The University of Mississippi (also known as Ole Miss) is public, coeducational research university located near Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus, with three branch campuses located in Tupelo, Southaven, and Booneville. UM maintains a field station in Bay Springs as well as the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Additionally, it is a sea-grant institute, as well as a space-grant institute.

UM currently enrolls 14,307 students in nine academic divisions with a student-to-faculty ratio of 21:1. The chancellor of the University of Mississippi is currently Robert Khayat.