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Carnegie Ranking: Very High Research Activity University
Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classified Institution {2006 (Outreach & Partnerships); 2015}
Approximately 60 postdoctoral fellows
A High Performance Computer Center hosts a supercomputer with access available at no charge to Oklahoma researchers
$70 million Henry Bellmon Research Center, state-of-the-art facilities with custom-designed installations for research in biodiversity, biophysics, photonics, synthetic chemistry and advanced materials.
OSU is a leading innovator in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) research and education; NASA education programs; energy education, research, and conservation programs; animal science and agricultural research; Veterinary Medicine; and Physical Sciences.

OSU Academic Ledger: Information regarding academic enrollments, diversity, and student profiles across OSU
Undergraduate Research Environment and Opportunities: Overview of undergraduate research activities at OSU

4 million physical volumes
1.5 million e-books and audiovisual materials
Extensive holdings in rare books, special collections, and unpublished materials
Host of a Patent & Trademark Resource Library, one of only 84 such libraries in the U.S.

Ranked by the EPA as a top Green Power Partner in the Nation for two years in a row
In FY2013, OSU received more than $2 million from licensed technologies
Breakthrough inventions licensed by OSU encompass advances in animal science, agriculture, engineering, medicine, and the sciences
OSU collaborates with the University of Oklahoma and local industry in the Oklahoma Proof of Concept Center, to spin new technologies out of the universities and into the marketplace

OSU ranks consistently as a top American Indian bachelor degree producer, leading the nation in producing Native American Bachelor degree graduates in STEM majors.
OSU staff and faculty have longstanding research partnerships with Oklahoma’s 39 federally recognized tribal nations. Our Center for Sovereign Nations supports tribal partnerships as well as promoting American Indian student success and graduation.
OSU has led the NSF-funded Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (OK-LSAMP) for more than twenty years.
OSU received the first annual Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award in 2012.
Diversity Programs:

- Center for Sovereign Nations

- McNair Scholars Program

- Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

- Office of Multicultural Affairs

OSU has been a leader in international outreach since the Point IV program in the 1950s. More than 2,000 international students and scholars from 125 countries study and work on our campuses.