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We're among the Top 25 public engineering schools ranked by U.S. News and World Report.
Our unique combination of science and engineering within one college in a vibrant, metropolitan area means more opportunities for you. Join us.
We're planning to hire 60 new faculty in the next three yearsWorld-class research
From creating mind-controlled bionic arms to developing next-generation plastics, our researchers are on the cutting edge of breakthroughs in medicine, environment, energy, transportation, and much more!
The University of Minnesota had $1.15 billion in external research award funding in fiscal year 2021, a 31 percent jump that exceeded the $1 billion award mark for the first time.
Top facilities and centers
Our labs are matched in scale and diversity only by the imagination of our students and faculty. In 2022, we were awarded two Engineering Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) from the U.S. Department of Energy. We also have a new cryopreservation center, the first-in-the-world ultrafast electron microscope, an Institute for Engineering in Medicine, an earthquake simulation center, a fluid mechanics laboratory with the Mississippi River flowing through it, and much more!
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