Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences' new name reflects an ever-broadening mission in educating physicians, scientists and health-care leaders. A private university comprising a College of Osteopathic Medicine founded in 1916 and a new College of Biosciences that will accept its first students in 2005, KCUMB is the oldest medical school in Kansas City and the largest in Missouri.

Located in Kansas City's historic Northeast Neighborhood, the University remains committed to the city's urban core. With its active participation, Kansas City and a private developer recently completed redevelopment of the neighboring former University Hospital into a mixed-use facility that houses 224 apartments - most rented by KCUMB students - and the city's fire, dispatch and emergency-preparedness departments. Through its Score 1 for Health program, KCUMB students and faculty annually conduct some 13,000 health screenings in more than 30 urban-core elementary schools. The KCUMB community - students, faculty and administration - annually contribute more than 100,000 hours of service to organizations within our community.

The University's beautifully landscaped campus on the site of the original Children's Mercy Hospital is just minutes from Kansas City's River Market, the 18th and Vine Jazz District, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City's famed Country Club Plaza, Worlds of Fun and Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums.