Missouri University is a US public research university located in Columbia, Missouri. It became the first public university on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
The university is one of six public universities in America where medical, veterinary, engineering, agricultural and law departments are on the same campus. The university's health care system includes 4 hospitals located in the central part of the state. The university operates a nuclear reactor, the world's most powerful reactor for August 2022, operating at institutes.