The dominant institution in the University District is The Ohio State University whose Columbus campus has the largest enrollment of any single campus in the nation. Ohio State's Columbus campus in autumn 2008 enrolled more than 53,700 students, including more than 40,200 undergraduate students and more than 3,900 foreign students. A significant part of the Columbus campus is The Ohio State University Medical Center. The Columbus campus encompasses more than 1,700 acres.

The University District also is home to the headquarters of Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest private, non-profit research organization -- an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, develops and commercializes technology, and manages laboratories for customers. Battelle supports community and education programs to promote an enhanced quality of life for its community neighbors.

Adjacent to the university campus on the west is Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society. CAS, the global leader in chemical information, provides the most comprehensive databases of disclosed research in chemistry and related sciences.

The largest social service agency which focuses on the University District is Godman Guild Association, a settlement house founded on the north side of Columbus in 1898. Godman Guild, which is named for an early benefactor, Henry C. Godman, moved its operations in the late 1990s to the renovated Sixth Avenue School building at 303 East Sixth Avenue in the Weinland Park neighborhood of the University District. The phone number is (614) 294-5476. Godman Guild provides a variety of services to children, youth and families, including Head Start, GED and computer classes, job readiness and job training, and recreation and summer camp programs.

Neighborhood Services, Inc. (NSI), is the food pantry which serves the University District. Founded and supported by the churches in the University District in the mid-1960s, NSI is located at 1950 North Fourth Street, Columbus, OH 43201. The phone number is (614) 297-0592.

For a more complete list of churches, agencies, institutions and businesses in the University District, visit the University District Organization's website.


Updated May 15, 2009.