University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM)

The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) provides a rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education, preparing its students to be global citizens who value and pursue intellectual growth, civic engagement, intercultural competence, and environmental stewardship.

As a public land-grant institution, UMM is a center for education, culture, and research for the region, nation, and world. UMM is committed to outstanding teaching, dynamic learning, innovative faculty and student scholarship and creative activity, and public outreach. Our residential academic setting fosters collaboration, diversity, and a deep sense of community.

Expect an exceptional academic experience at the University of Minnesota, Morris. You’ll receive a personalized liberal arts education, enhanced by faculty interaction and an exuberant exchange of ideas between you and your professors and your classmates. You’ll hone your critical thinking, evaluative, and creative skills.

True to its liberal arts mission, the University of Minnesota, Morris provides outstanding academic programs. Morris students choose from 35 majors and minors and eight pre-professional programs in Education, the Humanities, Science and Mathematics, and the Social Sciences.

A University of Minnesota, Morris degree leads to lifelong professional and personal satisfaction—a renewable, sustainable education.

University of Minnesota, Morris is known for its engaged staff and student body and rich campus life. Campus events and programs bring Morris's liberal arts mission to life outside the classroom.

Students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and the area community benefit from high quality arts, lectures, exhibits, athletic competitions, and conferences featuring our own talented students and staff as well as nationally and internationally acclaimed artists, scholars, authors, and visionaries. To your right are just some of the upcoming events at Morris. Explore the links to the left to discover how you can become involved.

Nearly half of all Morris graduates go on to graduate or professional schools. A rigorous curriculum, experienced faculty, hands-on advising, small class sizes, entrance exam preparation—as well as internship and research opportunities—provide a strong undergraduate foundation for achievement in post-baccalaureate programs. Morris graduates regularly report that not only do they successfully earn admission to competitive programs, they are also highly prepared for success in their chosen graduate programs and professional schools.

Located along the Pomme de Terre River on the west central Minnesota prairie, the city of Morris radiates small-town charm—parks, locally owned shops, hometown restaurants and coffee house, an arts cooperative, an idyllic main street, and only one traffic jam per day...on mainstreet, five o'clock, Monday through Friday. But don't worry. It only lasts about 15 minutes. While you wait (in your car or on your bike or on the sidewalk—everything is within biking and walking distance), you can decide how to spend your leisure time in Morris: shopping, fishing, biking, bird watching, cross country skiing, movies, hiking, bowling, disc golf, art and historical exhibits, swimming, dining out, garden viewing, theatre, hunting, musical entertainment, snowmobiling, working out, sipping coffee, camping...and the list goes on and on.

The University of Minnesota, Morris proudly collaborates with a variety of Morris area entities for student research, for campus/community programs, for volunteering, and for hands-on learning opportunities.

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