It is composed of seven smaller neighborhoods.

It also contains the University of Minnesota campus.

Most of the community is commonly referred to as Southeast Minneapolis due street names with a SE suffix.

[3] The University community contains most of Minneapolis City Council Ward 2, currently represented by Robin Wonsley.

It also contains pieces of Wards 1, 3, and 6, represented by Elliott Payne, Michael Rainville, and Jamal Osman, respectively.