OKLAHOMA, UNIVERSITY OF

public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. It is part of Oklahoma's State System of Higher Education. The main campus comprises 19 colleges, including those of architecture, business administration, education, engineering, law, and arts and sciences. It offers a range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. The Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City consists of colleges of medicine, allied health, dentistry, nursing, public health, and pharmacy. There is a branch of the Health Sciences Center in Tulsa. The university also participates in the University Center in Tulsa. Research facilities in Norman include the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms and the Political Communication Center. Total enrollment is approximately 28,000. The university was established in 1890, 17 years before Oklahoma achieved statehood. Instruction began in 1892. Astronaut Fred Haise was an alumnus. The university's gridiron-football team, nicknamed the Sooners, has won six collegiate national championships, and under coach Bud Wilkinson they won a record 47 straight games.