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The University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma seal.svg
Motto Latin: Civi et Reipublicae
Motto in English
For the benefit of the Citizen and the State
Type Flagship
Public
Space-grant
Established 1890 (1890)
Affiliation Board of Regents of The University of Oklahoma
Academic affiliations
Endowment $1.520 billion (2016)
President David L. Boren
Provost Kyle Harper
Academic staff
2,937
Students 31,250 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 22,455 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 6,193 (Fall 2016)
Location Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
Campus Suburban
3,000 acres (12.1 km2)
Colors Crimson and Cream
         
Nickname Sooners
Mascots Boomer and Sooner
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division IBig 12
Website www.ou.edu
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
University rankings
National
ARWU NR
Forbes 199
U.S. News & World Report 111
Washington Monthly 85
Global
ARWU NR
QS 461-470
U.S. News & World Report 319

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. In Fall 2016 the university had 31,250 students enrolled, most located at its main campus in Norman. Employing nearly 3,000 faculty members, the school offers 152 baccalaureate programs, 160 master's programs, 75 doctorate programs, and 20 majors at the first professional level.David Lyle Boren, a former U.S. Senator and Oklahoma Governor, has served as the university's president since 1994.

The school is ranked first among public universities in enrollment of National Merit Scholars and among the top ten in the graduation of Rhodes Scholars. PC Magazine and the Princeton Review rated it one of the "20 Most Wired Colleges" in both 2006 and 2008, while the Carnegie Foundation classifies it as a research university with "very high research activity." Located on its Norman campus are two prominent museums, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, specializing in French Impressionism and Native American artwork, and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, specializing in the natural history of Oklahoma.


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