University
University is a neighborhood within the greater University community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is almost completely occupied by the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, hence the name.Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Neighborhood with 5,420 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “University (neighborhood), Minneapolis” and “University, Minneapolis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weisman Art Museum and Walter Library.
Weisman Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium.
Walter Library
Library
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walter Library is an academic library located on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It currently houses the College of Science and Engineering library and dean's office, the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and The Toaster.
Coffman Memorial Union
University building
Photo: Gephart, Public domain.
Coffman Memorial Union is a student union on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Situated near the Mississippi River, Coffman anchors the south end of Northrop Mall, a grassy area at the center of campus that is bordered by the University's physics, mathematics, chemistry, and administration buildings, plus Walter Library and Northrop Auditorium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stadium Village and Dinkytown.
Stadium Village
Quarter
Stadium Village is an area of Minneapolis, Minnesota near the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. While not an official neighborhood of Minneapolis, the area is an important commercial district that serves university students with many bars and restaurants.
Dinkytown
Quarter
Photo: RxS, Public domain.
Dinkytown is a commercial district within the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Centered at 14th Avenue Southeast and 4th Street Southeast, the district contains several city blocks occupied by various small businesses, restaurants, bars, and apartment buildings that house mostly University of Minnesota students.
Southeast Minneapolis
Photo: Michael Hicks, CC BY 2.0.
Southeast Minneapolis is a district in Minneapolis. Although it isn't in the southeastern quadrant of Minneapolis, it is called "Southeast" because it is east of the Mississippi River and south of East Hennepin Avenue, which divides streets into Southeast and Northeast.
University
- Category: locality
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.97333° or 44° 58′ 24″ northLongitude
-93.23538° or 93° 14′ 7″ westPopulation
5,420Open location code
86P8XQF7+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 13771185849OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q7894495
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Persian—“University” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “University”
- French: “University”
- Persian: “یونیورسیتی (محله)، مینیاپولیس”
- Persian: “یونیورسیتی، مینیاپولیس”
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