Graduate Study
UMD offers masters-level graduate programs in 24 fields. The degrees are:
- Master of Arts (Communication Science and Disorders, Psychological Science)
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Education
- Professional Master of Engineering
- Master of Environmental Education
- Master of Environmental Health and Safety
- Master of Professional Studies
- Master of Music
- Master of Science (Applied Material Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Integrated Biosciences, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Water Resources Science), Master of Social Work
- Master of Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship
- Master of Tribal Administration and Governance.
UMD grants the degree of Doctor of Education in Teaching and Learning. It also offers two all-university doctoral programs: Integrated Biosciences Ph.D., and Water Resources Science Ph.D., as well as cooperative doctoral programs through the Twin Cities Campus, including Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Ph.D., Pharmacology Ph.D., Geology and Earth Sciences Ph.D., and Social and Administrative Pharmacy Ph.D. For more information, visit the UMD Graduate School website.
Housing
A variety of furnished housing is available at UMD for undergraduate students who wish to live in University residence halls and apartments. The University offers housing to 1,850 students in traditional residence halls and 1,100 students in apartment-style units. Most facilities have barrier-free access for students with disabilities. For more information, visit the UMD Housing and Residence website.

Kathryn A. Martin Library
UMD's Kathryn A. Martin Library provides a full suite of library services, including research help, library instruction, online guides, course reserves, interlibrary loans, and both digital and physical materials that support student learning. On its second floor, the library is home to the Securian Learning Commons with collaborative academic support services such as the campus tutoring program, a writers' workshop, a math learning lab, and a multimedia assistance center. Guest, basic, and full-access computers are located throughout the facility, along with books, DVDs, academic journals, archives & special collections, and government documents.
Students have access to ebooks and articles from academic journals, news sources, and magazines via the library's 300+ online databases. Any circulating book from a University of Minnesota campus library can be requested and sent to UMD to be checked out using the library's Get It service. Materials not available in the University of Minnesota system can be requested using interlibrary loan. Librarians provide research help on the second floor and can be consulted through email, telephone, text, or online chat. For more information, visit the Kathryn A. Martin Library website.
Natural Resources Research Institute

The Natural Resources Research Institute was established by the Minnesota state legislature in 1983 to encourage economic growth for Minnesota's natural resources-based industries in an environmentally sound manner. NRRI has six research groups that integrate expertise to drive innovation for small businesses, large industries, agency decision-makers, public, tribal governments and other organizations.
NRRI employs approximately 140 scientists, engineers, technicians, and staff at two Minnesota locations: Duluth and Coleraine. The institute's applied research offers real-world, hands-on work experiences for UMD students. NRRI’s mission is to deliver integrated research solutions that value our resources, environment and economy for a sustainable and resilient future. This leads to the NRRI vision: Discover the economy of the future.
Research is focused on three integrated initiatives that drive solutions to current challenges:
Ecosystem Resilience – Understanding and documenting complex ecosystem relationships. Developing tools to measure, evaluate, and monitor these systems to maintain or improve their diversity, structure and resilience. This highly collaborative Initiative pulls expertise from all of NRRI’s research platforms to address the complexity of ecosystems and understand how to balance economic drivers with environmental stewardship.
Future Forest Industries – Assisting Minnesota’s incumbent and emerging forest products industries to offer a robust and competitive portfolio of value-add building products, engineered carbon materials, non-fossil fuels and materials while also offering carbon sequestration and agroforestry options.
Iron & Minerals of the Future – Research to assist Minnesota’s evolving mineral industries to develop a robust and competitive portfolio of value-add iron and other mineral products. This requires new practices and technologies that increase efficiencies, reduce energy and water consumption and prevent environmental contamination.
For more information, visit the Natural Resources Research Institute website.
Research and Scholarly Activity
UMD faculty are encouraged to participate in research and scholarly activities as part of their institutional mission of research, teaching, and public service. These activities enhance their ability and capacity to deliver high quality instruction and strengthen student's knowledge and skills in their area of study. For fiscal year 2018–19, awarded grants exceeded $19.8 million.
Phone Numbers
Visit the UMD website.
Academic Administration | (218) 726-7103 |
Admissions Office (toll-free) | (800) 232-1339 |
Alumni Association | (218) 726-8829 |
Campus Security: UMD Police | (218) 726-7000 |
Career & Internship Services | (218) 726-7985 |
College of Education & Human Service Professions | (218) 726-7665 |
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | (218) 726-8981 |
Development Office | (218) 726-7989 |
General Information | (218) 726-8000 |
Graduate School Office | (218) 726-7523 |
Kathryn A. Martin Library | (218) 726-8102 |
Labovitz School of Business & Economics | (218) 726-7281 |
Natural Resources Research Institute | (218) 720-4294 |
Swenson College of Science & Engineering | (218) 726-6397 |
Tweed Museum of Art | (218) 726-8222 |
University Marketing and Public Relations | (218) 726-6140 |
(The facts are updated every October)