Research at KU's Lawrence Campus
The University of Kansas is a national, public research university with a long and distinguished history of achievement in a wide variety of academic subjects. KU is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive University, and has been a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities since 1909.
On KU’s Lawrence Campus, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies (RGS), in collaboration with the KU Center for Research, Inc. (KUCR), oversees a number of university research centers and institutes, state surveys, affiliated centers and core service labs. The mission of RGS is “To facilitate the discovery, application, and dissemination of knowledge.”
For more information about research programs at the Lawrence Campus, visit the RGS home page, or contact us at RGS@ku.edu.
Research Mission Statement
"The university attains high levels of research productivity
and recognizes that faculty are part of a network of scholars
and academicians that shape a discipline as well as teach it.
Research and teaching, as practiced at the University of Kansas,
are mutually reinforcing with scholarly inquiry underlying and
informing the educational experience at undergraduate, professional,
and graduate levels."
— Statement
of Institutional Mission, KU Lawrence Campus
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