University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a major public comprehensive research and teaching university fully accredited by the North Central Association/Higher Learning Commission. KU offers the highest-quality academic programs (149 bachelor, 123 masters, 96 doctorate and professional degree programs, and 61 graduate certificate programs.) The academic programs are supported by 12 libraries and several museums, including art and natural history. The university has undergraduate programs in architecture, art, business, design, education, engineering, health professions, journalism, liberal arts, music, nursing, pharmacy, and social welfare. Over 40 languages are offered. The student population is 22% minority and comes from all 50 US states and 109 countries. The university has 2,900 faculty. The Applied English Center is fully accredited by CEA. The university provides a full range of student services including academic advising, personal counseling, health center, career/employment center, orientation and international support services, tutoring, writing center, on-campus housing, and many part-time employment opportunities on campus and in the community. There are over 675 registered student organizations providing endless opportunities at the university, tuition/fees and housing costs are reasonable, and a degree from the University of Kansas is accepted at all graduate schools in the world. Over the past several years the University has built several large buildings to support integrated learning and research. The new facilities include Engineering labs; Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Physics, and Molecular Biosciences labs - low vibration area for materials and biology imaging work, fabrication clean room that will enable experiments on biomaterials and electronics; the University is home for NIH funded Center of Biotechnology; Geology and Petroleum Engineering labs; Film, TV, Media fields have new state of the arts facilities with two-story sound stage, recording studio, high tech computer editing and animation lab facilities. The University of Kansas Medical Center is one of only 26 universities in the U.S. to be recognized with national designation by the National Institutes of Health for our cancer center, Alzheimer's disease center, and clinical and translational science institute. The Medical Center has a major new teaching facility for Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions fields that includes 6 simulation patient rooms - operating, labor & delivery, post-operating, anesthesia care, intensive care, med-surge, and emergency.