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University of North Dakota


University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota

University of North Dakota is a public institution that was founded in 1883. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 10,440, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 550 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of North Dakota's ranking in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 159.

The University of North Dakota is located in the city of Grand Forks on the eastern edge of the state, just a few miles from the Minnesota border. Students at the University of North Dakota can study in nearly 300 academic fields, including graduate programs in business, law, engineering, and education.

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UND offers 89 undergraduate majors, 63 undergraduate minor programs, 57 master's programs, 23 doctoral programs, two professional programs (medicine and law), and a specialist diploma program in educational leadership. UND also has an interdisciplinary program that allows students to obtain a degree in virtually any course of study. A collection of online classes and degree programs are offered for students around the nation and world. UND is one of only 47 public universities in the United States that has both accredited schools of law and medicine. Nearly all professors hold the highest degree available in their profession and UND is fully accredited. On campus, academic classrooms range from smaller rooms capable of seating around twenty students to large lecture bowls capable of seating hundreds at a time. Many areas have wireless access for laptops and technologically equipped classrooms enable professors to offer interactive lectures. UND offers 1,000 computer workstations for student use and computer labs can be found in the libraries, Memorial Union, and in several academic areas.

The University of North Dakota, which is often abbreviated to UND, also has a highly ranked rural medicine program in its School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Outside the classroom, students can join more than 200 campus clubs, Greek life, and participate in student government. Student athletes can play at the intramural level or try out for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division I in various conferences. Notable UND alumni include Chuck Klosterman, author of several books including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, and Sally Smith, CEO of the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant franchise.

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