Founded by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before statehood, UND was intended to be, and has remained, a university with a strong liberal arts foundation surrounded by a variety of professional and specialized programs. UND is one of only 47 public universities in the nation with both accredited graduate schools of law and medicine. It is admired for its spacious, beautiful campus and extensive resources. The University has earned an international reputation for its academic and research programs.
UND enrolls 12,559 students (fall 2007) in 193 fields of study from baccalaureate through doctoral and professional degrees. 52% come from North Dakota; the rest represent all other states, seven Canadian provinces, and more than 50 nations.
Location
The University is located in Grand Forks, a college town of 50,000 on the Red River of the North separating North Dakota and Minnesota. The campus includes 223 buildings (5.33 million square feet under roof) on 549 acres.
Grand Forks is linked by Interstate 29 to Fargo, N.D., 70 miles to the south, and to Winnipeg, Manitoba, 150 miles to the north. The city is 300 miles northwest of Minneapolis and a day’s drive from Chicago, Milwaukee, and Des Moines. Commercial air service links the Grand Forks International Airport to Minneapolis and on to other destinations worldwide.
Academic Divisions
Academic Overview
Undergraduate education is offered in 193 fields of study and 2,938 courses. The five most popular areas include commercial aviation, elementary education, psychology, communication, and nursing. Undergraduate enrollment totaled 10,085 in fall 2007.
Graduate education is offered in 83 programs, including professional programs in law (J.D.) and medicine (M.D.). Graduate and professional enrollment for fall 2007 was 2,474.
People
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12,559 total enrollment (fall 2007)
- 10,085 undergraduate students
- 2,474 graduate and professional (law and medicine) students
- 52% men, 48% women
- 2.9%t American Indian, 1.3% African-American, 1.2% Latino-American, 1.9% Asian-American, and 2.9% international students
- 50 states and more than 50 countries are represented in the student body
- 2,473 live in UND’s 15 residence halls
- 287 tenured and 162 tenure-track faculty, of whom 98 percent hold the highest degrees in their fields
- 937 professional and scientific staff
- 1151 general staff
- 108,247 degrees granted since 1889
- 100,727 living alumni
- 5,838 students enrolled in distance education courses and 23,045 persons took part in credit and non-credit activities through the Division of Continuing Education in 2007
Resources and Services
The Chester Fritz Library is the largest in the region, holding 2 million print and non-print items. UND’s library system also includes the Olaf Thormodsgard Law Library and the Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences, serving the law and medical schools.
Cultural centers provide gathering places and specialized resources for American Indian, African American, women and international students. More than 200 student organizations provide opportunities for fellowship, service, and extracurricular learning. Students are involved in University governance at all levels.
The University meets student needs with a full range of services, including health, counseling, veterans, disability support, learning, and more. An outstanding career services office assists graduates in all majors with job placement.
Research & Entrepreneurism
The University of North Dakota has established an international reputation for research and scholarship, notably in the health sciences, nutrition, energy and environmental protection, aerospace, and engineering. Since 2001, the University has received $548.5 million for sponsored programs from internal and external sources. In fiscal year 2007, $100 million was received for projects in such areas as neuroscience, ground water cleanup, spacesuit technology, high-tech coatings, and alternative fuels.
The University is an anchor of the Red River Valley Research Corridor. It operates a 55-acre Technology Park to host both emerging enterprises and established centers and units, and to facilitate the transfer of University research advances to applications in business and industry. Prominent facilities in this endeavor include the Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur Center and the Norman Skalicky Technology Incubator.
Just some of the University’s prominent research and service units include:
The University enjoys a close relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on campus. Research, scholarly projects, and creative activity are conducted in all of the University’s 60-plus academic departments.
Culture and Entertainment
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UND’s 2,300-seat Chester Fritz Auditorium is regarded as one of the finest performing arts facilities between Minneapolis and the West Coast. More than 60,000 people go to the Fritz each year to take in Broadway productions, concerts by big-name entertainers, lectures, performances by a wide range of musical groups, and more.
The North Dakota Museum of Art hosts more than 40,000 patrons each year for exhibitions and concerts. The University’s Department of Theatre Arts stages a regular schedule of productions, and numerous concerts and recitals are presented on and off campus by UND music groups. Even more events are offered by local and guest performers for community arts organizations. Grand Forks’ modern Alerus Center is a major concert venue.
Each spring the University hosts two particularly significant cultural events. The annual Writers Conference presents nationally prominent authors who give readings and lectures, and discuss their craft in panel sessions. The UND Indian Association’s American Indian Week features discussions of contemporary issues and a major regional powwow.
Athletic
UND athletic teamscompete at the NCAA Division I level in men’s and women’s ice hockey and in Division II in 16 other sports, including football and baseball for men, soccer, volleyball, tennis and softball for women, and basketball, swimming and diving, track, cross country, and golf for both men and women.
13 of UND’s 20 athletic teams participated in NCAA post-season competition during the 2005-2006 academic year. The Fighting Sioux athletic teams have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better for 18 of the last 19 semesters. A strong tradition of athletic excellence is reflected in national championships in football, men’s ice hockey, and women’s basketball, numerous conference championships, and a long list of All-American honors. More than 375,000 people attended UND athletic events last year.
Home ice for UND hockey players is the $104 million, 11,700-seat Ralph Engelstad Arena. It is considered to be the finest collegiate hockey arena in North America. The men’s hockey team has won the NCAA national crown seven times. The women’s hockey team began varsity competition with the 2002-03 season.
Basketball and volleyball are played in the new Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, which opened in 2004. The home field for the football team is the Alerus Center, a community-owned multipurpose arena/convention center that ranks among the largest facilities of its kind in the Upper Midwest.
Wellness and Recreation
UND’s new $20 million Student Wellness Center is a state-of-the-art facility addressing the seven dimensions of wellness. This 106,000-square-foot building houses a three-court gymnasium, multi-activity court, cardiovascular and weight rooms, a 200-meter running track, a 28-foot-high rock-climbing wall, and more.
The UND RecSports Program attracts about 4,000 participants a year in more than 20 sports. Students can also take part in 27 club sports.
The Greater Grand Forks community boasts an extensive array of recreational attractions, including parks, biking/walking trails, golf courses, tennis courts, and fitness enterprises. The surrounding area offers numerous natural areas for hiking/bird watching, boating, and hunting.
Costs
In-state tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate students for 2007-08 total $6,130. Out-of-state tuition and fees total $15,537; reciprocity agreements are in place with numerous states.
The 2007-08 room-and-board rate is $5,139 for a double room and 14 meals a week.
In-state tuition and fees for full-time graduate students total $6,154. Out-of-state tuition and fees total $14,752; again, reciprocity agreements are in place with numerous states. Costs for law and medical school are assessed separately.
More information on financial aid, housing, and other topics about the University of North Dakota can be located easily by going to www.und.edu.
Did You Know
U.S. News and World Report consistently lists UND among the Top 200 Best National Universities in the country.
Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine ranks UND among the “Top 10 Most Entrepreneurial Undergraduate Campuses in the Country.”
UND was named one of the top 70 colleges and universities in the nation by Washington Monthly (2006).
Nearly half of the doctors in North Dakota were trained at UND. Approximately 20 percent of the working American Indian doctors in the United States trained at UND through the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program.
UND has an internationally known master’s degree program in space studies.
The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) is recognized as one of the world’s leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies to protect and clean our air, water, and soil.
UND has the world’s largest non-military fleet of training aircraft. It secured a five-year contract to manage the use of the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 that serves as the premier “airborne laboratory” of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The Departments of Electrical Engineering and Space Studies collaborated with the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium to design and build AgCam, an infrared camera capable of returning real-time images of crop development, to be mounted on the International Space Station.
U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences among the nation’s top schools for commitment to rural medicine.
The Department of Family Medicine is one of only two in the United States to be designated as a National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Demonstration Project for Region 8.
UND’s award-winning, student-produced television news show, Studio One, is available by cable to more than 3 million viewers in three states and one Canadian province.
UND’s entrepreneurship program was ranked eighth in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine (2006).
In May 2006, every UND nursing graduate passed his or her national board examination, as did every nurse anesthetist graduate.
The UND Flying Team captured its 14th national championship in 2006, and has won 14 of the last 22 national flying competitions. |
