University of Kansas - Academic Organization

Academic Organization

The University is a large, state-sponsored university. In addition to a large liberal arts college, it has schools of Allied Health ( name changed in AUG 2011 to School of Health Professions), Architecture, Design, and Planning, Business, Education, Engineering, Arts, Music, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Welfare. (The study of academic sociology originated at the University in 1890.) The University also operates a selective Honors Program, with approximately 300 undergraduate students admitted each year, offering classes in many of these areas.

According to the journal DesignIntelligence, which annually publishes "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools," the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas was named the best in the Midwest and ranked 6th among all undergraduate architecture programs in the U.S in 2007.

The City Management and Urban Policy program and the Special Education program at the University of Kansas are ranked 1st in the nation by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools". It also recognized several programs for ranking in the top 25 among public universities.

The most recent edition of Peterson's Guide to Competitive College calls KU "one of America's premier universities." For more than a decade, The Fiske Guide to Colleges has awarded KU a four-star rating for academics, social life, and overall quality of university life.

In its 2011 list, U.S. News & World Report ranked KU as tied for 101st place amongst National Universities, 46th place amongst Public Universities, and 349th place amongst the World's Best Colleges and Universities.