Institution name

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Total number of students

5565

Contact address for international enquiries

700 Terrace Heights
WINONA 55987

Telephone

+1 612 728 5100

Venue / office name

Office of Admission - Twin Cities Campus

Address

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
2500 Park Avenue
MINNEAPOLIS
Minnesota
55987

Venue description

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota was founded in 1912. It is a private, Catholic, comprehensive institution, guided by the De La Salle Christian Brothers since 1933. The university is also listed in the “Colleges of Distinction” guidebook for excelling in key areas of educational quality. The university is dedicated to advancing the educational and career goals of today’s students and its mission is to “awaken, nurture and empower learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.” The university offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs at locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin and overseas in Nairobi, Kenya. It enrolls nearly 5,700 students as of fall, 2008. 1,400 are Winona campus traditional undergraduates, and more than 4,300 are adult learners in the Schools of Graduate and Professional programs.

Telephone number

+1 612 728 5100

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

Undergraduate students are required to live on-campus during their freshman (first) and sophomore (second) years at Saint Mary's. All SMU residence halls have updated amenities to help students feel at home. Each dormitory includes cable television, extra-long twin beds, computer network connections, a telephone, and internet access. Residence halls include a television lounge, computer lounge, laundry facilities, vending machines and kitchen amenities. The university does not maintain family-style apartments. The Office of Residence Life is located Toner Student Center Room 14. First Year Halls are substance free, traditional, corridor-style halls housing between 55 to 100 students. Four of the halls are centrally located on campus near the dining hall, student mail boxes, and athletic facilities with one hall nestled in the campus bluffs. The residence halls are: Saint Benilde (Men); Saint Edward's (Co-ed); Skemp (Women); Vlazny (Women); and Saint Yon's (Co-ed, Freshmen - Senior). Upper class halls are coed, housing between 40 to 100 students and living arrangements range from traditional, corridor-style residence halls to suites with bathroom, bedroom for two with bathroom, single room, and apartments with bath and efficiency kitchenette. Some of the halls alternate female/male by floors, while others alternate by room. The mission of the villages (apartment style) is to prepare mature and responsible junior and senior students for the adjustment of a more independent lifestyle in preparation for graduation. Watters Hall provides housing for 30 graduate students and each student has a single bedroom and another single room to use as a study.