Cleveland State University is a public research university in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964, and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the buildings, property, and students of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. The Monte Ahuja College of Business, established in 1964, is the business school at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio with more than 3,000 current students and over 19,000 alumni.