Tulsa, University of

Tulsa, University of

      private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The university offers undergraduate degrees through the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, and the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences. The College of Law grants professional degrees, and the Graduate School coordinates more than 30 master's degree programs and about a dozen doctorate programs. The University of Tulsa is traditionally known for its technical programs in fields such as energy, engineering, and geosciences. Research units include the National Energy-Environmental Law and Policy Institute, and the university conducts several petroleum research programs. Campus libraries, including McFarlin Library, contain almost one million books. The university publishes Petroleum Abstracts, which provides information on the petroleum exploration and production industries, and Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. Student enrollment is approximately 4,200.

      The University of Tulsa was chartered in 1894 as Henry Kendall College in Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), replacing the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls, which had been founded in 1882. Financial problems caused officials of the Presbyterian Synod of Indian Territory to move the school to Tulsa in 1907. It was reorganized as the University of Tulsa in 1920. A petroleum engineering division was founded in 1928, graduate-level courses were authorized in 1933, and the College of Business Administration was formed in 1935. The Tulsa Law School, established in 1923, was incorporated into the University of Tulsa in 1943; it relocated to the main campus in 1973.

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