Research
Knowledge that improves lives and strengthens communities
Science, engineering and humanities research takes place in every college on our campuses, and our Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa. Oklahoma State research is in lock-step with its land-grant legacy. Research at OSU, a Carnegie R1 research university, is relevant, accessible and beneficial — whether it’s exploring basic scientific questions or applied concepts that directly impact lives.
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who conduct research and provide incredible, hands-on research experience to graduate and undergraduate students.
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provide world-class facilities packed with the latest and best technology. The newest is the undergraduate engineering building, ENDEAVOR.
Home to respected faculty, impactful research
Guidance in a world of research administration
Driving progress through innovation

There's help along the way
Undergraduate research at OSU is a priority because it begins a student’s road to success. Student researchers are never alone and every step of the way mentors are there to point you in the right direction.
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Challenging graduate students

The OSU Graduate College three-minute competitions challenge students to describe their research in language for a lay audience, an important skill needed to educate the public about their work.
Respectable Research
NEWS
VIEW ALLThe Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine hosted the 2025 INTERACT Symposium from Oct. 22-24 at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center, welcoming more than 150 participants from five countries and six U.S. states.
A team of physicists at Oklahoma State University led by assistant professor Dr. Thomas Bilitewski has identified universal behavior in the way quantum systems evolve, with potential applications in quantum enhanced sensors. The findings, which advance our understanding of entanglement or the quantum property famously described by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance,” were published in the journal Physical Review Letters on September 11.