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
• Requesting a Deferral of Your Admission
• Orientation and Registration
• Humphrey Graduate Student Services Staff

Enrollment Deadline

You have until April 15th to confirm your enrollment with the Humphrey School. You can respond 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, April 8, 2013: Registration is closed.
• Monday, April 15, 2013: Open to all admitted students

Events are held from 8:15 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 Kari Kopf at (612) 624-3800 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 2013. Feel free to ask questions of Humphrey Student Services staff or of each other. Current students from each degree are members.

Humphrey Student Ambassadors

We also invite you to contact one of our current students to ask any further questions you may have about the Humphrey School. We have Ambassadors from every degree program and can answer questions you may have about student life, Humphrey culture, classes, resources, and so forth. Please visit our Ambassadors page to get in touch.

Online Chats

Humphrey Student Services (HSS) will host a series of optional online chats for admitted students. Conducted by HSS 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 below:

• Tuesday, February 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m., CST (read the transcript here)
• Thursday, April 11, 12:00-1:00 p.m., CST. (complete)
  

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.

Requesting a Deferral of Your Admission

Admitted applicants may request a one year deferral of their admission. Requests for deferrals are considered on a case-by-case basis by the Director of Recruiting and Admissions. Deferral requests must be submitted prior to course registration to be considered, and may be sent to Amy Luitjens, Director of Recruiting and Admissions, luitjens@umn.edu. If a deferral request is granted, the deferred applicant must:
-Complete the online Enrollment Form (by April 15th for MDP, MPP, MS-STEP, and MURP applicants; by June 30 for MPA applicants);
-Plan to resubmit an updated personal statement and resume directly to the Director of Recruiting and Admissions by January 15, 2014 in order to be considered for financial aid in the following year, and by April 1, 2014 for all other applicants.
-Deferred applicants will receive a request to submit their updated application materials in the fall of 2013.

Registration + 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.

Humphrey 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.