The Ohio State Environment
The Ohio State University is one of a handful of comprehensive public universities in the nation. Over 58,000 students are enrolled on the Columbus campus. Of these, over 11,000 students are pursuing graduate degrees from our 115 Master's degree programs and 93 doctoral degree programs.
The Columbus campus occupies a 1,777-acre site on the banks of the Olentangy River, 3 miles from the center of a metropolitan area of almost two million people.
Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest not-for-profit research center, and the headquarters of Chemical Abstracts are both located just steps from the campus.
Research Facilities
Good research requires access to good research facilities and libraries. Ohio State's library system is ranked 5th nationally among US public university library systems. Battelle Memorial Institute and of Chemical Abstracts libraries, both adjacent to the campus, are easily available to OSU faculty and graduate students. The pooled resources of these libraries provide a collection of technical literature matched by few others in the world. Ohio State is a comprehensive research organism with 14 different colleges offering a network of intra-research collaboration.
The University research computer center provides a wide variety of services, ranging from a high-speed data link to a Cray supercomputer located on the edge of the campus, to over a dozen microcomputer laboratories around campus. The Campus Chemical Instrument Center has three high-resolution gas chromatograph/mass spectrometers as well as 300 and 500 MHz FT-NMR spectrometers equipped for two-dimensional and solids experiments. For research at the cellular level there are facilities for scanning electron microscopy, microcalorimetry, and for making and using microelectrodes capable of electrical and chemical measurements within a single cell.
Columbus as a City
Columbus, the state's capital and the 14th largest city in the US, is dynamic and progressive. The metropolitan population of Columbus has grown to around 2 million people due to low cost of living, recreational and cultural activities, and plenty of amenities that come with living in a large city.
Columbus is home to many interesting restaurants, shops, and events throughout the city's neighborhoods. Options for entertainment include Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Museum of Art, Ballet Metropolitan, the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), and several distinguished theater, dance, and music groups. In addition to cheering on the Buckeyes at The Shoe, you can also watch professional league games including Columbus Bluejackets Hockey Team, the Columbus Crew Soccer Team, and the Columbus Clippers a minor league baseball team.
Columbus Metro Parks more than 110 parks scattered throughout the city offers facilities for a wide variety of activities including hiking, biking, boating, tennis, and golf. An additional bonus is Columbus' convenient central location that makes it just an hour by plane to New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
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