Overview
The University was founded in 1894 as Henry Kendall College in Muskogee, Indian Territory. Moving to Tulsa in 1907, the University of Tulsa was chartered in 1921. The University of Tulsa began offering graduate course work in 1933 and was fully accredited through the doctoral level by 1972.

Approximately 700 of the University’s 4,200 students are in the Graduate School; women make up more than 40 percent of that population. More than 10 percent of graduate students are members of minority groups. International students from dozens of nations constitute more than 30 percent of the graduate population.

The Location and Community
The University of Tulsa is located in a residential neighborhood just 2 miles from a renovated downtown area. Tulsa has a population of more than 700,000. Symphonies, theater, art galleries, opera, ballet, museums, and outdoor sports are all accessible to students. Guest performers and lecturers regularly visit the campus and the city.

Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The Graduate School offers graduate study leading to master’s degrees in twenty-eight programs and to Ph.D.’s in nine programs. Interdisciplinary degree programs are also available.

Doctoral degrees conferred are the Doctor of Philosophy with specialization in biological science, chemical engineering, clinical psychology, computer science, English language and literature, geosciences, industrial/organizational psychology, mechanical engineering, and petroleum engineering.

Master’s degrees conferred are the Master of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Technology Management, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Science, Master of Science in Engineering, Master of Science in Finance, Master of Science in Math/Science Education, Master of Taxation, and Master of Teaching Arts.

The master’s degree is offered in anthropology, art, biological science, business administration (traditional and online programs), chemical engineering, chemistry, clinical psychology, computer science, education (with certification in elementary education and secondary education), electrical engineering, engineering and technology management, English language and literature, finance, fine art, geosciences, history, industrial/organizational psychology, mathematics, math/science education, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, speech-language pathology, and taxation. Joint master’s/Juris Doctor degree programs leading to J.D./M.A. degrees with specialization in anthropology, clinical psychology, English language and literature, history, and industrial/organizational psychology are offered in conjunction with the College of Law; the J.D./M.S. degree in biological science, computer science, and geosciences, a J.D./Master of Taxation degree, and the J.D./M.B.A. degree are also offered.

Facilities & Resources
The University libraries house more than 3 million books, bound periodical volumes, microforms, state and federal depository government documents, sound and video recordings, CD-ROM abstracts and indexes, and maps. McFarlin Library, the central facility, orders and catalogs 10,000 new titles each year, subscribes to 2,200 periodicals in paper and fiche formats, and, by way of an online service, provides full-text access to 2,000 more (as well as indexing for a further 10,000). A computerized catalog maintains both bibliographic and circulation records, which currently number more than 650,000. It can be accessed through more than eighty-five terminals in the libraries or remotely by way of campus networks and modem-equipped personal computers. It also acts as a gateway to other databases and, via the Internet, to several hundred library catalogs in this country and abroad. The libraries are also linked electronically to two national utilities (OCLC and RLIN) to facilitate an active interlibrary loan program that borrows about 10,000 items each year from other libraries and loans a slightly smaller number to them.

The College of Law library contains 280,000 volumes, with extensive holdings in natural resources and energy law. Special collections in three areas are recognized internationally for their quality and distinctiveness: twentieth-century American, British, and Irish literature (with holdings that include comprehensive collections for Faulkner, Graves, Joyce, Lawrence, Whitman, and many other writers and 3,500 feet of manuscripts, among them the papers of Richard Ellmann, Richard Murphy, 2001 Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, and Rebecca West); Native American history and law, with exceptional strength for the Cherokee, Creek, and Osage; holdings related to petroleum exploration and production in all parts of the world, among them the source documents abstracted for Petroleum Abstracts, published at the University since 1960.

The University maintains a robust fiber-optic network that interconnects computing and information resources in all of the University’s buildings. Centralized and decentralized computing services are provided by numerous UNIX and NT servers networked to a full complement of peripheral devices. The servers are used for a variety of instructional and research activities, which include accessing the University’s library database and other worldwide information resources available on the Internet. McFarlin Library reflects the convergence of traditional print and electronic media and provides a cyber cafe, an open-computing student laboratory, an information/research laboratory, a training laboratory, and a faculty development center. Modern student computing laboratories and high-technology classrooms are located in the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, and the College of Law. The College of Engineering and Natural Sciences has numerous UNIX and NT engineering workstations to support the computer-intensive applications required by scientists and engineers.

Expenses and Aid
All graduate students at the University of Tulsa graduate school paid tuition at the rate of $774 per credit hour in 2007-08.

Financial Aid:
A number of assistantships and fellowships are available for full-time graduate students. The stipends vary according to the amount of work required and the experience of the student. Most appointments provide 9 credit hours of tuition scholarship per semester in addition to the monthly stipend. Other scholarships are available through the sponsorship of corporations, businesses, and individuals. Recipients of these scholarships are often chosen only from applicants interested in fields prescribed by the donors. Government-directed student aid is available through the Office of Financial Services.

Housing/Living Expenses:
The University offers a variety of housing and dining options, several of which are specifically tailored to the needs of single as well as married graduate students. These options include modern market-quality apartments designated for graduate and law students. Room and board for two semesters in a double-occupancy room averaged $6300 in 2005-06.

How to Apply / Application
Applicants for admission to the graduate school must complete a Graduate School Application and provide official transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and all appropriate test scores. Admitted students may apply for financial aid by contacting the Financial Services Office. Full-time admitted students who wish to apply for a graduate assistantship must complete a graduate assistantship application.

International Students
Students from other nations should contact the Office of International Student Services well in advance of the time they wish to enter the university. Deadlines for applications from international students vary, so at least six months should be allowed between the application date and the start of the term in which they want to begin their studies.

Students must complete an International Application for Admission, pay the application fee, and supply copies of official transcripts of their academic work and certified English translations of them. Academic records include a student's secondary school marks, the result of any national school leaving examination or certificate, and records from each college or university attended outside the United States.

Students transferring from another institution in the U.S. are required to submit official transcripts from each college or university they have attended previously.

Financial responsibility must be attested to in accordance with current cost estimates available from the Office of International Student Services.

English proficiency is not used in determining the admissibility of students to the university. Proficiency is required, however, before a student will be allowed to enroll in academic courses.

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