The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul approximately 3 miles apart, and the St. Paul location is in neighboring Falcon Heights. The Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the University of Minnesota system and has the sixth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,327 students in 2019–20. It is the flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System, and is organized into 19 colleges, schools, and other major academic units. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature drafted a charter for the U of M as a territorial university in 1851, seven years before Minnesota became a state. Today, the university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".
Motto | Commune vinculum omnibus artibus (Latin) |
Motto (English) | A common bond for all the arts |
Type | Public flagship land-grant research university |
Established | 1851 |
Parent institution | University of Minnesota system |
Academic affiliations | AAU, URA, Space-grant |
Endowment | $3.87 billion (2020)(System-wide) |
Budget | $3.8 billion (2017) |
President | Joan Gabel |
Provost | Rachel Croson |
Academic staff | 3,804 |
Students | 49,148 (Spring 2020) |
Undergraduates | 29,617 (Spring 2020) |
Postgraduates | 11,553 (Spring 2020) |
Other students | 7,978 (Spring 2020) |
Campus | Urban, 2,730 acres |
Colors | Maroon and Gold |
Mascot | Goldy Gopher |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I – Big Ten, WCHA (Women's ice hockey) |
Over University of Minnesota
Recognized as a Public Ivy university for the quality of education provided, the university enrolls over 45,000 students annualy. It is based in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Prestaties van University of Minnesota
Members of the university's faculty, alumni and research labs have gone on to earn over 20 Nobel Prizes.
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