Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.01: University branch district definitions.

As used in sections 3355.01 to 3355.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code:

(A) "University branch district" means a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, and organized for the purpose of establishing, owning, and operating a branch university district within the territory of such district.

(B) "University branch" means an academic program administered by a state or municipal university in a community other than the community wherein is located the main campus of such university, and affording to the students in such program academic credit corresponding to that afforded to the students on the main campus upon satisfactory completion of comparable courses of instruction.