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·, 1 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA March 1999 Overview History Area near Bethel, Rosemount Research Center, Hor­ The University of Minnesota, with its four campuses, is one ticultural Research Center at Excelsior, Minnesota Landscape of the most comprehensive universities in the country and Arboretum near Chanhassen, Sand Plain Research Farm at ranks among the most prestigious universities in the United Becker, Rochester University College Center, Soudan Under­ States. It is both the state land-grant university, with a strong ground Research Site, and agricultural experiment stations at tradition of education and public service, and a major re­ Rosemount, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Morris, Lamberton, search institution, with scholars of national and international and Waseca. Through the University of Minnesota Extension reputation. Service, the University is present in each of Minnesota's 87 counties. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities-a classic Big Ten campus in the heart of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro­ Accomplishments and Contributions politan area. The largest of the four campuses, it is made up The work done by faculty, staff, and students at the Univer­ of 19 colleges and offers 161 bachelor's degrees, 218 sity has improved the lives of people throughout the world. master's degrees, 114 doctoral degrees, and 5 professional degrees. With a host of nationally recognized, highly ranked Among the accomplishments: programs, the University's Twin Cities campus provides a • continuing success of the world's leading kidney world-class setting for lifelong learning. transplant center The University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD)-offers 11 • release of more than 80 new crop varieties that have bachelor's degrees in 70 majors. Its School of Medicine greatly increased yields worldwide offers a two-year basic science program leading to an M.D. • development of the taconite process through the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Medical • invention of the flight recorder (black box) for aircraft School. In addition, UMD offers graduate programs in 18 and the retractable seat belt for cars different fields. UMD ranks among the top Midwestern uni­ • eradication of many poultry and livestock diseases versities according to US. News & World Report. • invention of the heart-lung machine and its use in The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM)-offers the world's first successful open-heart surgery baccalaureate degrees in 27 majors and course work in seven • isolation of uranium 235 (in a prototype mass preprofessional areas. UMM' s distinctive mission and strong spectrometer) academic quality have repeatedly received national recogni­ tion in feature articles in Money magazine, US. News & • invention of the first heart pacemaker World Report, and Kiplinger's Changing Times and high • development of the widely used Minnesota Multiphasic rankings in Peterson's Guide to Competitive Colleges and Personality Inventory (MMPI) the Fiske Guide to Colleges. It is one of only seven public In addition, the University of Minnesota touches the lives of institutions ranked by the Carnegie Foundation as a national thousands of people every day. For example, more than 300 liberal arts college. different University of Minnesota programs serve children The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC)-offers and youth or assist other organizations that benefit young 19 technical bachelor's and 14 associate's degrees. UMC people; and the University of Minnesota Extension Service was the first campus in the nation to issue laptop computers makes more than 700,000 contacts with Minnesota residents to all full-time students. Named a U.S. News & World Report every year in areas ranging from crop management to garden­ 1999 Best College, UMC also has been featured as a national ing to effective parenting. leader in innovative polytechnic education in the Washington The University of Minnesota also makes significant contribu­ Post, Atlanta Constitution, St. Paul Pioneer Press, IBM tions to the region's artistic and cultural richness. Through art Higher Education, and Microsoft in Higher Education. galleries, museums, concerts, theater productions, lectures, Other important parts of the University are the Super­ and films, the University showcases not only the time-hon­ computing Institute in Minneapolis, Harmel Institute in Aus­ ored works of artists in every creative field, but also the work tin, Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station in Itasca of students-the next generation of artists-and the illustri­ State Park, Cloquet Forestry Center, Cedar Creek Natural ous faculty who inspire them. Academic Quality school and mechanical engineering facilities-were all made The University of Minnesota is a world-class institution of possible by private gifts. undergraduate and graduate education and scholarly research. The University received $350 million in co!ltract and grant It consistently ranks among the top 20 public universities in awards in fiscal year 1998, creating thousands of jobs for the nation, based on widely used sources such as the National Minnesotans. In 1997, the University received 68 patents, Research Council, U.S. News & World Report, and other more than double the number in the previous year. rankings. Several University of Minnesota programs rank among the Enrollment (fall quarter 1998) top 10 in the nation. These include chemical engineering, Twin Cities Men Women Total geography, psychology, mechanical engineering, economics, Agricultural, Food, & Environmental Sciences 422 493 forestry, applied mathematics, management information sys­ 915 Architecture & tems, pharmacy, public health, and health services adminis­ Landscape Architecture 15 13 28 tration. Many other programs are known as national and inter­ Biological Sciences 333 511 844 nationalleaders. Dental Hygiene 5 98 103 Top programs require outstanding faculty. Based upon the Dentistry 230 128 358 most recent survey of the National Research Council, the Education & Human scholarly quality of the University of Minnesota's faculty Development 633 1,188 1,821 ranks among the top 10 public institutions in the nation. General College 868 770 1,638 Graduate School 4,311 3,890 8,201 Honors and awards such as McKnight, Fulbright, Danforth, Human Ecology 168 771 939 Guggenheim, Pulitzer, Rhodes, MacArthur, and Bush.also Law School 434 364 798 attest to the quality of the University's scholars. Liberal Arts 5,916 8,316 14,232 Alumni Management 826 722 1,548 Medical School 896 733 1,629 Perhaps the University of Minnesota's greatest contribution Medical Technology 24 49 73 made is its graduates. The University has about 370,000 liv­ Mortuary Science 33 28 61 ing alumni, and each campus has an alumni organization. Natural Resources 319 237 556 Many alumni, including five Nobel Prize winners, have gone Nursing 33 190 223 on to make significant contributions to society. Notable Min­ Occupational Therapy 18 19 nesota alumni include politicians, authors, actors, judges, and Pharmacy 118 252 370 athletes. University alumni also have played a major role in Physical Therapy 0 building Minnesota's economic health and vitality. University Public Health 44 185 229 alumni have founded 1,500 technology companies in the state Technology 3,575 891 4,466 that employ 100,000 Minnesotans and add $30 billion to the University College (day only) 93 153 246 state's annual economy. Veterinary Medicine 76 221 297 Total Twin Cities 19,374 20,221 39,595 The University of Minnesota Alumni Association, represent­ ing the Twin Cities campus, has about 40,000 members, 57 Duluth chapters or contact areas nationwide and 10 in foreign coun­ Business & Economics 819 451 1,270 tries, as well as 17 collegiate societies. Education & Human Service Professions 596 1,135 1,731 Private Support and Research Funds Fine Arts 217 245 462 Graduate School 121 194 315 The University raised $135 million during fiscal year 1998 Liberal Arts 839 1,103 1,942 from alumni and friends, corporations, and foundations-an Medicine 69 65 134 increase of 26 percent over the previous year. The University Science & Engineering 1,280 697 1,977 consistently ranks in the top 20 colleges and universities in Total Duluth 3,941 3,890 7,831 terms of total voluntary contributions, which also include noncontractual research funding. Crookston 1,111 1,381 2,492 Morris 774 1,143 The combined endowments of the University of Minnesota, 1,917 the University of Minnesota Foundation, and the Minnesota Total Collegiate 25,200 26,635 51,835 Medical Foundation were $1.3 billion in 1998, an increase of University College Classes* 14,294 18 percent over 1997. Endowment funds are designated pri­ marily to student scholarships, academic programs, and en­ Grand Total 66,129 dowed chairs and professorships. These endowed faculty positions now total 250, as compared with 17 before 1985. *Number reflects Rochester, Duluth, Morris, and Twin Cities Several capital improvements-including new business extension and independent study students for fall quarter and fall semester for-credit classes. 2 International Students University Libraries (fall quarter 1998) With more than 48,000 subscriptions to periodicals and jour­ Systemwide, 2,966 international students represent about 130 nals and 5.5 million volumes on the Twin Cities campus different countries. alone, the University Libraries system is the 17th largest in North America, lending more books and journal articles to Minority Enrollment other libraries than any other academic library in the nation. (fall quarter 1998) The online
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