University of Oklahoma, Norman

Profileuniversity.com - University of Oklahoma, Norman is a public research university founded in 1890. The university is located in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. According to the Carnegie Foundation, the university is classified as a research university with a very high level. University of Oklahoma, Norman also has a satellite campus located in Oklahoma City, the OU Health Sciences Center

Through 20 colleges and schools, including the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, College of Liberal Studies, College of Law, Price College of Business, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Faculty of Engineering, and the College of Architecture and Atmospheric and Geography, Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma, Norman offer more than 150 majors at the undergraduate level, 160 master's degrees, and 80 degrees at the doctoral and doctoral level professionals.

In addition to academic activities, students can also join in a variety of non-academic activities through student organizations and associations in the university campus, one of the Pride of Oklahoma, university marching band club which has more than 300 members, the which has its origins in an early 1900s OU pep band.

While the athletic activities, the University of Oklahoma, Norman has a sports team consisting of a team of men and women's teams are known as the Sooners, who compete in NCAA Division I athletics competitions. Their nickname, the Sooners, in reference to the pioneering settlers who rushed into the state before the official start of the government-sanctioned Land Run of 1889.

One of the sports club that has won many achievements is the football team. And this from a football game, the audience will be treated to the Sooner Schooner, a covered wagon drawn by two horses across the football field before the game starts.



Source: ou.edu/web