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ACADEMICS
We ignite students’ drive to discover, preparing them to become tomorrow’s leaders and global citizens. The world needs to be fed, powered, governed, and inspired like never before. Real-life heroes need to step up to solve these grand challenges, and University of Minnesota professors and students are finding solutions one curious idea, incredible experiment, and groundbreaking paper at a time.
Will you join them?
Renowned Experts and Research Opportunities
You’ll have classes taught by National Academy of Science members, patent holders, researchers and published authors. Our faculty members are leaders in their fields, and they can’t wait to help you dive into your passion. Our student to faculty ratio is 17 to 1.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Interested in magnetic resonance imaging? Or personality assessments? No matter the topic, expand your curiosity with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) where scholarships are awarded to undergraduates to start their own real-time research, with the support of an esteemed faculty member.
Freshman Seminars
Freshman seminars are an integral part of the freshman experience where students learn about niche, specialized topics in a small classroom environment of less than 20 students. Not only is the coursework fun, it also provides the opportunity to branch out on different subjects while integrating a tight group of other freshman into the larger university setting.
University Honors Program
A program that offers unique interdisciplinary experiences, research, collaboration, and
the opportunity to graduate with Latin distinction (cum laude, magna, summa).
Your honors advisor will help support you in becoming active in a community of engaged and curious thinkers.
When you apply for admission to the university, you are automatically considered for the honors program with no separate application required!
You might choose a freshman seminar like
Baseball and American Culture
Whether it be racism, the realities of war, the place of women, the labor movement and unionization, or any of a number of other issues, baseball has provided a view into societal issues—sometimes leading the way and shining a spotlight on the issues and sometimes lagging behind other parts of society in dealing with the issues. This course will look at these different sides of the connection between baseball and American culture.
Your Senior Year of High School
Your success is important to us, and college courses build upon skills and knowledge taught in high school. Taking a strong academic curriculum during high school will positively impact your performance in your freshman year of college, so we expect you’ll continue taking rigorous courses throughout your high school career, including senior year.
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Learn more at z.umn.edu/greatacademics