University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, historically known as the University of Minnesota, is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System and is organized into 19 colleges, schools and other major academic units. It was founded by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature as a territorial university in 1851, seven years before Minnesota achieved statehood, and the Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the system. Its enrollment of 56,666 students as of fall 2024 places it among the ten largest US campuses by enrollment.