MORE THAN A CENTURY OF LEARNING AND DISCOVERY 

Founded in 1888, the University of Minnesota Medical School educates students and graduate physicians, provides patient care, and performs biomedical and clinical research.

We offer medical, graduate and undergraduate degree programs, as well as continuing professional development. Our Medical School is one of the largest in the country, with three campuses based in the Twin Cities, Duluth, and St. Cloud Minnesota. The Twin Cities campus is an interdisciplinary research center. Our Duluth campus educates 130 first and second-year medical students committed to practicing in rural or American Indian communities. The new CentraCare Regional campus in St. Cloud offers unmatched rural-based clinical care options offered by one of the most award-winning systems in the nation. Here's what we accomplished in 2023.

MISSION STATEMENT

One School. Three Campuses.

The Mission of the University of Minnesota Medical School is to be a leader in enhancing the health of people through the education of skilled, compassionate and socially responsible physicians. With three campuses serving diverse populations in rural and urban Minnesota, the Medical School is dedicated to preeminent primary care medicine, exemplary specialty care and innovative research.

In addition to the overall Mission, the Duluth campus has a unique focus on rural and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health and family medicine with a mission to be a national leader in improving healthcare access and outcomes in rural Minnesota and AI/AN communities. This is done by educating medical students dedicated to serving rural Minnesota and AI/AN communities, fostering excellence in research, emphasizing the training of physicians in family medicine, creating strong partnerships locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and working in diverse, innovative, interdisciplinary, and inter-professional teams.

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The University of Minnesota Medical School is one of the largest in the country, with two campuses based in the Twin Cities and Duluth, Minnesota

TWIN CITIES CAMPUS | DULUTH CAMPUS | CENTRACARE REGIONAL CAMPUS ST. CLOUD

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Departments
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Centers & Institutes
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Degree Programs
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Students Admitted Annually

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OUR STUDENTS

Our students are accomplished, graduating with an excellent education, high national board scores, and prestigious post-graduate training opportunities. They excel through innovative research, state-of-the-art training and applied learning at our affiliated hospitals and clinics across the state.

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OUR GRADUATES

Our Medical School has a network of more than 17,000 accomplished alumni who play an important role in improving the medical profession, changing public policy and advancing health care.

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OUR DEAN

Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD is the Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School and a Distinguished McKnight Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation. He is also the Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota, Board Chair for University of Minnesota Physicians and co-leader of M Health Fairview.

Where Discovery Creates Hope

Where Discovery Creates Hope

When Minnesotans have health problems, we look for answers. The University of Minnesota Medical School is committed to providing world-class health care through our clinical partners, improving the practice of medicine through research and discovery, and training the next generation of outstanding physicians. "Where Discovery Creates Hope" is a branded campaign that uses first-person stories to show how we do these things for Minnesotans and to offer hope, one patient at a time, with the advances made by academic medicine.

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NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RESEARCH

Our medical school is revered as a national research powerhouse, with more than 10 research centers and institutes. We have long been recognized for its pioneering and are a worldwide leader in family medicine, regenerative medicine, transplantation, global medicine, and basic science research. 

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SPONSORED RESEARCH

ACADEMIC HEALTH

The Medical School is part of one of the premier academic health centers in the country. The University of Minnesota is the only school in the nation to have schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, public health, and veterinary medicine all on one campus.

OUR FACULTY 

Our nearly 3,000 outstanding faculty members are committed to achieving excellence in research, clinical care, and developing the next generation of health professionals. 

OUTSTANDING PATIENT CARE

Our Medical School faculty-physicians care for and oversee the training of residents and medical students in our primary teaching hospitals.