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| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]]|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
| accreditation = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
| endowment = $952.28 million (2023)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2023. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=May 15, 2024 |format=XLS }}</ref>
| president = [[Richard Linton (educator)|Richard Linton]]
| provost =
| academic_staff = 1,404<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k-state.edu/pa/faculty/demographics/fact/totaldemo.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052050/http://www.k-state.edu/pa/faculty/demographics/fact/totaldemo.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
| students = 19,745 (Fall 2023)<ref name="Enrollment">{{cite web|title=Board of Regents Announces 2023 Fall Semester Enrollment |url=https://www.kansasregents.org/resources/PDF/Press/2023_Fall_Prelimary_Enrollment.pdf |date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=September 30, 2023}}</ref><ref name="KBoR-20230926">{{cite web |title=Kansas College Student Headcount for Fall 2013 to Fall 2023 |url=https://www.kansasregents.org/resources/PDF/Press/2023_Fall_Prelimary_Enrollment.pdf |website=[[Kansas Board of Regents]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229064321/https://www.kansasregents.org/resources/PDF/Press/2023_Fall_Prelimary_Enrollment.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |date=September 26, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| undergrad = 15,113 (Fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=Undergraduate Student Demographics|url=https://www.k-state.edu/pa/data/student/studentfb/ugdemo.pdf|access-date=December 1, 2023}}</ref>
| city = [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]]
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'''Kansas State University''' ('''KSU''', '''Kansas State''', or '''K-State''') is a [[public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] with its main campus in [[Manhattan, Kansas]]. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.<ref>{{cite book|title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society Volume 6|publisher=State of Kansas|year=1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xno1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA72|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116191627/https://books.google.com/books?id=xno1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA72|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1863statutes">{{cite book|title=General Laws of the State of Kansas|publisher=State of Kansas|year=1863|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U98OAQAAMAAJ|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116191628/https://books.google.com/books?id=U98OAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester.<ref>{{cite web |title=BOARD OF REGENTS ANNOUNCES 2019 FALL SEMESTER ENROLLMENT |url=https://www.kansasregents.org/resources/Fall_2019_Preliminary_Enrollment_Report-KBOR.pdf |date=October 2, 2019 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009024437/https://www.kansasregents.org/resources/Fall_2019_Preliminary_Enrollment_Report-KBOR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
The university is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=155399 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718070426/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=155399 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kansas State's academic offerings are administered through nine colleges, including the [[
[[Satellite campus|Branch campuses]] are in [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] and [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]]. The Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus is home to the College of Technology and Aviation. The Olathe Innovation Campus has a focus on graduate work in research bioenergy, animal health, plant science and food safety and security.<ref>{{cite web | title = K-State Olathe Innovation Campus, Inc. | url = http://kstateoic.ksu.edu/ | format = English | access-date = April 30, 2009 | archive-date = February 23, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193000/http://kstateoic.ksu.edu/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
== History ==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; clear:left; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; background:#512888; color:white"| '''Naming history'''
|-
! Years !! Name
|- style="text-align:center; background:silver;"
| 1863{{en dash}}1931 || Kansas State Agricultural College
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1931{{en dash}}1959 || Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
|- style="text-align:center; background:silver;"
| 1959{{en dash}}present || Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science<br/>(Kansas State University in modern naming practice)
|}
Kansas State University, originally named '''Kansas State Agricultural College''', was founded in Manhattan on February 16, 1863, during the [[American Civil War]], as a [[land-grant university|land-grant institution]] under the [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act|Morrill Act]].<ref name="1863statutes" /><ref name="Willard">{{cite book|last=Willard|first=Julius|title=History of Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science|publisher=Kansas State College Press|year=1940|url=http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=5725255;didno=5725255;view=image;seq=0003;node=5725255%3A3|access-date=September 1, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720120839/http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=5725255;didno=5725255;view=image;seq=0003;node=5725255%3A3|url-status=live}}</ref> The school was the first land-grant college created under the Morrill Act.<ref name="Willard" /><ref name="Nation">{{Cite journal|title=The National Schools of Science|journal=The Nation|page=409|date=November 21, 1867|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407103413/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409|url-status=live}}</ref> K-State is the third-oldest school in the [[Big 12 Conference]] and the oldest public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.<ref name="1863statutes" />
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== Academics ==
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- National rankings -->
| ARWU_W = 401–500▼
| ARWU_NU = 118–144
|
| USNWR_NU = 170 <small>(tie)</small>
| WSJ_NU = 286
<!-- Global rankings -->
| USNWR_W = 414▼
| QS_W = 851–900
▲| Wamo_NU = 207
| THE_W = 601–800
}}
Since 1986, Kansas State ranks first nationally among public universities in its total of [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes]], [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall]], [[Truman Scholarship|Truman]], [[Goldwater Scholarship|Goldwater]], and Udall scholars with 147 recipients.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Scholar Rankings 1986–2018 |url=http://www.k-state.edu/about/scholars/NatScholarsRanking18%20public.pdf |format=English |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033740/https://www.k-state.edu/about/scholars/NatScholarsRanking18%20public.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The school is a member of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools, and is home to the Kansas Beta chapter of the [[Phi Beta Kappa]] honor society. The institution petitioned in 1925, and three years later received, a charter of [[Mortar Board]] National College Senior Honor Society.
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K-State Research Exchange, referred to as K-REx, is a local branding of Kansas State University's implementation of [[DSpace]].<ref>{{cite web |title=K-REx Home |url=https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/ |website=krex.k-state.edu |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207083248/https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About K-REx |url=https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/page/learn |website=krex.k-state.edu |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116043132/https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/page/learn |url-status=live}}</ref>
Kansas State University graduate students are required to submit an electronic version of their thesis, dissertation, or report, and then are made openly available through the K-State Research Exchange (K-REx), and become indexed by search engines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Reports |url=https://www.k-state.edu/grad/academics/etdr/ |website=k-state.edu |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222063326/https://www.k-state.edu/grad/academics/etdr/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite
== Campus life ==
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== External links ==
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