The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita began in 1971 — more than 50 years ago — and accepted third- and fourth-year students in 1974. In 2011, the campus expanded to become a four-year school.
Today it continues its mission to educate leaders, build healthy communities and make discoveries that change the world.
Three priorities have been established for KU School of Medicine-Wichita in which donations through the One Day. One KU. campaign will continue our innovation in education, research and health care.
Student Success
Student scholarships are based on financial need and made available to current and incoming medical students at KU School of Medicine-Wichita. The average scholarship is approximately $4,000. With your help, we want to more than double that to $10,000!
Healthy and Vibrant Communities
In our endeavor to improve the health of our local and rural communities, KU School of Medicine-Wichita Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, in partnership with private and public support, inaugurated a two-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program in July 2023 that will train at least two fellows a year. This will help address the desperate need for psychiatrists in Kansas, especially for children and adolescents. Kansas needs 400 child and adolescent psychiatrists and now has about 60 (of that less than 12 are in Wichita and Western Kansas). While in training, each fellow will provide care for as many as 500 children and adolescents per year in Wichita and rural Kansas. If all our fellows stay after graduation, we could double the number of child psychiatrists in the region in less than 10 years.
Greater KU Fund for Wichita
Gifts to this fund are unrestricted and go to the area of greatest need for our campus. Exciting initiatives happening in Wichita include advancing health care transformational clinical trials, training community members in the safe environment of our Simulation Center and building a shared biomedical campus with Wichita State University and WSU Tech. Pooling the collective resources will result in opportunities for energized collaboration, innovation and research — ultimately improving patient outcomes across Kansas.
Donations have an even greater impact on One Day. One KU., thanks to matching funds only available on February 15. Please give.
