Kansas State University

According to the school, Kansas State University is on its way to become a Top 50 public research university by 2025. The university was founded in 1863 as the nation's first operational land-grant university. Kansas State University has campuses in Manhattan, Salina and Olathe, and Research and Extension has a presence throughout Kansas.Nearly 25,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries attend Kansas State University. Students can choose from more than 250 majors and options in nine colleges: agriculture; architecture, planning and design; arts and sciences; business administration; education; engineering; human ecology; technology and aviation; and veterinary medicine. The Graduate School offers 150 academic programs.Kansas State University is a leader in global food systems. Through research and training, the university is addressing the world's growing demand for food. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF, is being constructed at Kansas State University and will be the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's premiere animal disease research facility. Research at the university's Biosecurity Research Institute protects the nation's food supply, which is vital to America's national security interests. From the 8,600-acre Konza Prairie Biological Station to the Johnson Cancer Research Center, the university is home to more than 90 research centers. Kansas State University has developed more than 200 patents. The university's prestigious Landon Lecture Series has drawn seven U.S. presidents, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and international leaders like Mikhail Gorbachev and Vicente Fox.More than 200,000 alumni are proud to call Kansas State University their alma mater and have done extraordinary things like inventing the snooze alarm and discovering the weather phenomenon El Ni??????�???????????????. Famous alumni include Hershey Co. CEO John Bilbrey; Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Corp. President Carl Ice; Aspera Inc. CEO and inventor Michelle Munson; and actor Eric Stonestreet.