Welcome to The University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa traces its roots to the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls, a small boarding school in Muskogee, Indian Territory, which was founded in 1882. In 1894, at the request of the Synod of Indian Territory, the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church elevated the academy’s status and chartered it as Henry Kendall College, a name that honored the first general secretary of the Home Missions Board. The first classes in the new college were held on Sept. 12, 1894.
Kendall College moved to Tulsa in 1907, the year of Oklahoma’s statehood, and was renamed The University of Tulsa in 1920.
Today, the university is a private, nondenominational, research university that cultivates interconnected learning experiences to explore complex ideas and create new knowledge in a spirit of free inquiry. UTulsa has a 9:1 student-faculty ratio and welcomes for undergraduate, graduate, and law students from nearly every state and more than 70 countries.
Led by President Brad R. Carson, a former congressman and Bronze Star recipient, The University of Tulsa prides itself on striving to provide the best higher education experience between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
