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UMKC is the only public dental school in Missouri and trained approximately two thirds of the dentists practicing in Missouri. [1] It enrolls approximately 110 students each year in its 4-year DDS program. It also has an RDH program, an AEGD program, as well as specialty residencies in Periodontics, Orthodontics, Endodontics, and Oral Surgery.
UMKC-SOM runs a student-operated outpatient clinic called the Sojourner Health Clinic on Saturdays. It caters to the under-served adult population of Greater Kansas City, offering physical exams, prescription drugs, lab work, and various social services free of charge. [32]
The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC or Kansas City) is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and has a medical school. [19] For the 2023-2024 academic year, the university's enrollment was over 15,300 students. [20]
[4] In the Winter 2018 issue of preLaw Magazine, a National Jurist publication, UMKC School of Law was ranked A− on the list of Best Schools for Trial Advocacy. [5] In Spring 2018, UMKC School of Law was recognized as a top Upper Midwest School for its Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation course and entrepreneurship concentration.
University Health Truman Medical Center has one of the busiest adult emergency departments (EDs) in the Kansas City metropolitan area with more than 60,000 visits a year. [2] It is located in Downtown Kansas City , across from Children's Mercy Hospital and connected via a skybridge , having access for pediatric transfers when necessary.
Curtin University was founded in 1966 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology. [18] The four people who drove its establishment were Lesley Phillips, who was Superintendent of Technical Education from 1943 to 1948; George Hayman, [a] who held the same position from 1948 [19] to 1962; [20] T. L. Robertson, Director of Education; and Haydn Williams, Director of Technical Education.
Curtin University is the modern descendant of the Perth Technical School, established in 1900, which later became the Western Australia Institute of Technology in 1966. [7] The institution received university status in 1986 to form the Curtin University of Technology, named after paramount World War II Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin. [23]
Kansas City Kangaroos (1954–1963) — At the time, UMKC was known as the University of Kansas City (short form KCU). UMKC Kangaroos (1963–2019) — KCU joined the University of Missouri system in 1963, adopting its institutional name at that time. Kansas City Roos (2019–present)