The University Press of Kansas is a publisher in Lawrence, KS that represents the six state universities in the US state of Kansas: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University (K-State), Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas (KU), and Wichita State University.[lower-alpha 1]
| Parent company | Kansas Board of Regents |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Lawrence, Kansas |
| Distribution | self-distributed (United States) Eurospan Group (EMEA) East-West Export Books (Asia, the Pacific) Scholarly Book Services (Canada)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | kansaspress |
The press was created in 1946. There were big changes in 1967 and 1976. Today, it operates as a consortium with representation from each of the participating universities. The press is on the west part of the KU campus.[3]
The press mostly publishes books about American politics and military history. They also publish books about the region around it.[4]
- Washburn University, a public university in Topeka, is funded by county sales tax, and it has its own board of regents.[2] It is thus not counted as a state universities.
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