The University of Oklahoma (OU) is an institution
of higher learning located in Oklahoma. The university
was founded in 1890. It currently enrolls 31,134
students (25,569 at its largest Campus in Norman,
Oklahoma), has over 1,900 full-time faculty members,
and offers 154 baccalaureate programs, 152 master's
programs, 74 doctorates, eight majors at the first
professional level, and five graduate certificates.
David Boren is the president of OU.
These programs are contained in nineteen colleges,
thirteen of which are on the Norman campus: the
College of Architecture (which at one time was headed
by iconic architect Bruce Goff), the College of
Arts and Sciences, the Michael F. Price College
of Business, the College of Continuing Education,
the College of Education, the College of Engineering,
the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, the
Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication,
the College of Geosciences, the Graduate College,
the Honors College, the College of Law, the College
of Liberal Studies. The six colleges headquartered
at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City
are: the College of Allied Health, the College of
Dentistry, the College of Medicine, the College
of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, and the College
of Public Health. Affiliated programs in Tulsa expand
access for students in eastern Oklahoma. Programs
in Tulsa include: Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public
Health, Allied Health and Liberal Studies.
Bizzell LibraryThe campus newspaper is the Oklahoma
Daily, produced daily during the fall and spring
semesters and weekly during the summer semester.
OU is well known for its Meteorology, Petroleum
Engineering, Law, Native American studies, History
of Science, and Dance programs.