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WSU/KU Wichita Biomedical Campus Approved

The Wichita City Council approved a plan Tuesday on the development of a 471,000-square-foot health sciences center in downtown Wichita. Photo: Google Maps

Posted August 1, 2023

The Wichita City Council approved a plan Tuesday to move forward on the development of a 471,000-square-foot health sciences center in the heart of downtown Wichita located between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas.

The city has two sites it is offering to sell or lease to WSU and KU for the new biomedical campus. Those locations are a parking lot on the southeast corner of Broadway and William and the southeast corner of Topeka and William where the Wichita Transit Center is located.

With $205 million of the necessary $300 million raised for the project, construction on the Wichita Biomedical Campus is expected to start in early 2024 with completion aimed for 2026.

The campus will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions, WSU Tech’s Health Professions program and Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy into one location, according to WSU.

Approximately 3,000 students and 200 faculty and staff will be housed at the center, with opportunities for growth in existing and new programs.

“In my career as a physician assistant, I learned and researched at one of the largest health science centers in the nation, The Texas Medical Center in Houston; and I experienced the breakthroughs and innovations that are borne from the proximity and energy fostered in that type of facility,” WSU President Dr. Rick Muma. said in a press release. “Pooling the collective resources and successes of Wichita State, WSU Tech and the University of Kansas will ultimately improve the way health care professionals are educated; and, in turn, improve patient outcomes for all Kansans.”

View the WSU press release, here.