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The university established a School of Pharmacy in 1893 because of the territory's high demand for pharmacists. The university's first president, David Ross Boyd, arrived in Norman in August 1892, and the first students enrolled that year. The university's first president ordered the planting of trees before the construction of the first campus building because he "could not visualize a treeless university seat." Landscaping remains important to the university. Norman residents donated 407 acres (1.6 km 2) of land for the university 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of the Norman railroad depot.

Oklahoma's admission into the union in 1907 led to the renaming of the Norman Territorial University as the University of Oklahoma. With the support of Governor George Washington Steele, on December 18, 1890, the Oklahoma Territorial legislature established three universities: the state university in Norman, the agricultural and mechanical college in Stillwater (later renamed Oklahoma State University) and a normal school in Edmond (later renamed University of Central Oklahoma). The gymnastics teams have won a combined 11 national championships since 2002, with the men's team winning eight in the last 15 years, including three consecutive titles from 2015 to 2017. The women's softball team has won the national championship six times: in 2000, 2013, and consecutively in 20 and in 20. The University of Oklahoma has won 34 NCAA national championships, ranking the Sooners 13th all-time in NCAA team titles. Museum of Art, specializing in French Impressionism and Native American artwork, and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, specializing in the natural history of Oklahoma. Its Norman campus has two prominent museums, the Fred Jones Jr. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Employing nearly 3,000 faculty members, the university offers 152 baccalaureate programs, 160 master's programs, 75 doctorate programs, and 20 majors at the first professional level. In Fall 2022, the university had 28,840 students enrolled, most at its main campus in Norman. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma ( OU) is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma.