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| Type | Public university |
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| Established | June 21, 1920 (1920-06-21) |
Parent institution | University of Kansas |
| Chancellor | Doug Girod |
| Executive Vice Chancellor | Steve Stites |
Academic staff | 1,785 (Fall 2023)[1] |
Administrative staff | 2,432 (Fall 2023)[1] |
| Students | 3,886 (Fall 2023)[2] |
| Location | , 39°3′26″N94°36′38″W / 39.05722°N 94.61056°W /39.05722; -94.61056 |
| Campus | Urban, 41 acres (17 ha) |
| Colors | Crimson and blue[3] |
| Mascots | Jayhawk, JayDoc |
| Website | www |
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The University of Kansas Medical Center, commonly referred to asKU Med orKUMC, is a medical campus for theUniversity of Kansas. KU Med houses the university's schools of medicine, nursing, and health professions, with the primary health science campus inKansas City, Kansas. Other campuses are located inWichita andSalina, Kansas,[4] and is connected withThe University of Kansas Health System.
KU Med has its own police force, the University of Kansas Medical Center Police Department.[5] The police force is accredited by theCommission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.[6]
The School of Medicine was formed in 1905, with several Kansas City hospitals being combined within the next ten years. In 1947, the campus was renamed to the University of Kansas Medical Center.[7] The campus began expanding its programs over the next forty years, and on February 27, 1990, the hospital performed its first liver transplant.[8]
In 1997, the state ofKansas was struggling to keep the hospital and its medical campus open so thestate legislature passed a bill to sell thehospital, and keep the medical campus for schooling.[9]
Since the state separated with the hospital, the Medical Center has turned its focus oncancer. In 2002, theUniversity of Kansas Cancer Center was established, with the help of theKansas masons.[10] It became aNational Cancer Institute-designated in 2012[11] and became a designated "comprehensive cancer center" in 2022.[12]
KU Med teaches its courses in both academic buildings, as well as the hospital. KU Med consists of three schools: theSchool of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and the School of Health Professions. With three campuses spread out in Kansas, the Medical Center employs 5,460 people, with 1,691 of those being teaching faculty.[13] As of fall 2023, the KU Medical Center has 3,886 students enrolled.[13]
As of August 2024, the executive vice chancellor isSteven Stites.[14]
The School of Medicine, which officially began in 1905 by theKansas Board of Regents in Kansas City, was the only medical school in Kansas until 2022.[15] The school offers seven different degree programs, with the only options as master's program or a doctoral program.[16] The other two campuses are in Wichita, which opened in 1971,[17] and Salina, which opened in 2011.[18]
The School of Nursing began in 1905, as well. It offers six degrees.[19] The school opened its first satellite campus in Salina in 2017.[20]
The School of Health Professions was established in 1974[21] and offers 25 different programs.[22]
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