University of Kansas
NCAA Division I FBS – Big 12 | |
Mascots | |
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Website | www |
Official name | University of Kansas Historic District |
Type | District |
Criteria | Architecture, Education, Landscape |
Designated | April 16, 2013[11] |
Reference no. | 13000167 |
Official name | University of Kansas East Historic District |
Type | District |
Criteria | Architecture, Education |
Designated | January 8, 2014[12] |
Reference no. | 13001038 |
The University of Kansas (KU) is a
Founded March 21, 1865, the university was opened in 1866 under a charter granted by the
As of Fall 2022[update], 23,872 students were enrolled at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses with an additional 2,836 students enrolled at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) for a total enrollment of 26,708 students across the three campuses.[17] Overall, the university (including KUMC) employed 3,196 faculty members (faculty, faculty administrators, librarians, and unclassified academic staff) in Fall 2022[update].[18]
Kansas's athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I sports as the Jayhawks, as members of the Big 12 Conference. They field 16 varsity sports, as well as club-level sports for ice hockey, rugby, and men's volleyball.
History
On February 20, 1863, Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed into law a bill creating the state university in Lawrence.[19] The law was conditioned upon a gift from Lawrence of a $15,000 endowment fund and a site for the university, in or near the town, of not less than forty acres (16 hectares) of land.[20] If Lawrence failed to meet these conditions, Emporia instead of Lawrence would get the university.
The site selected for the university was a hill known as Hogback Ridge (later known as
During World War II, Kansas was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission.[23]
Landmarks and structures
KU is home to the
Academics
Forbes[31] | 182 | |
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U.S. News & World Report[32] | 151 (tie) | |
Washington Monthly[33] | 191 | |
WSJ / College Pulse[34] | 198 | |
Global | ||
ARWU[35] | 301–400 | |
QS[36] | 410 (tie) | |
THE[37] | 351–400 | |
U.S. News & World Report[38] | 304 (tie) |
National Program Rankings[39] | |||
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Program | Ranking | ||
Audiology | 14 | ||
Biological Sciences | 73 | ||
Business | 68 | ||
Chemistry | 73 | ||
Clinical Psychology | 43 | ||
Computer Science | 91 | ||
Earth Sciences | 54 | ||
Economics | 72 | ||
Education | 18 | ||
Engineering | 102 | ||
English | 67 | ||
Fine Arts | 64 | ||
Health Care Management | 51 | ||
History | 41 | ||
Law | 70 | ||
Mathematics | 66 | ||
Medicine: Primary Care | 38 | ||
Medicine: Research | 62 | ||
Nursing: Anesthesia | 51 | ||
Nursing: Midwifery | 21 | ||
Nursing: Master's | Unranked | ||
Nursing: Doctor of Nursing Practice | Unranked | ||
Occupational Therapy | 17 | ||
Part-time MBA | 97 | ||
Pharmacy | 24 | ||
Physical Therapy | 13 | ||
Physics | 91 | ||
Political Science | 65 | ||
Psychology | 50 | ||
Public Affairs | 19 | ||
Public Health | 102 | ||
Social Work | 36 | ||
Sociology | 75 | ||
Speech-Language Pathology | 8 | ||
Statistics | 89 |
Global Program Rankings[40] | |||
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Program | Ranking | ||
Art and Humanities | 178 | ||
Biology and Biochemistry | 401 | ||
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems | 153 | ||
Cell Biology | 233 | ||
Chemistry | 412 | ||
Clinical Medicine | 349 | ||
Computer Science | 433 | ||
Engineering | 555 | ||
Environment/Ecology | 217 | ||
Geosciences | 214 | ||
Molecular Biology and Genetics | 279 | ||
Neurosciences and Behavior | 204 | ||
Oncology | 196 | ||
Pharmacology and Toxicology | 116 | ||
Physics | 268 | ||
Plant and Animal Science | 175 | ||
Psychiatry/Psychology | 158 | ||
Social Sciences and Public Health | 181 | ||
Surgery | 211 |
The University of Kansas is a large, state-sponsored university with five campuses. KU is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU)[41] and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[14] KU features the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, which includes the School of the Arts and the School of Public Affairs & Administration; and the schools of Architecture, Design & Planning; Business; Education; Engineering; Health Professions; Journalism & Mass Communications; Law; Medicine; Music; Nursing; Pharmacy; and Social Welfare. The university offers more than 345 degree programs. In 2017 Johnson County accounted for most of instate enrollment.[42]
In its 2022 report, U.S. News & World Report ranked KU as tied for 121st place among National Universities and tied for 56th place among public universities.[43]
According to the National Science Foundation, KU spent $339 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 74th in the nation.[44]
School of Architecture and Design
The University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design (ArcD), with its main building being Marvin Hall, traces its architectural roots to the creation of the architectural engineering degree program in KU's School of Engineering in 1912. The Bachelor of Architecture degree was added in 1920. In 1969 the School of Architecture and Urban Design (SAUD) was formed. In 2001 architectural engineering merged with civil and environmental engineering. The design programs from the discontinued School of Fine Arts were merged into the school in 2009 forming the School of Architecture and Design.
The Department of Design began in 1921. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program began eight years later. Industrial Design was added in 1941, interior design in 1946, jewelry and silversmithing, art history, and the Masters of Fine Arts program in 1948.
In 2009, the university reorganized the School of Fine Arts. The professional design practice programs became the Department of Design, administratively located in the School of Architecture and Design.
School of Business
The University of Kansas School of Business is a public business school on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The KU School of Business was founded in 1924 and has more than 80 faculty members and approximately 1500 students.[45]
Named one of the best business schools in the Midwest by Princeton Review, the KU School of Business has been continually accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for its undergraduate and graduate programs in business and accounting.[46]
For 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked KU's business school 68th out of 477 evaluated.[47]
In 2016, The University of Kansas completed construction on a new home for the business school, named Capitol Federal Hall. It is located at 1654 Naismith Drive, near KU's Rec Center and across the street from Allen Fieldhouse. Capitol Federal Hall is a 166,500 square-foot building complete with state-of-the-art technology and several research labs.[48]
School of Law
The University of Kansas School of Law, founded in 1878, was the top law school in the state of Kansas, and tied for 70th out of 198 nationally, according to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings.[47] Classes are held in Green Hall at W 15th St and Burdick Dr, which is named after former dean James Green.[49]
School of Engineering
The KU School of Engineering is a public engineering school located on the main campus. The School of Engineering was founded officially in 1891, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873.[50]
In the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" 2021 issue, KU's School of Engineering was ranked tied for 102nd among 218 engineering schools whose highest degree is a doctorate.[47]
Notable alumni include: Charles E. Spahr (1934), the former CEO of Standard Oil of Ohio.
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
In addition to its academic programs, the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications sponsors publications including The University Daily Kansan, Jayplay magazine, and KUJH TV.
Medical Center
The University of Kansas Medical Center features three schools: the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Health Professions that each has its own programs of graduate study. As of the Fall 2013 semester, there were 3,349 students enrolled at KU Med.[51] The Medical Center also offers four-year instruction at the Wichita campus, and features a medical school campus in Salina, Kansas devoted to rural health care.
The University of Kansas Health System is co-located at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Edwards Campus, Overland Park
KU's Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas. Established in 1993, its goal is to provide adults with the opportunity to complete undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs. About 2,000 students attend the Edwards Campus, with an average age of 31.[52]
University of Kansas Leavenworth
Near the beginning of the 2018–2019 school year, KU launched classes in Leavenworth, Kansas, offering classes to "both civilian and military" students, emphasizing a "high priority in supporting military-affiliated students". The Leavenworth classes offer both undergraduate and graduate courses.[53]
Computing innovations
KU's School of Business launched
KU's academic computing department was an active participant in setting up the Internet and is the developer of the early
Student activities
Race and ethnicity[55] | Total | ||
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White | 70% | ||
Hispanic | 9% | ||
Other[c] | 5% | ||
Asian | 5% | ||
Foreign national | 5% | ||
Black | 4% | ||
Economic diversity | |||
Low-income[d] | 20% | ||
Affluent[e] | 80% |
Athletics
The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and blue, are called the
The
Kansas has counted among its coaches
Notable non-varsity sports include rugby, men's hockey, and men's soccer. The rugby team owns its private facility and tours internationally every two years. The men's hockey team plays in nearby Kansas City.
Debate teams
The University of Kansas has had more teams (70) compete in the National Debate Tournament than any other university.[59] Kansas has won the tournament 6 times (1954, 1970, 1976, 1983, 2009 and 2018)[60] and had 15 teams make it to the final four.[59] Kansas trails only Northwestern (15) and Harvard (7) for most tournaments won and is tied with Dartmouth (6). Kansas also won the Copeland Award in 1981–82 and 2017–18.
Media
The university's newspaper is
The University Daily Kansan operates outside of the university's William Allen White School of Journalism[63] and reaches at least 30,000 daily readers through its print and online publications[64]
The university houses the following public broadcasting stations:
Center for Community Health and Development
The university's Center for Community Health and Development (formerly KU Work Group[65]) was designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health and Development in 2004.[66][67] It is affiliated with the Department of Applied Behavioral Science and the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at the university, and supports community health and development through a variety of means, including its free online resource, the Community Tool Box.[65][68]
Foundations
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
The first union was built on campus in 1926 as a campus community center.[69] The unions are still the "living rooms" of campus and include three locations – the Kansas Union and Burge Union at the Lawrence Campus and Jayhawk Central at the Edwards Campus. The KU Memorial Unions Corporation manages the KU Bookstore (with seven locations). The KU Bookstore is the official bookstore of KU. The corporation also includes KU Dining Services, with more than 20 campus locations, including The Market (inside the Kansas Union) and The Underground (located in Wescoe Hall). The KU Bookstore and KU Dining Services are not-for-profit,[70] with proceeds supporting student programs, such as Student Union Activities.[71]
KU Endowment
KU Endowment was established in 1891 as the university's primary institutional foundation to manage and build the university's endowment.[72]
Notable alumni and faculty
Affiliated with the university as students, researchers, or faculty members have been:
- 325 Fulbright Scholars [73]
- 27 Rhodes Scholars[74]
- 10 Marshall Scholars[75]
- 2 Mitchell Scholars[76]
- 12 MacArthur Fellows [77]
- 7 Pulitzer Prize winners [78]
- 5 NASA astronauts [78]
- 3 Nobel Prize laureates
- 2 Fields Medal winners
- 3 Hugo Award or Nebula Award winners
- 1 Academy Awardwinner
Additionally, two people associated with the school have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dean Smith, who played basketball at Kansas from 1949 to 1953 and was a Hall of Fame men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was given the award by Barack Obama in 2013. Politician Bob Dole, who played football and basketball at the school but did not graduate, was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom award by Bill Clinton in 1997.
See also
- Bailey Hall (University of Kansas)
- Budig Hall
- Kansas Audio-Reader Network
- Kansas Crew (University Rowing Club)
- "Kansas Song"
- "Home on the Range"
- University of Kansas Marching Jayhawks
Notes
- ^ Data includes Lawrence and Edwards campuses.
- ^ a b c d e Data includes Lawrence, Edwards, and KUMC campuses.
- ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
- Pell grantintended for low-income students.
- ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.
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Further reading
- University of Kansas Traditions: The Jayhawk
- Kirke Mechem, "The Mythical Jayhawk", Kansas Historical Quarterly XIII: 1 (February 1944), pp. 3–15. A tongue-in-cheek history and description of the Mythical Jayhawk.
- Kansas : A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc; 3 Volumes; Frank W. Blackmar; Standard Publishing Co; 944 / 955 / 824 pages; 1912. (Volume1 – 54MB PDF), (Volume2 – 53MB PDF), (Volume3 – 33MB PDF)