University of Kansasis a public institution that was founded in the year 1866. It has undergraduate enrollment of approximately 20,343, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 1,000 acres. The University has a semester-based academic calendar. University of Kansas is ranked 101 in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities.
The University of Kansas is a mainly a public research and teaching institution which operates through a diverse, multicampus system. KU's several parts are bound together by the mission to serve as -a center for learning, scholarship research, and creative endeavor in the state of Kansas, the nation and world wide.
The inventor of basketball started a tradition here. The man who discovered vitamins A and D graduated. Helium was extracted from the gas for first time. The first Afro American woman to entertain at White House was a student. The future astronauts were launched into their careers, along with business leaders, artists, governors, Pulitzer winners, a Nobel Prize winner and presidential candidates. National championships have been won. And many pharmacists, teachers, nurses, doctors, artisans, architects, journalists, engineers lawyers and musicians, have begun careers.
Campus Location
Lawrence, KS 66045
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1866
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban