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The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) apart.
The Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the University of Minnesota system and has the ninth-largest (As of the 2022-2023 academic year) main campus student body in the United States, with 54,890 students at the start of the 2023–24 academic year. 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 University of Minnesota as a territorial university in 1851, seven years before Minnesota became a state. The university is currently classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity”. It is a member of the Association of American Universities. The National Science Foundation ranked University of Minnesota 22nd among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2022 with $1.202 billion. The University of Minnesota is considered a Public Ivy university.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers compete in 21 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference and have won 29 national championships. As of March 2024, Minnesota’s current and former students have won a total of 90 Olympic medals.
The University of Minnesota was founded in Minneapolis in 1851 as a college preparatory school, seven years prior to Minnesota’s statehood. It struggled in its early years and relied on donations to stay open from donors including South Carolina Governor William Aiken Jr.
In 1867, the university received land grant status through the Morrill Act of 1862. With lands taken from Dakota people, the University was able to revive itself after closing in 1858. The Dakota people have not been credited for the expropriation of their lands.
An 1876 donation from flour miller John S. Pillsbury is generally credited with saving the school. Since then, Pillsbury has become known as “The Father of the University”. Pillsbury Hall is named in his honor.
Academic milestones began with Warren Clark Eustis and Henry Martyn Williamson graduating in 1873 as the university’s first graduates. Helen Marr Ely followed as the first female graduate in 1875. The university progressed by awarding its first master’s degree in 1880 and conferring its first Ph.D. in 1888.