The Office of Institutional Research strives to meet all of its responsibilities (pending resources and priorities) in a customer-oriented, expeditious manner by being proactive in operation.

Office of Institutional Research – Mission Statement:

The Office of Institutional Research serves as a resource to university decision makers by providing official and consistent data, in a timely manner, that can be used to assess the goals and objectives of the University of North Dakota.  

In pursuit of this mission the office,

•  maintains IR-related past and current data for trend analysis,  

•  provides consultation to help ensure that the data is used and interpreted correctly,  

•  conducts surveys of students, faculty, staff, and employers,  

•  assists and provides statistical and/or research consultation to faculty, staff, administrators, students, UND and NDUS committees with projects related to the mission of the office,  

•  stays current with data elements collected by other offices on campus,  

•  keeps current about knowledge of research, IR technology, and articles on higher education.