University of Nebraska system

The University of Nebraska system is the public university system of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system has four university campuses, a two-year technical agriculture college, and a high school. Schools The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is the state's flagship, land-grant university with a Carnegie Research I/Research-Extensive status. It was founded in 1869 as the University of Nebraska. The University of Nebraska Omaha is the state's public urban university. It was founded in 1908 as Omaha University, and joined the University of Nebraska system in 1968. The University of Nebraska at Kearney is a university especially focused on undergraduate education, in a smaller setting. It was founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, and joined the University of Nebraska system in 1991. The University of Nebraska Medical Center is located in Omaha and was founded as the Omaha Medical College, a private medical school, in 1880. It became a part of the University of Nebraska system in 1902. The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is located in Curtis, Nebraska and was founded in 1965. It is a two-year degree-granting institution managed by the University of Nebraska pursuant to a 1994 agreement. The University of Nebraska High School is an online high school headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was founded in 1929 as Independent Study High School. Nebraska Institutes The University of Nebraska has four interdisciplinary, University-wide institutes operating across the University of Nebraska system. Buffett Early Childhood Institute - Samuel J. Meisels, founding executive director National Strategic Research Institute - Robert Hinson, USAF Lt. General (ret.), founding executive director Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute - Peter G. McCornick, executive director Rural Futures Institute - Chuck Schroeder, founding executive director Two of NU's campuses also partner in the Peter Kiewit Institute, a facility in Omaha, Nebraska that houses academic programs from both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Engineering and the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Information Science and Technology.