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University of Akron

The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio, United States. It is part of the University System of Ohio.[6] As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering.[7] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[8]

Former names

Buchtel College (1870–1913)
Municipal University of Akron (1913–1966)[1]

Fiat Lux (Latin)

Let there be light

Public research university

1870 (1870)

University System of Ohio

$235.3 million (2020)[2]

Gary L. Miller

1,032 (2022) [3]

10,279 (2023) [4]

2,070 (2023) [4]

Akron
,
Ohio
,
United States

41°04′31″N 81°30′41″W / 41.0752°N 81.5115°W / 41.0752; -81.5115

Urban, 218 acres (0.88 km2)

Blue & gold[5]
   

Zips

NCAA Division I FBS – MAC

Zippy the Kangaroo

uakron.edu

The University of Akron offers about 200 undergraduate[9] and more than 100 graduate majors[10] and has an enrollment of approximately 15,000 students. The university's School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is housed in a 12-story reflective glass building near downtown Akron on the western edge of the main campus. UA's Archives of the History of American Psychology[11] is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.


The university has three branch campuses: Wayne College in Orrville, Ohio; the Medina County University Center, in Lafayette Township, Ohio; and UA Lakewood, in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio. In addition, the university hosts nursing programs in affiliation with Lorain County Community College.[12]

Academic rankings

361

434

> 600

Not Ranked

1,072

Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

College of Business

College of Engineering and Polymer Science (includes School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering)

College of Health and Human Sciences

The Graduate School

School of Law

Williams Honors College

Wayne College

The is a bipartisan research institute dedicated to increasing understanding of the political process with emphasis on political parties, grassroots activity, and ethical behavior.[44]

Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics

was the oldest continuous sorority chapter on the campus, locally founded in 1877.[52] This organization suspended operation in 2022.

Kappa Kappa Gamma

The Lone Star Fraternity (Pi Kappa Epsilon) was the oldest local fraternity in the United States, and the only chapter in existence. Lone Star Fraternity was founded by W.V.N. Yates on February 22, 1882. The 135th anniversary was celebrated in 2017. The organization suspended operation in 2021.

was founded on the University of Akron's campus as "Sigma Delta Theta" in 1920 and at the time it was the oldest local sorority on campus. Sigma Delta Theta later became the Beta Tau chapter of Alpha Delta Pi in 1938.[53]

Alpha Delta Pi

The Ohio Epsilon chapter of fraternity, founded in 1875, is the oldest continuous Greek-letter organization on campus.[54]

Phi Delta Theta

was originally founded as Sigma Beta Nu in 1923.[55] The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics offers scholarships to men pursuing political science while being members of the organization.[56] Notable alumni include Ray C. Bliss, Congressman and mayor of Akron Tom Sawyer, retired president/CEO of Goodyear Aerospace Morris Jobe, and former mayors of Akron John Ballard and Roy Ray. The fraternity was incorporated into Phi Kappa Tau in 1938.

Phi Kappa Tau

The University of Akron has more than twenty fraternities and sororities.

Former Akron mayor and Ohio Congressman attended undergraduate and graduate school there.

Thomas C. Sawyer

List of colleges and universities in Ohio

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Official website

University of Akron athletics website