Where Students, Faculty, and Staff Find Resources on the University of Minnesota Medical School Site

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The University of Minnesota Medical School site (med.umn.edu) serves current students, faculty, and staff through a dedicated "For Students, Faculty, and Staff" section, and the specific resources you need depend on your audience and campus. Start with that section, then move to your department or campus page for detail, since the school spans 27 departments and three campuses.

Start With the Audience Section

The homepage includes a "For Students, Faculty, and Staff" heading, which signals that the site is organized partly by who you are rather than only by academic program. That section is the intended entry point for people already inside the school, as opposed to prospective applicants browsing degrees.

Because the site covers multiple audiences at once, the same page mixes prospective-student content (degrees offered) with internal-audience links. If a link doesn't match your role, it likely belongs to a different audience group.

Match Your Role to the Right Destination

Your role Where to begin Why
Current student "For Students, Faculty, and Staff" section Grouped by audience, not by program
Faculty Same section, then your department page 27 departments each maintain their own content
Staff Same section, then campus page Three campuses: Twin Cities, Duluth, CentraCare Regional Campus

The school describes itself as one of the largest in the country, with campuses in the Twin Cities, Duluth, and St. Cloud, Minnesota. That scale is the main reason a single central page can't hold everything — department and campus pages carry the detail.

Check Department and Campus Pages for Specifics

If the audience section doesn't surface what you need, go one level deeper:

  • Departments — the school lists 27 departments, each with its own pages for people working or studying within it.
  • Centers and institutes — more than 20 are listed, and these often host their own resources.
  • Campus pages — Twin Cities, Duluth, and CentraCare Regional Campus each have separate presences.

The site also notes 3,800+ faculty and a $557M annual research enterprise, so research-related staff will often find more relevant material through department or center pages than through the main audience section.

What the Homepage Does and Doesn't Cover

The homepage is a navigation hub, not a resource library. It highlights:

  • Degrees offered: Doctor of Medicine (MD), MD/PhD, graduate programs, and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
  • Headlines and news, including residency and faculty stories
  • The "For Students, Faculty, and Staff" entry point

It does not enumerate every internal tool, form, or policy. Those live further in, which is why the audience section is a starting point rather than a complete index.

Practical Path

  1. Open med.umn.edu.
  2. Find the "For Students, Faculty, and Staff" section.
  3. If your need is department-specific, navigate to that department.
  4. If your need is campus-specific, use the Twin Cities, Duluth, or CentraCare Regional Campus page.

If a resource still isn't visible, it may sit behind a login or on an internal system not linked from the public site — the public pages don't indicate which resources require authentication.