Miami University

Miami University International Student Insurance

Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio, is a public university that was established in 1809. It was founded based on an Act of Congress mandating the establishment of a university in the Miami Valley northwest of the Ohio River. The school currently maintains ties with the Native American Miami Tribe, now located in Oklahoma. Classes began in 1824 with an inaugural enrollment of 20 students and three faculty members. Due to low enrollment and financial downfalls, the school closed from 1873–1885. Women were first granted admission in 1888, and the first African-American student graduated in 1905. Today, Miami University enrolls about 20,000 students and counting each year. The school colors are red and white, and its athletic nickname is the RedHawks. 

Academic Offerings

Miami offers more than 120 bachelor’s degrees and more than 70 master’s and doctoral degree programs across its seven academic colleges and schools: the College of Arts and Science; the College of Creative Arts; the College of Education, Health and Society; the College of Engineering and Computing; the Farmer School of Business; the College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science; and the Graduate School. The university also operates the John E. Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg.

On Campus

The campus is home to several historic landmarks. The William Holmes McGuffey Museum, built in 1833, is the home of the famed author who wrote the first four McGuffey Readers, a series of educational texts. The Zachariah Price Dewitt Cabin is a log cabin built by the city’s earliest pioneers in 1805. Two of the campus dorms, Elliott and Stoddard Halls, are the oldest continuously used dormitories in Ohio. Other points of interest on campus include King Library and the Simpson-Shade Guest House.

Student media outlets include the student newspaper, The Miami Student; the student literature and art magazine, Inklings; the student radio station, RedHawk Radio; and the student television station, MUTV.

Notable Alumni

Notable Miami University alumni include former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and essayist Rita Dove; Instagram COO Marne Levine; former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan; and NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

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