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University of Missouri

Public research university in Columbia, Missouri, USA

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Everything we know

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About

instance of	public research university land-grant university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1839
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Columbia
street address	105 Jesse Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211
postal code	65211
coordinate location	38.9453, -92.3288
official website	https://missouri.edu/ · language of work or name: English https://extension.missouri.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	32,777
employees	13,303
admission rate	82% · 2020
admission yield rate	31% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily nonresidential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	University of Missouri System
child organization or unit	University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Missouri School of Journalism
member of	Association of American Universities · since 1908 ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Association of Research Libraries Southeastern Conference · since 2012 American Council on Education 5 more Coalition for Networked Information Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
owner of	Faurot Field Mizzou Arena KBIA KMUC Rollins Field Taylor Stadium
athletics program	Missouri Tigers

Other facts

number of viewers/listeners	350,679 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCKfqUxMv7X7kTsV9HUiaDFw · YouTube handle: mizzou · 26 November 2025
significant event	mixed-sex education · since 1868

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Mizzou-columns-JayBuffington.jpg
logo image	University of Missouri logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (10)

Commons category	University of Missouri
topic's main category	Category:University of Missouri
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Missouri alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:University of Missouri faculty
described by source	Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 · statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Missouri, University of New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Missouri, University of The New Student's Reference Work · statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/Missouri, University of
IPv6 routing prefix	2a03:b600:652::/107
IPv4 routing prefix	128.206.0.0/16 · since 18 November 1987 198.209.0.0/16 · since 29 June 1993
topic has template	Template:Mizzou · object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
maintained by WikiProject	WikiProject Mizzou WikiProject Missouri WikiProject Columbia, Missouri WikiProject Higher education WikiProject Big 12 Conference 2 more WikiProject National Register of Historic Places WikiProject United States
social media followers	138,871 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 23620660 · 7 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 133,864 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 23620660 · 1 March 2022 131,462 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 23620660 · 4 January 2021 130,744 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 23620660 · 22 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (65)

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ARWU university ID	University-of-Missouri---Columbia
BHL creator ID	4918 · object named as: University of Missouri. 34274
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QS World University ID	university-missouri-columbia
Quora topic ID	University-of-Missouri-Columbia
Ringgold ID	14716
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SEVIS school ID	192
SNARC ID	Q49981
subreddit	mizzou · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Mizzou Tigers · since 18 August 2010
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University of Barcelona authority ID	981058522001606706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)	ADV10190144
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VIAF cluster ID	138366214 · subject named as: University of Missouri 130187427 · subject named as: University of Missouri-Columbia
X (Twitter) username	mizzou · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 130,744 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 23620660 · 22 April 2020 Mizzou
YouTube channel ID	UCKfqUxMv7X7kTsV9HUiaDFw · subject named as: Mizzou · number of works: 326 · number of subscribers: 3,100 · number of viewers/listeners: 1,214,137 · 12 December 2020
YouTube handle	mizzou · YouTube channel ID: UCKfqUxMv7X7kTsV9HUiaDFw · 21 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	1955
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