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UCR Campus Overview:
Located in Minnesota's fifth largest city, University Center Rochester
spans undergraduate, graduate and workforce education programs.
UCR serves as a regional hub for educational, cultural and recreational
activities in one of Minnesota's fastest growing cities.
The University Center Rochester campus is home to Rochester Community
and Technical College, University of Minnesota Rochester and Winona State
University Rochester Center. The three institutions offer more than
150 programs of study, enroll approximately 20,000 students in credit
and noncredit education and manage almost 900,000 square feet of educational
space on a 480-acre campus.
Many changes have taken place in the last 84 years. In 1915, the
Rochester Junior College was established, representing the oldest community
college in Minnesota. Later, in 1969 the Rochester Area Vocational
and Technical Institute opened. The University of Minnesota received
funding in 1966 to establish a center in Rochester. By 1986, Winona
State University-Rochester Center moved to the Rochester Community College
campus and signed a 2+2 agreement with the Community College. Minnesota
Riverland Technical College was formed in 1991 and joined Rochester Community
College, Winona State University Rochester Center and University of Minnesota
Rochester in the newly completed University Center Rochester campus by
the end of 1994.

In 1997, the Provost's position was created to facilitate collaboration
among these partner institutions and promote seamless services for students.
In 1998, the legislature authorized extension of Rochester's ½
percent local sales tax. The local sales tax will accumulate to
$71.5 million, of which $20 million have been allocated for co-development
activities on the UCR campus.
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CONTACT: University Center Rochester 851
30th Ave. SE Rochester, MN 55904
General Info: (507) 285-7210 1-800-247-1296 // TTY Relay 1-800-627-3529 Webmaster
Alternate formats available to individuals with disabilities, call (507) 280-2968.
University Center Rochester, located in Rochester, MN, is a
higher education partnership between
Rochester Community and Technical College, University of Minnesota, and Winona
State University.
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