The University of Kansas Medical Center's mission is to improve lives and communities in Kansas and beyond through innovation in education, research and health care. Our schools of Health Professions, Medicine and Nursing provide a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs. We are one of 36 U.S. public institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities, an invitation-only organization for the nation’s top research universities. We build partnerships in each of our campus communities — Kansas City, Salina and Wichita — and throughout the state to find new ways to improve the lives of Kansans.