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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]
The town of Kansas, Missouri, was incorporated on June 1, 1850, reincorporated and renamed City of Kansas on March 28, 1853, and renamed Kansas City in 1889.The area straddles the border between Missouri and Kansas at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, and was considered a good place to settle.
The Kansas City Roos, known before July 1, 2019, as the UMKC Kangaroos and also sometimes called the Kansas City Kangaroos, [4] are the intercollegiate teams representing the University of Missouri–Kansas City that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.
It was founded in 1895 as the Kansas City School of Law, a private, independent law school located in Downtown Kansas City, and was purchased by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1938. The law school moved to UMKC's main campus soon after, where it is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of ...
Kansas City Kangaroos (1954–1963) — At the time, the university was known as the University of Kansas City (short form KCU). Missouri–Kansas City Kangaroos (1963–2019) — KCU joined the University of Missouri system in 1963, adopting the institutional name of University of Missouri–Kansas City (short form UMKC) at that time.
Hospital Hill is an area near 23rd Street and Holmes Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, and consists of two major hospitals (University Health and the Children's Mercy Hospital) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City's School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Pharmacy, and School of Nursing.
The 2024–25 Kansas City Roos men's basketball team represents the University of Missouri–Kansas City in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Roos, led by third-year head coach Marvin Menzies, play home games at the Swinney Recreation Center in Kansas City, Missouri as members of the Summit League.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine operates two campuses. The Health Sciences District (HSD) campus is situated in the Hospital Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, alongside the UMKC schools of Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing.