Ohio University is a public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the Congress of the Confederation and the Ohio Company of Associates, which set aside the College Lands to support a university, and subsequently chartered by the territorial legislature in …
Ohio University is a public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the Congress of the Confederation and the Ohio Company of Associates, which set aside the College Lands to support a university, and subsequently chartered by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804. The university opened for students in 1809, and was the first university to be established in the former Northwest Territory.
Motto: Religio Doctrina Civilitas, Prae Omnibus Virtus (Latin)
Motto in English: "Religion, Learning, Civility; Above All, Virtue"
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