University of Toledo

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.[6] The university moved to its current location in the Ottawa neighborhood in 1931. Since its establishment, the university has physically expanded to include more than 100 major buildings with a combined area of more 1,400 acres (570 ha) and transformed its academic program from a vocational and secondary education into a comprehensive research university, known for its curriculum in the science, engineering, and medical fields. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[7] Toledo has over 100,000 living alumni and has a current enrollment of over 17,000 students. The university has over 300 student organizations and its athletic teams, called the Rockets, are members of the Mid-American Conference.