University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
History and Traditions
Established in 1851 in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul).
Minnesota's flagship, land grant university
Between 1947 and 2006, four additional campuses joined the U of M: in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester.
Colors: maroon and gold
Twin Cities mascot: Goldy Gopher
Nickname: Golden Gophers
Leadership and Faculty
Board of Regents
President Eric W. Kaler
Provost Karen Hanson
Senior Leadership Chart (PDF)
We’re ranked by Forbes as one of the 10 best educational employers in the nation.
Our 4,000 faculty include members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, plus the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among other bodies.
Current and former faculty have won Guggenheim Fellowships, MacArthur Fellowships (“genius grants"), Nobel Prizes, and other significant honors.
Students and Alumni
32,300 undergraduate students study on the Twin Cities campus
16,700 graduate and professional students
6,100 international students, from 142 countries
2,500 students study abroad—3rd most among U.S. universities
We rank among the top 10 nationally in number of graduate Fulbright Scholars
400,000 alumni
Famous alumni include Norman Borlaug (Nobel Peace Prize-winning agronomist), former Vice President Walter Mondale, satirist Garrison Keillor, and Super Bowl championship coach Tony Dungy.
Our alumni have started 10,000 companies, employing 500,000 and generating revenue of $100 billion.
All above data is current as of December 2014.
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