University of Minnesota Twin Cities is the flagship university for the state. We are a large public university with over 30,000 undergraduate students. world renowned academics with 150 majors, 135 minors spread across 7 direct admitting colleges as well as an honors program. UMN is a tier one research university allowing students to begin conducting and participating in research as early as freshman year. We are located right in the heart of the twin cities (1.5 miles east of downtown Minneapolis) which is home to 18 fortune 500 companies for students. Twin Cities were voted #1 for best quality of life and has the lowest unemployment rate. Our location and size allows for an abundance of opportunities to be involved in the community both on and off campus (900 clubs) and study abroad, and 23 d1 sports in B1G conference (go golden gophers!)