The University of Oklahoma was created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, and is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the educational, cultural, economic and health care needs of the state, region and nation. All of the university's academic programs except health-related fields are housed on the Norman Campus. Both the Norman and Health Sciences Center colleges offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site of OU-Tulsa. The OU Health Sciences Center, located in Oklahoma City, is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges.

University of Oklahoma enrolls almost 30,000 students, has more than 2,000 full-time faculty members, and has 20 colleges offering 152 majors at the baccalaureate level, 160 majors at the master's level, 80 majors at the doctoral level, 38 majors at the first professional level, and 18 graduate certificates. The university's annual operating budget is $1.2 billion. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

Attracting top students from across the nation and 106 countries around the world, University of Oklahoma consistently ranks first or second in the nation in National Merit Scholar enrollment per capita at American public universities and is in the top five of public universities in graduation of Rhodes Scholars. University of Oklahoma is in the top 25 in private endowment per capita among public universities.

Beyond the impressive numbers, University of Oklahoma boasts one-of-a-kind opportunities for students you won't find anywhere else, like the world's largest university-affiliated natural history museum, which displays the largest dinosaur in the United States and the oldest piece of art found in North America. In the fall of 2000, University of Oklahoma received the largest gift of French Impressionist paintings ever given to a university -- the Weitzenhoffer Collection. We also have the largest history of science collection in the world, and the library is the only place in the United States where you can hold Galileo's handwriting in your own hands.