The University of Toledo is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a 450-acre Health Science campus, which includes the University of Toledo Medical Center, in the West Toledo neighborhood of Toledo; a 160-acre satellite campus in the Scott Park neighborhood of Toledo; the Center for the Visual Arts is located in downtown Toledo at the Toledo Museum of Art; and a research and education facility, known as the Lake Erie Center, is at the Maumee Bay State Park. The university was founded in 1872 in downtown Toledo as the Toledo University of Arts and Trades. It closed after six years and was eventually turned over to the city of Toledo to reopen in 1884 as the Toledo Manual Training School and developed from a vocational school into a university through the late 1800s. The university moved to its current location in the Ottawa neighborhood in 1931.
| Motto | Coadyuvando El Presente, Formando El Porvenir |
| Motto (English) | Guide to the Present, Moulder of the Future |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1872 |
| Parent institution | University System of Ohio |
| Academic affiliations | APLU, Urban 13/GCU, Space-grant |
| Endowment | $433.7 million (2020) |
| President | Gregory Postel (interim) |
| Academic staff | 2,232 |
| Students | 19,782 |
| Undergraduates | 15,570 |
| Postgraduates | 4,212 |
| Campus | Urban, 813 acres Main, 450 acres Health Science, 160 acres Scott Park |
| Colors | Midnight blue, gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – MAC |
| Sports | 15 varsity teams |
| Mascot | Rocky the Rocket and Rocksy the Rockette |
About University of Toledo
Founded as the Toledo University of Arts and Trades, the school would become best known as a public research university. It originally closed after only six years, and reopened in 1884 as the Toledo Manual Training School.
Achievement of University of Toledo
In English, the motto of the school reads "Guide to the Present, Moulder of the Future." The school would also operate a 450-acre Health Science campus.
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Latest information about University of Toledo updated on July 28 2021.
