University of Minnesota

Academics

By far the largest institution of higher education in the state, the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities offers degree programs in almost all fields, from agriculture to modern dance. Colleges include the College of Liberal Arts, the Carlson School of Management, the College of Biological Sciences, the College of Agriculture Food and Environmental Sciences, the Medical School, the College of Natural Resources, and the Institute of Technology (which hosts the Charles Babbage Institute, a noted center for the history of information technology). The University has all three branches of the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Related Topics:
Liberal Arts - Carlson School of Management - Agriculture - Environmental Science - College of Natural Resources - Institute of Technology - Charles Babbage Institute - Information technology - Reserve Officer Training Corps

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A number of U of M graduate school departments have been ranked in the nation's top twenty by the National Research Council:

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• (1) Chemical Engineering
• (3) Geography
• (7) Psychology
• (8) Mechanical Engineering
• (10) Economics
• (11) German
• (11) Statistics/Biostatistics
• (12) Aerospace Engineering
• (13) Civil Engineering
• (13) Political Science
• (14) Mathematics
• (15) Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• (17) Materials Science
• (18) Biomedical Engineering
• (18) Electrical Engineering
• (20) Pharmacology