University of Missouri System
The University of Missouri System is Missouri's state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses.Headquartered in Columbia, Missouri on the original campus, the extension program provides distance learning and other educational initiatives statewide. The UM System was created in 1963 when the University of Missouri and its offshoot, the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, were combined with the formerly-private University of Kansas City and a newly-created campus in suburban St. Louis.
| School | Location(s) | Control | Type | Enrollment |
Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri | Columbia | Flagship state university | Doctoral/very high activity research university | 33,762 | 1839 |
| University of Missouri–Kansas City | Kansas City | State university | Doctoral/high activity research university | 15,473 | 1933 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla | State university | Doctoral/high activity research university | 7,521 | 1870 |
| University of Missouri–St. Louis | St. Louis | State University | Doctoral/high activity research university | 16,809 | 1963 |
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