Thank you for your interest
in applying to UMKC
Whether you are finishing high school, transferring schools, pursuing a second degree or living an ocean away, we are excited that you've taken the first step in the admission process.
Visit Campus
UMKC offers two campus visit options. Weekday Visits which include a walking tour of campus with a student ambassador, admissions and scholarship overview and an option to meet with the academic unit of your choice.
We also offer large group visits option called MKC Preview Days . These are offered three times each semester, and feature admissions and scholarship presentations, walking tours of campus, and the opportunity to talk to representatives from a variety of departments and UMKC programs.
The UMKC Welcome Center is part of the Admissions Office , and is located on the Volker (Main) campus in Room 120 of the Administrative Center. The building address is 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64112 .
We look forward to seeing you on campus!
Parking
UMKC has several metered parking lots all across campus that are available to visitors. If you have a campus visit scheduled through the Welcome Center, we will send you a parking pass prior to the visit event if you are attending on a weekday. This pass is good for one day and will allow you to park in any of the lots on campus (metered or otherwise). Parking passes are not required for weekend programs.
Visitors must be sure to display this pass prominently, so as to not be ticketed by parking operations.
If you have not received a confirmation packet/parking pass, please ask us for one when you arrive.
For students beginning their visit at the main campus, the Welcome Center recommends that you park in the Administrative Center parking lot at 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City MO 64112.
Princeton Review named UMKC one of the Top 75 "Best Value" public universities in the U.S.
UMKC was ranked number one in the world for innovation management research by the Journal of Product Innovation Management
Military Times EDGE magazine ranked UMKC as one of the 101 best colleges for veterans.
UMKC was one of three colleges in the U.S to be presented the President's Award for Community Service in Higher Education
The Sierra Club named UMKC one of the country's top 100 Green Campuses
UMKC placed 5th on Newsweek 's Gay-Friendly College rankings
The Henry W. Bloch School of Management's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is one of only 11 universities ranked in the top 25 by Princeton Review for both undergraduate (ranking: 14) and graduate (ranking: 21) programs.
Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded to two members of the College of Arts and Sciences faculty in 2011 – Assistant Professor Christie Hodgen of the English Department and Philosophy Department Chair Clancy Martin.
Conservatory of Music and Dance research professor Zhou Long was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for music for his opera, Madame White Snake.
Other notable past and present faculty include former Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Mark Funkhouser, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes, jazz saxophonist Bobby Watson and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Distinguished alumni include Florida Governor Rick Scott, Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Mike Keefe, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Charles Evans Whittaker, actress Edie McClurg, Executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association and National Hockey League Players Association Donald Fehr, and FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley.
The accomplishments of UMKC students range from dozens of local and regional honors to Johnson & Johnson, Fulbright and National Science Foundation honorees, and a Rhodes Scholar finalist.
UMKC is committed to research that changes the world, from the discoveries of the School of Biological Sciences to the educational innovations being developed at the Institute for Urban Education to the advances taking place at Hospital Hill.
UMKC's sustainability leadership has resulted in local and national recognition, including being named Mid-America Regional Council Sustainable Success Stories Honoree and Solid Waste Management District Outstanding Program Award, Bicycle Friendly University Honorable Mention, and Sierra Club Top 100 Cool School.
UMKC garnered the top honor from the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2010-11—the direct result of programs such as Tulips on Troost, the Conservatory's Community Music and Dance Academy, and the School of Pharmacy's award-winning outreach programs.
302 Scofield Hall
711 E 51st St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235 - 1136
417 Performing Arts Center
4949 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235 - 2900
115 Bloch School
5110 Cherry St.
Kansas City, Mo 64110
(816) 235 - 2215 | email: bloch@umkc.edu
5007 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235 - 5246 | email: SBS@umkc.edu
546 Flarsheim Hall
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235 - 2399 | email: SCE@umkc.edu
650 E. 25th St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 235 - 2100 | email: dentistry@umkc.edu
615 E. 52nd St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235 - 2234 | email: education@umkc.edu
500 E. 52nd St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 235 - 1644
2411 Holmes Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 235 - 1808 | email: umkcmedweb@umkc.edu
Anesthesiology
Basic Med Sciences
Community and Family
Emergency Medicine
Informatic Medicine
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics/GYN
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic surgery
Pathology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Radiology
Surgery
Health Sciences Building
2464 Charlotte St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 235 - 1700 | email: nurses@umkc.edu
Health Sciences Building
2464 Charlotte St.
(816) 235 - 1609
343A Administrative Center
5115 Oak St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235 - 1161
The School of Graduate Studies houses the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program (IPHD) which enables students to work across multiple disciplines and develop an academic focus that integrates solutions to problems that cross discipline boundaries.
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