The University of Cincinnati

I pursued graduate study in microbiology at the University of
Cincinnati, a public university that has been recognized for research
excellence by The Center at Arizona State University and the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The history of the
University of Cincinnati dates back to the early 1800s when local donors
provided funding for the establishment of Cincinnati College and the
Medical College of Ohio. 50 years later, the University of Cincinnati
was founded using funds willed to the City of Cincinnati by Charles
McMicken. The University of Cincinnati immediately incorporated
Cincinnati College. By 1909 the University of Cincinnati had absorbed
the Medical College of Ohio, which was affiliated with Miami Medical
College at the time. Together, they became the Ohio-Miami Medical
Department of the University of Cincinnati. In the 1960s, the University
of Cincinnati also assimilated the Cincinnati College Conservatory of
Music and officially became one of Ohio’s state universities in 1977.

The University of Cincinnati is one of the 100 largest universities in
the United States with an exceptional number of degree programs
supported by 16 different colleges and schools. The school is currently
at the forefront of international academic innovation, with a large
number of students heralding from foreign countries, especially India,
China, and France. Although most international students are currently
studying at the graduate level, the University of Cincinnati is working
to increase enrollment among undergraduates by creating a global network
of university representatives. The University of Cincinnati is also
pioneering the Stanford for Education Abroad program that was created by
the Forum for Education Abroad. The school started negotiations with a
number of integral foreign academic institutions and already signed a
formal agreement with China’s Shandong University to found a Joint
Center for Urban Research among other relational activities.

Notably, the University of Cincinnati is the alma mater of President
William Howard Taft, who served both as President and Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court as well as Dean of the College of Law at the
University of Cincinnati. There are only six law schools in the country
from which both a President and a Supreme Court justice have graduated.