| Founded in 1851, the University
of Minnesota is one of the most comprehensive universities in
the United States and ranks among the most prestigious. It is
both a state land-grant university, with a strong tradition
of education and public service, and a major research institution,
with scholars of national and international reputation. Through
its library system, the 17th largest in North America, faculty
and students have access to over 45,000 periodical subscriptions
and 6 million volumes. More than 15 University programs rank
among the top 10 nationally. In 2001 and 2002, the University's
Twin Cities campus was ranked as being among the top three public
research universities in the nation.
The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is a classic Big
Ten campus in the heart of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan
area, just minutes from downtown. The largest of the four
campuses, with its state-of-the-art facilities and stately
historic buildings, it is set along the banks of the Mississippi
River and in the rolling hills of St. Paul. With the most
comprehensive academic programs of any institution in Minnesota,
as well as the widest range of graduate and professional programs,
the University offers unlimited academic and experimental
opportunities for students and faculty alike.
Pioneering research has given the University an international
reputation, leading kidney transplant center, the development
and release of over eighty crop varieties that have increased
grain production worldwide, eradication of many types of livestock
diseases, the invention of the heart-lung machines and the
first heart pacemaker. Honors and awards such as McKnight,
Fulbright, Guggenheim, Pulitzer, Rhodes, MacArthur and Bush
also attest to the quality of the University's researchers
and scholars.
The University received nearly $455 million in contract and
grant awards in fiscal year 2000. Private gifts have financed
such improvements as the Weisman
Art Museum, the Ted
Mann Concert Hall, the University
Cancer Center, the Molecular
and Cellular Biology Building, the Cargill
Building and the Translational
Research Facility. The University of Minnesota continues
to expand activities that move its discoveries and technology
to the marketplace for public benefit. Thus, work done by
faculty, staff and students at the University has improved
the loves of people throughout the world.
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