WELCOME TO THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY! More than 18,000 talented faculty and staff, with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds, support university and medical center operations every day. Working at Ohio State is rewarding on many levels - our faculty and staff enjoy excellent benefits, a team environment and challenging careers. Established in 1870, the University’s main campus is located in Columbus, Ohio’s capital and largest city. More than 48,000 students attend classes on the Columbus campus. •Ohio State ranks among U.S. News & World Report's Top 25 Public Universities in America and is number one in Ohio. •The Ohio State faculty now includes 22 members of national academies: five members of the National Academy of Sciences, nine members of the National Academy of Engineering, three members of the Institute of Medicine and five members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. •Research grants have increased by 80 percent over the past five years, to $426 million. •In 2003, there are a record-breaking 411 scholar-athletes, a 12 percent increase in one year and a 56 percent increase from the 263 scholar-athletes just seven years ago. Today, 48 percent of all student athletes have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. •U.S. News ranks many graduate/professional programs among the best in the nation, including Veterinary Medicine (6), Education (17), Fisher College of Business (19 - and 14 for undergraduate), Nursing (19), Engineering (24), Arts (28), Medicine and Public Health (37 - up from 44 last year), Moritz College of Law (38). •The number of National Merit Scholars in the Autumn 2003 freshman class is the largest ever at Ohio State. •Students have been recipients of such prestigious recognition as: Mellon Fellowships, Goldwater Scholarships, Truman Scholarships, NSF Graduate Fellowships, Udall Scholarships, and national defense and microbiology fellowships. •The Council for Advancement and Support of Education ranks Ohio State 15th in fund raising among nation's public universities. •Private support to the University is up 9% over last year. The total of $195.8 million is the second largest total in the University's history, with a new record for the most donors in a single year: 102,779.