Engaged Students

Students apply their classroom skills to real-world problems: They have built a hybrid electric car and constructed sources of sustainable energy for a rural village in China. They have taken top prize in Oklahoma’s Governor’s Cup and examined the early stages of human development in Jordan. TU is a place for intellectually curious students with an active approach to their education...

Great Teaching

TU’s innovative curriculum challenges students to explore their majors in depth in order to produce responsible, successful citizens...

A cutting edge education with a broad foundation

• The university offers academic programs through the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, the Collins College of Business, the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, and the College of Law. In addition to their major, every undergraduate student must complete the Tulsa Curriculum, which includes a core curriculum focused on skill development and a general curriculum focused on exposure to different modes of thinking. In order to pass the core curriculum students must take two courses in writing, show proficiency in basic math, and show some proficiency in a foreign language. The general curriculum requires students to take courses in three areas including aesthetic inquiry and creative experience, historical and social interpretation, and scientific investigation. In meeting the requirements of the general curriculum a student may not take more than two courses from any one department.
  
  
• TU is one of seven institutions selected by the National Science Foundation to participate in the Federal Cyber Service Initiative. Through this initiative, TU trains federally certified computer security experts. The university has also established an NSA-accredited interdisciplinary certificate program in information assurance. The curriculum for the program integrates information security with computer law and policy issues.
  
  
• The TU faculty is a distinguished group of leading scholars. Mechanical Engineering Professor John Henshaw was one of the inaugural recipients of the Engineering Education Excellence Award. History Professor Emeritus James P. Ronda has written two books that have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in American History. He was also the principal advisor to The Lewis and Clark Expedition, a four-hour documentary directed and produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, and funded by PBS and WNET.
  
  
• TU has programs in film studies and arts management. The film studies program prepares students for graduate study in film and careers in film production, writing, editing and criticism. The interdisciplinary art management program combines study in the fine or performing arts with business and management courses.
  
  
• Students in the sciences routinely take advantage of the 37,000-acre Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, a refuge for American bison, as a living laboratory.
  
  
• Every year, TU brings distinguished and internationally recognized artists to campus through the J. Donald Feagin distinguished Visiting Artist Program and the Ruth Mayo Visiting Artist Program. In the past, these programs have brought to campus artists like Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paula Vogel, actor and film director Tim Blake Nelson, acclaimed writer Russell Banks, playwright Stephen Sondheim and critic Frank Rich.

Academic Programs
Accounting, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Arts Management, Athletic Training, Biochemistry, Biogeosciences, Biological Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Communication, Computer Science, Deaf Education, Earth and Environmental Science, Economics, Education, Elementary, Electrical Engineering, Energy Management, Engineering Physics, English, Environmental Policy, Exercise and Sports Science, Film Studies, Finance, French, Geology, German, History, Information Systems Technology, International Business and Languages, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Mathematics, Mathematics, Applied, Mechanical Engineering, Music, Music, Music Education, Musical Theatre, Nursing, Organizational Studies, Petroleum Engineering, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Russian Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Speech-Language Pathology, Theatre

Certificates: Accounting, Advertising, African American Studies, Classics, Computer Science, Finance, Information Security, International Studies, Journalism Studies, Judaic Studies, Legal Thought, Management Information Systems (MIS), Museum Studies, Not-for-profit Administration, Political Philosophy, Visual Communications, Women’s Studies

Vibrant Community

There’s a lot to choose from at TU. With all the events, programs, and activities (including Division I athletics), filling your calendar is easy. The city of Tulsa adds to the menu, with a first-rate cultural life and numerous other attractions. TU’s small size fosters a strong sense of community that helps students to feel right at home...

Find your place in a place that has it all

• The university recently completed new construction, including a student fitness center, new student apartments, an 8,400-seat indoor sports arena, a 34-acre sports complex and an indoor-outdoor tennis center. In the fall of 2011, a new 77,000 square feet performing arts center was completed.  TU is currently building a new engineering and science complex.
  
  
• The University of Tulsa is a place of vibrant tradition. Every year students enjoy live music at Springfest and mud volleyball during Oozefest. Homecoming begins with a bonfire and, after their last exam, students ring the cupola bell outside the alumni center.
  
  
• With more than 160 clubs, organizations, intramural sports, and student government to get involved in TU students are hardly ever bored. Including numerous activist, intellectual, and special interests groups, TU’s student-groups offer something for everyone.
  
  
• Greek life is strong at TU.  Our seven national fraternities and eight national sororities on campus provide a solid of leadership and service opportunities, as well as great social events.
  
  
• The New York Times called the city of Tulsa “a new economic hotbed.” Newsweek has named Tulsa one of 10 “New Frontier” technology cities with 380 high-tech firms and 54,000 technology jobs. Southern Living has declared Tulsa one of its five favorite cities offering eastern sophistication, southern charm, and western spirit. Tulsa offers all the attractions of a big city including operas, festivals, over 1,000 restaurants, eclectic shopping venues, a world-class zoo, and the Oklahoma Aquarium.
  
  
• TU has played host to comedian Sinbad, author Maya Angelou, country music star Reba McEntire, actor James Earl Jones, Christian musician Darrel Evans, retired general and former U.S. army chief of staff Dennis J. Reimer, and poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. When TU’s 2009-10 theatre season concluded with a production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, the renowned playwright joined NY Times commentator Frank Rich for an evening of talks and discussion on campus.
  
  
• Residential life options include six furnished residence halls offering both traditional and co-ed options, six modern apartment complexes for upper-class students and a variety of independently operated Greek houses. There are also theme floors that allow students with similar interests and goals to live together.

Successful Outcomes

TU produces students with the skills and experience that employers and graduate schools want. Alumni also have a phenomenal success rate in earning prestigious awards and fellowships, indicating the excellence and value of a TU education...

An educational experience for the real world

• The Office of Career Services provides a number of services ranging from individual counseling to help with finding internships, on-campus interviews, and off-campus recruiting.
  
  
• TU graduates go on to some of the nation’s top graduate schools, including programs at California Technical Institute, Columbia University, Duke University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Purdue University, Stanford University, Tulane University, Washington University, and Yale University.
  
  
• TU’s distinguished alumni include Gordon Matthews, the inventor and patent holder for voice mail and Mark Radcliffe, who co-founded the 1492 Films production company and produced two of the Harry Potter movies. TV and movie star Rue McClanahan who stared on The Golden Girls, is a TU alumna. Actress and writer Mary K. Place who has been in movies like Sweet Home Alabama, The Rainmaker and Being John Malkovich, also went to TU, as did professional golfers Nancy Lopez and Kelly Robbins.