| The University of North Dakota is the state's most comprehensive intensive research university and the primary center for professional education and training. UND has brought in more than $548.5 million for sponsored research programs from internal and external sources since 2001, including $10 million in fiscal year 2007.
Founded by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before statehood, UND was intended to be, and has remained, a university with a strong liberal arts foundation surrounded by a variety of professional and specialized programs. UND has the only law school and medical school in the state, and it is one of only 47 public universities in the country with both an accredited law and medical school.
UND enrolls 12,559 students from every state and more than 50 nations in 193 fields of study (baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and professional). With an annual budget of $272 million, UND employs more than 2,720 individuals full time, including 682 faculty and researchers. UND's total economic impact on the state and region is nearly $1 billion a year.
The University has more than 100,000 living alumni, including 54,245 residing in North Dakota and Minnesota. The assets of the UND Foundation total more than $205million.
The University of North Dakota is regarded as a national leader in rural and family health issues, aerospace, energy and environmental research, and educational programs for American Indians. U.S. News & World Report ranks the School of Medicine and Health Sciences among the nation's best for commitment to rural medicine. Nearly half of all doctors in the state of North Dakota were trained at UND.
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The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Studies is widely recognized as one of the top aerospace programs in the world. UND has the world's largest non-military fleet of training aircraft and has been contracted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to operate NASA's world-class DC-8 research jet. The University also has an internationally renowned master's program in space studies.
UND has more than 30 academic programs for American Indians. More than 20 percent of working American Indian doctors were trained at UND through the Indians Into Medicine program (INMED). Since 1990, 93 percent of American Indian students in the Recruitment and Retention of American Indians in Nursing (RAIN) Program have earned their nursing degrees.
With numerous organized centers, institutes, and laboratories, UND conducts research that benefits people all over the country. The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) is widely recognized as the world's leader in a variety of energy and environmental research, development, demonstration, and commercialization areas. Other organized research areas include the National Suborbital Education and Research Center, Center for Innovation, Institute for Ecological Studies, Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy, and the Regional Weather Information Center, to name just a few.
Public engagement and service to the region and the state are hallmarks of the University. The Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur Center and the Norm Skalicky Technology Incubator facilitate emerging businesses and anchor the Red River Valley Research Corridor.
23,000 students enroll in distance-education courses through the Division of Continuing Education. Studio One, UND's award-winning student-run television news show, is available via cable to more than 2 million people a week in North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, and Manitoba.
UND's 12,559 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in 10 academic divisions, which together offer more than 2,940 courses in 193 fields of study. The divisions are the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Public Administration, Division of Continuing Education, College of Education and Human Development, School of Engineering and Mines, Graduate School, School of Law, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and College of Nursing.
The 2007 freshman class students in the middle 50 percent had ACT scores between 20 and 25, with a mean of 23.1. UND enrolls more than 2,400 graduate and professional students in 94 programs. More than 82 percent of the state's practicing attorneys are UND graduates.
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The University is regarded as one of the leading proponents of the arts in the North Dakota and the region. UND sponsors more than a dozen different musical organizations and stages several theater productions each year. More than 60,000 people a year come to UND's renowned, 2,300-seat Chester Fritz Auditorium to enjoy music, dance, Broadway productions, theater, lectures, and more; over 40,000 visitors each year are attracted to exhibitions and concerts at the North Dakota Museum of Art. A highlight of each spring is the well-known Writers Conference, which brings working and aspiring writers from around the country to the campus for a week of readings, panel discussions, and other events.
The new $20 million Student Wellness Center is a state-of-the-art facility addressing the seven dimensions of wellness. This 106,000-square-foot building houses a three-court gymnasium, multi-activity court, cardiovascular and weight stations, a 200-meter running track, a 28-foot-high climbing wall, and many more features. In intercollegiate sports, the University competes at the Division I level in men's and women'sice hockey and in Division II in 16 other sports. 13 of UND's 20 athletic teams participated in NCAA post-season competition during the 2006-07 academic year. Fighting Sioux athletes have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better for 18 of the last 19 semesters. More than 375,000 people attended UND athletic events last year.
The $104 million, 11,700-seat Ralph Engelstad Arena is considered the finest college hockey arena in North America and is the home of UND's seven-time national champion Fighting Sioux men's hockey team. In 2004, the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center opened as the home to both the men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volleyball team. The Alerus Center, a community-owned venue, is the largest sports, convention and entertainment facility of its kind in the Upper Midwest. It boasts adjustable concert seating for anywhere from 5,000 to 22,000 people and is the home field for UND football.
UND is located in Grand Forks, a vibrant eastern North Dakota college town located on the Red River of the North. Grand Forks is on Interstate 29, 70 miles north of Fargo, N.D., 150 miles south of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and 300 miles northwest of Minneapolis. UND is within a day's drive of Chicago, Milwaukee, Wis., and Des Moines, Iowa.
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