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The University of Kansas School of Engineering was founded in 1891 and is located in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. It is the oldest Engineering School in the State of Kansas, and was the first school of engineering in Kansas as well. It is a public engineering school on the main campus of the University of Kansas. Although the School of Engineering was not founded until 1891, the Kansas University already had an engineering program in place. The school mascot is a Jayhawk (Jayhawks). The first dean of the engineering school was a civil engineer, Frank O. Marvin. The school had established an advisory board in 1978 to assist the University ensure its students graduate with an education that will make them competitive in the workforce. The board's purpose is to offer guidance in planning and organizing the school's activities; they also help in identifying opportunities and developing resources. In the U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, 2013 issue, KU’s School of Engineering was ranked 36th among public schools in the United States of America, making it the second highest ranked engineering school in Kansas. National rankings for individual graduate programs included Aerospace Engineering at 30th and Computer Engineering at 40th. The School of Engineering was featured in a chapter of the book " One Hundred Years of Chemical Engineering" from the book series of Chemical and Chemists. The chapter was written by James O. Maloney and is called "Chemical Engineering Education at the University of Kansas 1895–1988". The chapter discusses the process of how the chemical degree engineering program was introduced and established. The University has its own research newsletter where they post their booklets with a variety of information and recent achievements they have done.

The School offers EAC/ABET accredited undergraduate degree programs in a variety of fields. There are 12 undergraduate, 19 Master's and 11 Doctorate degree programs offered here at this institute: including aerospace engineering, architectural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, engineering physics, mechanical engineering, and petroleum engineering. Before there was a school of architecture, the program was first established within the school of engineering. The science programs were originally part of the Liberal Arts and Sciences, but was then moved to the school of engineering. As a result ,the association between programming development and hardware was highlighted, and the relationship between the engineering disciples and computer science was strengthened. The first ever engineering degree was granted to the student Murray Harris in civil engineering. Murray was one of the four graduates of the first graduating class at Kansas University. There are three different types of scholarships offered: undergraduate, graduate, and diversity scholarships. These scholarships are to help incoming students that do not have enough aid to cover costs for their schooling. IHAWKe and KUEST programs are for the Diversity and Women’s Programs department. IHAWKe (Indigenous, Hispanic, African American, Women, KU engineering) is an academic support program for college students, and its purpose is to help students connect with others, make changes in the world, and manage their academic classes.

Facilities on Campus

 * Biomechanics Research Laboratory
 * Biotechnology Innovation and Optimization Center
 * Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
 * Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
 * Energy Council
 * Higuchi Biosciences Center
 * Information and Telecommunication Technology Center – Bioinformatics and Computational Life Sciences Laboratory – Communications and Networking Systems Laboratory – Computer Systems Design Laboratory – e-Learning Design Laboratory – Intelligent Systems Laboratory – Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory
 * Institute for Bioengineering Research
 * Institute for Policy and Social Research
 * Tertiary Oil Recovery Project
 * Kansas Biological Survey
 * Kansas Geological Survey

Notable alumni

 * Alan Mulally (BS/MS AE), President and CEO of Ford Motor Company
 * Brian McClendon (BSEE 1986), VP of Engineering at Google.
 * Robert J. Eaton (ME 1963), retired DaimlerChrysler AG Chairman.
 * Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer (BSEE 1946) Director of the AEGIS Shipbuilding Project.
 * Lou Montulli, co-founder of Netscape and author of the Lynx web browser.
 * Charles E. Spahr (1934), former CEO of Standard Oil of Ohio.
 * Douglas Shane (BS 1982), director of flight operations for SpaceShipOne, which made the first privately funded human spaceflight.
 * Linda Zarda Cook (PE 1981), executive director of Shell Gas & Power and a member of the Shell Executive Committee.
 * Maj. Gen. Joe Engle (AE 1955), astronaut and NASA space shuttle commander.