University of Missouri–Kansas City: Difference between revisions

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| total_staff = 3,576 (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/faculty-staff-reports.html/ |title=Faculty/Staff Reports |publisher=Umkc.edu |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

| students = 15,327 (Fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/student-headcount.html/ |title=Term Enrollment Student Headcount and FTE |publisher=Umkc.edu |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

| undergrad = 10,197 (Fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/student-headcount.html/ |title=Term Enrollment Student Headcount and FTE |publisher=Umkc.edu |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

| postgrad = 5,130 (Fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/student-headcount.html/ |title=Term Enrollment Student Headcount and FTE |publisher=Umkc.edu |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

| administrative_staff = 661 (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/faculty-staff-reports.html/ |title=Faculty/Staff Reports |publisher=Umkc.edu |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

The '''University of Missouri–Kansas City''' ('''UMKC''' or '''Kansas City''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. UMKC is part of the [[University of Missouri System]] and has a [[UMKC School of Medicine|medical school]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.umsystem.edu/|title=University of Missouri System|website=www.umsystem.edu|language=en|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> For the 2023-2024 academic year, the university's enrollment was over 15,300 students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Term Enrollment Student Headcount and FTE {{!}} Planning, Analysis and Decision Support {{!}} University of Missouri - Kansas City |url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/student-headcount.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.umkc.edu}}</ref> It is the largest university and third largest college in the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/subscriber-only/2017/12/01/largest-colleges-and-universities-in-kc.html|title=Largest Kansas City-Area Colleges and Universities|last=Diaz-Camacho|first=Vicky|date=December 1, 2017|website=Kansas City Business Journal}}</ref> It offers more than 125 degree programs over 11 academic units.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academics {{!}} University of Missouri–Kansas City |url=https://www.umkc.edu/academics/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.umkc.edu |language=en}}</ref> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=178402 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204030334/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=178402 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

UMKC is spread across multiple locales; the main Volker Campus, home to the majority of university operations, is located in Kansas City, Missouri's Rockhill neighborhood, east of the [[Country Club Plaza]], and adjacent to both the [[Stowers Institute for Medical Research]] and the [[Linda Hall Library]]. In 2017 the university, in collaboration with [[Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill|University Health Truman Medical Center]], [[Children's Mercy Hospital]], the Missouri Health Department, the Jackson County Medical Examiners Office, and the Missouri Department of Mental Health Behavioral Medicine, formed the UMKC Health Sciences District on [[Hospital Hill]]. This district is a first-in-the-nation partnership between local and state governments, the university, and these nationally recognized healthcare faculties, designed to promote collaboration in research, innovation, education, grant funding, and community outreach, for the advancement of health and wellness in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trumed.org/about/umkc-health-sciences-district|title=Truman Medical Centers - UMKC Health Sciences District|website=med.umkc.edu|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> Also in 2017, the university announced plans to expand its metropolitan identity with the construction of a downtown Campus for the Arts, located near the [[Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://info.umkc.edu/artscampus/|title=Downtown Campus for the Arts {{!}} Exploring the feasibility of a UMKC Campus for the Arts in downtown Kansas City|website=info.umkc.edu|language=en-US|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227220623/http://info.umkc.edu/artscampus/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] St–St. Joseph campus is currently under construction of a $14.5 million, 22,000-square-foot medical building in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]]. It is planning to open in the Spring of 2025.<ref name=":2" />

The Oak Place Apartments arewere located at 5050 Oak Street on land once occupied by the demolished Twin Oaks Apartments. Twin Oaks construction on Oak Place was started in 2007 and Oak Place was opened to students in 2008. Oak Place consistsconsisted of two four story apartment complexes separated by an above ground parking structure. Oak Place houseshoused around 500 students in 1, 2, and 4 bedroom suite style apartments, each complete with a kitchen. Common areas includeincluded lounge areas, an academic room, and 1 computer lab in each building.