University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 
  

Motto:  Commune vinculum omnibus artibus  
A common bond for all the arts 
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (U of M, "The U") is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus within the University of Minnesota system and has the sixth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,853 students in 2012–2013. The university is broadly organized into 19 colleges and schools, and it has sister campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester.