University of Missouri shares 10-year-plan to invest $1.5B into infrastructure, research

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KFVS) – Missouri’s largest public university and one of the largest employers in the state is touting plans for expansion.

The largest freshman class in University of Missouri history is preparing for midterms, but the university is already preparing for even more students as applications so far this year have already exceeded last year’s by 43%.

“Students want to be part of this winning culture,” said Mun Choi, President of the University of Missouri and UM System.

Thanks to record investment from the state, the University of Missouri is putting forward its most ambitious investment plan yet: Mizzou forward. The plan is to invest $1.5B over the next 10 years in university growth. Some of the projects include the moving and expanding MURR, the expansion of the football stadium, and funding a lot of medical research.

“Over the past five years, we’ve had a dramatic increase in the amount of state support for the University of Missouri,” Choi said. “This only happens when Missourians and elected leaders see value in what we do.”

This year, the Missouri Legislature invested $485M toward the University of Missouri’s operations. That’s an increase from $462M last year.

You can already see a return on some of the investments with the football stadium expansion and new hospital buildings.

For First-generation college student Johnathan Martinez attending the University of Missouri is a dream come true.

“The wildest dream of my life was to attend college, and now I’m here,” Martinez said. “That just truly shows me how different we are as human beings, but how together because of Mizzou and this institution we’re put together to work.”

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