The University System of West Virginia was an American educational authority formed by the West Virginia Legislature on July 1, 1989, to oversee the operation of the state's graduate and doctoral degree-granting institutions. It was abolished on June 30, 2000. A 17-member Board of Trustees governed the following institutions of higher learning in West Virginia, United States:West Virginia University (WVU), including: West Virginia University at Parkersburg West Virginia University Institute of Technology, and Potomac State College of West Virginia University Marshall University, including: Marshall University Graduate College, and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine