Majors

Whatever your student is interested in studying, they can find it at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities! We offer more than 150 majors and 150 minors.  Students can come in knowing what major they would like to pursue, or they can come ready to explore.

Explore our majors and minors

Our application will ask students for their top major choices, and based on their majors of interest we will consider them for one of our eight freshman admitting colleges:

  • College of Biological Sciences
  • College of Design
  • College of Education and Human Development
  • College of Food and Agricultural Resource Sciences
  • College of Liberal Arts
  • Carlson School of Management
  • College of Science and Engineering
  • School of Nursing

 

Professional Degree Preparation

Working with a student who is interested in one of the professional fields below? U of M students choose an undergraduate major(s) and, while completing that bachelor’s degree, also take the classes that prepare them for graduate-level admission to the professional program.

  • Architecture
  • Audiology
  • Dental Hygiene**
  • Education (Teaching Licensure)
  • Graduate School (Master’s or Ph. D.)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Law
  • Master of Business
  • Administration (MBA)
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences (formerly Clinical Laboratory Science)
  • Medicine (Medical Doctor)
  • Mortuary Science**
  • Nursing***
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Public Health
  • Veterinary Medicine

**This professional program can be completed as a four-year undergraduate degree.
***This professional program can be completed as a four-year undergraduate degree.