University of Minnesota System

[2] The university system's campuses are in the Twin Cities, Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester.

The university also operates several research facilities around the state, including some large parcels of land.

The Twin Cities, Crookston, Duluth, Morris and Rochester campuses are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

The flagship Twin Cities campus is the largest in the system, with a total enrollment of 50,943 students (undergraduate, graduate, professional, and non-degree included) in fall 2018.

The University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMTC) is the largest with locations in Minneapolis and neighboring Saint Paul (actually, the suburb of Falcon Heights).

The buildings on each campus are connected by a series of tunnels and above-ground skyways called The Gopher Way.

Among the graduates from this campus are two former U.S. Vice Presidents, Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale, former NAACP president Roy Wilkins, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, several Nobel Prize winners, several athletes such as Ric Flair, Kevin McHale, Dave Winfield, Patty Berg, Brock Lesnar, Curt Hennig, Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Jackson of the NBA, and composer Yanni.

Folksinger Bob Dylan famously attended the University and was a part of its thriving "West Bank" music scene, but did not graduate.

It is known for its focus on experiential learning and technology[citation needed], and through fees each student is provided a laptop computer as part of their experience.

Campus media includes The Bark newspaper; until 2021, UMD also owned radio station KUMD-FM (now WDSE-FM).

UMR, located in University Square in downtown Rochester, is neighbor to world-renowned Mayo Clinic.

[7] During its operation, it maintained a college cable-FM radio station with the call letters KUMW.

Minneapolis businessman John Sargent Pillsbury is known today as the "Father of the University", and aided the campus through financial troubles as a regent, state senator, and governor.

The Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act also helped provide funding for the University of Minnesota.

The 20-room house, originally built by lumber baron Edward Brooks, Sr., was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.