Kansas Biological Survey

University of Missouri - Kansas City, also known as UMKC, provides a range of academic options to more than 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from over 60 countries. The university offers programs in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, biological sciences, education, computing and engineering, and law and graduate studies. It provides bachelor s degrees in the areas of accounting, architectural studies, art history, business administration, chemistry, economics, political science, information technology, geology, geography, German, French, early childhood education, music performance and composition, and electrical and computer engineering. The university also offers doctoral, master's, specialist and professional degrees. It administers athletic, joint degree and undergraduate certificate programs. University of Missouri - Kansas City operates various libraries.

Founded in 1889, Kansas Geological Survey is a research center that provides a range of geological studies and surveying solutions related to natural resources, water quality and geologic hazards. It publishes various journals on topics, such as computer science, engineering geology, geochemistry, geohydrology, geophysics, paleontology, mineral economics and stratigraphy. The center additionally produces a variety of computer programs and data bases derived from geologic investigations. It maintains a library that provides curriculum-related materials and a variety of leisure reading options for researchers, as well as stocks more than 13,000 rotary-cutting samples from Kansas wells. The center employs over 40 student assistants and nearly 90 researchers and support-staff members. Kansas Geological Survey is a part of the University of Kansas, which offers public research and teaching institutions that operates through multicampus systems.