The University of Missouri-Columbia is a four-year public university founded in 1839. 20 14QS world ranking113,2014 Shanghai jiaotong university ranking 152, USnews ranking 88. It is one of the four member universities of the University of Missouri system, the largest one, and one of the American public Ivy League schools. The alma mater of the famous American President Truman. Journalism is the best subject in universities, with the longest history in the United States and unparalleled reputation. The University of Missouri-Columbia offers more than 265 degree programs and enjoys an academic reputation. It is the only academic star university in Missouri certified by American Academic Association and has the first journalism school in the world. At the same time, the University of Missouri-Columbia is also one of the top 100 universities in the United States, the only one among the 34 universities in the state that has been selected into AAU (association of american universities), and the only one in the state that has been awarded the "doctoral research/horizontal research university" by both association of american universities members and Carnegie Higher Education Foundation. In China, only 35 universities have the same dual title.