Our Mission

The mission of the General College of the University of Minnesota is to develop, through teaching, research, and service, the potential for baccalaureate education in students who are serious about fulfilling their previously undeveloped or unrecognized academic promise.

The General College seeks to generate and apply knowledge concerning how best to understand, broaden, and deepen academic achievement in our increasingly diverse, multicultural society.

The General College selects for admission those students who can best benefit from their early integration into the total University community, who can demonstrate that they have the motivation and determination to achieve, and who are willing to direct their energy to a rigorous baccalaureate education at the University of Minnesota.