[13] Additional facilities are located at the former site of Marillac College and at Grand Center, both in St. Louis city.

[16] The impetus for a college campus in its current location began in 1957 when members of the Bellerive Country Club put their 53-year-old club house and 125-acre (50.6 ha) grounds on the market for $1.3 million as they planned to move to larger quarters in Town and Country, Missouri.

At the same time members of Normandy, Missouri School District began debating the need of creating an affordable junior college to offer an alternative to the much more expensive privately owned Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis.

A bond issue on September 30, 1958, received the necessary two-thirds majority and the golf club was turned over to Normandy on May 31, 1960.

A group of board members and citizens popularly referred to as "The Committee of Twenty-eight" began the process to set up the junior college.

The Clubhouse was renovated with 15 classrooms, two laboratories, a large lecture room, a library and a cafeteria.

The newly formed system immediately won permission to upgrade the Normandy center to a full-fledged four-year institution.

Chancellors of the school are:[20] In 2007 Express Scripts opened its world headquarters on the campus north of University Place Drive and south of Interstate 70 in Missouri.

[22] Express Scripts, which leases rather than owns its headquarters buildings and other structures in NorthPark, received substantial tax breaks.

[23] Since the move the company has been an active partner with the university including contributing money to renovate the computer sciences building (Express Scripts Hall),[24] raising funds for building projects, sponsoring a pre-collegiate bridge program for high school students and sponsoring a business incubator (Accentuate).

[26] U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools 2018 ranked the university's doctoral degree program in Criminology & Criminal Justice 5th in the US.

[28] UMSL provides 11 Division II sports teams ranging from Soccer and Basketball to Golf and Softball.

There are also historically Black Greek letter organizations (BGLO) that function at the University of Missouri St. Louis campus.

The U has a non-commercial freeform format, playing various genres of music and talk shows as well as programs featuring campus news and personalities.

It manufactures original content, tutors students in need, and researches new forms of modern media.

The new mascot was revealed at the 'Pack the Stands' night, Fall 2009 and was named Louie by the student body at the annual Mirthday celebration, Spring 2010.

[31] Law enforcement and emergency response on the UMSL campus is handled by the University of Missouri-St. Louis Police Department.

With classrooms and student housing both located in a former convent on the university's South Campus, the program offers classes that typically focus on specific topics in the Humanities while stressing the development and practice of students' writing skills.

The students in the program publish an informal periodical, Brain Stew, which is independent of The Current.