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Rochester legislators and community advocates started the campaign to increase higher education in the local area as early as the 1950s. [citation needed] Courses were offered in engineering, education, and math starting in 1966 as a satellite site of the University of Minnesota in coordination with other institutions.
The University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) is the public undergraduate health sciences university. UMR is the newest campus of the University of Minnesota system, having been formally established in December 2006 (although the University of Minnesota has offered classes in Rochester as a satellite site since as early as 1966).
There are nearly 200 post-secondary institutions in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1] The Twin Cities campus of the public University of Minnesota is the largest university in the state with 54,890 enrolled at the start of the 2023–24 academic year, making it the ninth-largest American campus by enrollment size. [2]
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system or Minnesota State, previously branded as MnSCU, [4] comprises 26 state colleges and 7 state universities with 54 campuses throughout Minnesota. The system is the largest higher education system in Minnesota (separate from the University of Minnesota system ) and the third largest in the ...
In 2013 the University of Minnesota built the Bentson Center, an 11,000 square foot renovated space that includes multiple care simulation labs, a large study space, and work stations. The center was named to honor the Bentson Foundation who, along with HealthPartners , donated a majority of the funds to build the facility.
The Mayo Clinic has a long history of medical education, and was a pioneer in postgraduate education for physicians. [24] The first medical educational programs at the Mayo Clinic were developed in 1915 with the assistance of the University of Minnesota. [25] [26] The two institutions held close relationships in the early 20th century.
The University of Minnesota was founded in Minneapolis in 1851 as a college preparatory school, seven years prior to Minnesota's statehood. [14] It struggled in its early years and relied on donations to stay open from donors, including South Carolina Governor William Aiken Jr. [23] [24]
Statue of Mayo near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1851, Mayo married Louise Abigail Wright (December 23, 1825 – July 15, 1915), and two years later, they had their first child, Gertrude. Around this time, Mayo left for a winter to work as an assistant at the University of Missouri's medical department.