Motto | Pro scientia et sapientia (Latin) |
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Motto in English | For knowledge and wisdom |
Type | Public flagship research university |
Established | 1848 |
Academic affiliations | ORAU APLU SURA Sea-grant Space-grant |
Endowment | $736.3 million (2019)[1] |
Budget | $2.448 billion (2016)[2] |
Chancellor | Glenn Boyce |
Vice-Chancellor | Katrina Caldwell |
Provost | Noel E. Wilkin |
Academic staff | 871 |
Students | 23,258 (fall 2017)[3] |
Location | , , United States 34°21′54″N 89°32′17″W / 34.365°N 89.538°W |
Campus | Rural (small college town) 2,000+ acres |
Colors | Cardinal red and Navy blue[4] |
Nickname | Rebels |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FBS – SEC |
Website | www |
The University of Mississippi (also called Ole Miss) is a university with its main campus in Lafayette County, Mississippi, just outside the city limits of Oxford. Most of its academic programs in the health sciences are housed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the state capital of Jackson. The college was founded in 1848. Its sports teams, called the Rebels, play in the Southeastern Conference.