A healthy Kansas starts here

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 health care 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 available for current and incoming medical students at KU School of Medicine-Wichita based on financial need. The average amount of scholarships given to students is $4,000. By donating to the general scholarship fund, you can help us work toward doubling that to $10,000!
• JayDoc Community Clinic —Since 2015 — 20 years ago — Wichita’s JayDoc Community Clinic has been providing quality, compassionate health care to people in need and providing clinical experiences for KU Wichita students. Needs have shown that patients require someone to translate for them, so there has been a push by JayDoc to raise funds for interpreters. Last year 73% of the nearly 500 patients seen by the clinic were Spanish speaking. That’s nearly a 10% increase over 2023.
• Greater KU Fund for Wichita — Gifts to this fund are unrestricted and support our areas of greatest need. Exciting initiatives happening on the Wichita campus include conducting research to develop new treatments, training community members in addition to our medical and pharmacy students in the safe environment of our Simulation Center and progressing the construction of the Wichita Biomedical Campus — a collaboration with Wichita State University and WSU Tech. Pooling the collective resources will result in opportunities for energized collaboration, innovation and research — ultimately improving patient care across Kansas.