Admitted Students

Review important information regarding your admission to the School.

• Enrollment Deadline
• Spring Visit Days
• Networking via Facebook Group for Admitted Students
• Online Chats for Admitted Students
• Prerequisites
• Merit-based Financial Aid
• Orientation and Registration
• Graduate Student Services Staff

Enrollment Deadline

The deadline to accept our offer of admission is April 15. You can accept our offer by following the link to the Enrollment Form found in your official admissions letter from the University of Minnesota.

Spring Visit Days

To further explore the opportunities and benefits of a Humphrey degree, we invite you to participate in one of our Spring Visit Days. The dates are:

• Monday, March 26, 2012: Open to all admitted students
• Monday, April 2, 2012: Open to all admitted students

Events are held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and include:

• Meeting Humphrey students, faculty members, staff, and alumni
• Touring the Humphrey School and University of Minnesota campus
• Optional happy hour hosted by Humphrey student organizations

To reserve a spot at a Spring Visit Day, click on your preferred date above. If neither of these dates work for you or if your desired date has filled, we would be happy to arrange a campus visit at your convenience and/or put you in contact with Humphrey alumni in your area.

Limited funds are available for small travel grants to help defray costs if you are traveling further than 250 miles. Preference will be given to individuals who have not been to Minnesota before. To request a travel grant, please contact Janine Mullins at (612) 626-7229 or hhhadmit@umn.edu.

Networking

We invite you to contact other admitted students on our Facebook Group page. This page is designed to facilitate communication among the admitted class of 2012. Feel free to ask questions of Graduate Student Services staff or of each other. Current students from each degree are members.

Online Chats

Graduate Student Services (GSS) will host a series of optional online chats for admitted students. Conducted by GSS staff and current Humphrey students, these sessions are designed to answer questions you may have prior to orientation this summer. Simply log in to the chat room as a guest a few minutes before the scheduled start time to join us. You can access the chats by clicking on the chat you'd like to attend, and find the schedule below:

• Tuesday, February 21, 1-1:45 p.m., CST (Welcome to Humphrey)
• Thursday, April 12, 1-1:45 p.m., CST (Making the decision to enroll)
  

Prerequisites

Please remember that all prerequisites must be met prior to registering for classes in your degree program. Please review the prerequisites for your program.

Merit-based Financial Aid

We hope to send information about merit-based aid decisions in mid to late March.

Registration and Orientation

Before you can register and activate your admission to the University of Minnesota, you will be required to complete a series of online orientation activities. Former students of the University of Minnesota will also be required to complete these online activities before registering. We hope to send information about orientation in early May. At that time, we also will send you information about completing prerequisites, and advising.

Graduate Student Services Staff

The Humphrey School's Graduate Student Services office recruits, retains and graduates public affairs leaders to advance the common good in a diverse world.

Meet the staff that help make your career at the Humphrey School a success.