as diphenhydramine. Additionally, the University of California was the pioneer in the field of cooperative education (commonly known as "co-op") models.

The Higher Learning Commission has bestowed its imprimatur of approval onto the educational institution, and it has the "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" designation. The University of California spent $480 million on research and development in 2018, placing it 54th on the national scale, as reported by the National Science Foundation.

The Cincinnati Bearcats are the name of the University of Cincinnati's athletic teams, and they compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as members of the American Athletic Conference. However, beginning in 2023, the university will begin competing in the Big 12 Conference instead.