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Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU), a public university in Nottingham chartered in 1992 from Trent Polytechnic and tracing to the 1843 Nottingham Government School of Design; over 25,000 students on City, Clifton, Brackenhurst, London, and Mansfield campuses; TEF Gold overall.
Nova Scotia Community College
Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Nova Scotia's public English-language community college, created April 1, 1996 under the Community Colleges Act, roots to the 1872 Halifax Marine School; 14 campuses, about 130 programs, five academic schools, and degree-granting authority since 2025.
Nova Southeastern University
Nova Southeastern University is a private university in Florida known for its research. It is the largest Hispanic-serving institution and is a hub for Atlantic coral reef research.
Novorossiya University
Novorossiya University was an imperial Russian university in Odessa that operated from 1865 to 1920 and is the predecessor of today's Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a not-for-profit consortium of more than 170 universities based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, founded in 1946 from Manhattan Project roots.
Oakland University
Oakland University, also called OU or formerly Michigan State University Oakland, is a public university in Rochester, Michigan, founded in 1957 by Matilda Dodge Wilson's gift of her estate and $2 million to MSU, opening in 1959 with 570 students.
Oberlin College
Oberlin College, founded 1833 in Oberlin, Ohio as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music; first US college to adopt a policy admitting Black students (1835) and to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational program (1841).
Occidental College
Occidental College (Oxy), founded 1887 in Boyle Heights and located in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles since 1914, is L.A.'s only liberal arts college, enrolling about 1,886 undergraduates; Barack Obama attended 1979-1981.
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, Ohio's public land-grant flagship in Columbus (founded 1870 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College), enrolls 67,255 students, spends $1.78 billion on research, runs the Wexner Medical Center's seven hospitals, and had FY2025 revenues of $8.52 billion.
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio, chartered in 1804 as the first university in the Northwest Territory and the oldest public university in Ohio.
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is an NCAA Division I athletics conference founded in 1948 in Louisville, the nation's eighth-oldest D-I league, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, with nine members for 2026-27 and 19 sponsored sports including FCS football.
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), private liberal arts university in Delaware, Ohio, founded 1842 with Methodist ties, about 1,650 students, 55.6% admission rate, test-optional, 70+ majors, NCAA Division III Battling Bishops; distinct from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University, formerly Oklahoma City College, is a private university in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, founded in 1904, offering degrees in liberal arts, business, and health care.
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU) in Goodwell, Oklahoma, founded 1909 as Pan-Handle Agricultural Institute, a public four-year institution in the OSU/A&M system, with about 1,085 students, five academic schools, and a nationally titled collegiate rodeo program.
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University (ODU), a public R1 doctoral research university in Norfolk, Virginia, founded 1930 as the Norfolk Division of William and Mary, independent college 1962, university 1969, EVMS integrated 2024.
Old-system Higher Schools
Old-system higher schools (旧制高等学校, kyūsei kōtō gakkō) were Japanese male-only institutions, created under the 1894 Higher School Order and abolished in 1950, that in practice prepared students for the imperial universities.
Ole Miss riot of 1962
The Ole Miss riot of 1962, also called the Battle of Oxford, was a segregationist mob attack on U.S. marshals and troops at the University of Mississippi on September 30, 1962, opposing James Meredith's enrollment; two civilians died and Meredith registered October 1.
Olivet Nazarene University
Olivet Nazarene University (ONU), founded 1907 in Georgetown, Illinois, is a private Christian liberal arts university in Bourbonnais, Illinois, affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene; about 3,500 students, HLC-accredited since 1956, president Gregg Chenoweth.
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British distance-learning university, incorporated by Royal Charter in 1969 and headquartered at Walton Hall in Milton Keynes, with nearly 200,000 students.
Oral Roberts University
Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private Christian interdenominational university in Tulsa, Oklahoma, founded by evangelist Oral Roberts, chartered in 1963, offering whole-person education, 16 NCAA Division I teams, and 17 straight years of enrollment growth.
Order of the Coif
The Order of the Coif is the American legal honor society electing the top 10 percent of graduating law students with 75 percent graded coursework; founded 1907 at Northwestern, merged 1912, named for medieval English serjeants-at-law.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU), a public land-grant university in Corvallis, Oregon, founded as Corvallis Academy in 1856 and designated Oregon's land-grant institution in 1868. Largest university in Oregon, over 37,400 students, campuses in Corvallis and Bend, Ecampus online, Extension in all 36 counties.
Osmania University (عثمانیہ یونیورسٹی)
Osmania University (عثمانیہ یونیورسٹی), a public state university in Hyderabad founded 1917–1918 by Nizam Osman Ali Khan, first in India to teach in Urdu; NAAC A+ and NIRF-ranked.
Ostroh Academy
Ostroh Academy (Острозька академія) was a school of higher learning founded in 1576 in Ostroh, Volhynia, by Prince Vasyl-Kostiantyn Ostrozky, the first on Ukrainian lands.
Ottawa University
Ottawa University (Kansas), founded 1865 via the 1862 Ottawa Tribe treaty, is a private Baptist-affiliated university with campuses in Ottawa, Kansas and Surprise, Arizona, HLC-accredited since 1914, NAIA Braves athletics, and free tuition for Ottawa Tribe members.
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), founded 1993 by merging three Magdeburg institutions, is a German public university focused on engineering, natural sciences, and medicine, with about 13,100 students.
Oxbridge
Oxbridge is the collective term for Oxford and Cambridge, Britain's oldest universities, known for their autonomous colleges, tutorial-based teaching, October UCAS deadline, and one-university-per-cycle application rule.
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University: Oxford post-1992 university founded as the Oxford School of Art in 1865, named after John Henry Brookes, university since 1992; 25,947 students (2024/25), Headington Campus.
Pac-12 Conference
Pac-12 Conference, formerly Pacific Coast Conference (founded 1915, Portland), a rebuilt NCAA Division I athletic conference. Ten of twelve members left in 2023-24; nine-member relaunch July 1, 2026 under Teresa Gould.
Pace University
Pace University, formerly Pace College, is a private university in New York founded in 1906, serving about 13,000 students at campuses in Lower Manhattan, Pleasantville, and White Plains.