Missoula College student Hunter Schumann came to Montana from New Jersey to study welding. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Schumann has been taking blueprint and fabrication classes online, but says he is eager to get back in the welding shop soon.
Coronavirus updates
All MUS campuses, including the University of Montana, will transition to remote delivery of instruction effective March 23. See UM's Coronavirus Information page for more details.
Students: Keep on Learning
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Faculty: Keep on Teaching
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Employees: Keep on Working
UM employees can find information on leave polices and remote working options on UMOnline's Keep on Working webpage.
UM students now have the option to explore three new degree options in software engineering, data science and algorithm design − each offered in UM’s Department of Computer Science.
The University of Montana is planning to host in-person instruction for fall 2020 classes. You’ll receive a tomorrow-proof education while enjoying all our wide open spaces.
Dr. Alan Townsend, an ecosystem ecologist who previously led distinguished programs at Duke University and the University of Colorado Boulder, will join the University of Montana as dean of the...
UM has announced an earlier start and end to the fall semester 2020 as a mitigation measure in response to novel coronavirus. Fall semester at UM will start Wednesday, Aug. 19, and conclude...
University of Montana law Professor Jordan Gross has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to serve as a research chair in Indigenous Public Policy and Criminal Justice at the University...
The University of Montana has renewed a memorandum of understanding with the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research in Bhutan.
In a sign of the times, UM presented an honorary doctorate virtually for the first time in its 127-year history. The online honor went to William Yellow Robe Jr., a noted playwright, author, poet...
The University of Montana has created a new undergraduate degree program: Environmental Science and Sustainability. Housed in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, the ESS program...
Imagining a flagship for America’s future is the core mission of the University Design Team, a group of University of Montana employees newly charged with charting the University’s future...
Carly Zilge, a recent graduate of UM’s World Languages and Cultures department, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study in Russia during the 2020-21 academic year.
Jiakai “JK” Lou, a student in the UM School of Journalism, was named the overall national multimedia champion of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program on June 5.
Documenting the lives of Mexicans impacted by immigration and teaching her subjects how to tell their own stories is a project University of Montana alumna and filmmaker Alyson Spery knows...
As mountain watersheds store and release water, the Earth’s shape changes ever so subtly. UM’s Department of Geosciences now can track those changes by GPS, thanks to a $1.4 million cut of a...
Nicholas Fry, a graduate of the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Iceland during the 2020-21...
Margaret Schaefers, a 2019 graduate of UM’s World Languages and Cultures department, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study in Uruguay during the 2020-21 academic...
Scott Waller, a graduate student in UM’s Wildlife Biology program, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Russia during the 2020-21 academic year. Waller will conduct research in the...
The School of Journalism has named reporter and former attorney E. Tammy Kim the Distinguished T. Anthony Pollner Professor for fall 2020. Kim will be in residence this fall, teaching about the...
Montana’s Experiential Learning and Career Success office now offers an innovative micro-internship program through Parker Dewey, a freelance platform for college students and recent graduates.
UM will celebrate Missoula County high school graduates by lighting its historic Main Hall in the various school colors from 9 to 11 p.m. June 1-8, with each high school getting its own evening.
To our Class of 2020: Your UM graduation is built upon a foundation of memories, friendships, grit and treasured...
We are proud of you and wish you well as you graduate this weekend from the University of Montana! While we will not all be together, there are plans to celebrate at the departmental level and we...
The UM Emergency Student Support Fund has been established to help enrolled students with unexpected crisis or hardship created by COVID-19. Funds are made available through the generous donations...
For the first time ever, a UM student has earned a highly competitive Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities’ Speech-Language Pathology Fellowship at Oregon Health &...
Businesses impacted by COVID-19 now have a single point of entry to assistance and expertise, thanks to the new Business Emergency Assistance and Recovery (B.E.A.R.) Powered by UM initiative.
Two UM professors in the College of the Arts and Media decorated dozens of signs showing support for health care professionals and posted them outside Missoula’s two hospitals earlier this week. A...
UM's School of Theatre and Dance bolstered its standing as one of the nation’s most decorated institutions with another extraordinary showing at the recent American College Dance Association...
As emergent pathogens like coronavirus and climate-related health challenges like wildfire smoke plague human populations, UM has received funding for a center dedicated to understanding and...
On a normal day, UM Regents Professor Richard Bridges spends his time researching potentially life-saving projects in neuroscience. These days he’s elbow deep in isopropyl alcohol and vegetable...
Stay connected even while you learn remotely! Find virtual activities with other UM students to have fun, pass the time, stay healthy and prepare for your future.
UM offers more than 200 online courses over seven different session during the summer. Registration is open and no pin is required.
There are now two ways to apply to the University of Montana! Complete our standard application or apply using the Common App.
Recognizing an increasing demand for careers in wildlife biology and public and nonprofit administration, UM’s Master of Public Administration and Wildlife Biology programs have created a new...
A UM journalism student received first place in the Hearst Journalism Awards – one of the most prestigious honors for college-level journalism – for his multimedia look into Montana...
Rose Bear Don’t Walk is returning to her roots — and bringing some traditional knowledge back with her. As the recipient of a prominent Fellowship of the Future from the organization 500 Women...
At the University of Montana, 2,429 undergraduate students made the fall semester 2019 Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List. That represents more than one-third of the University’s undergraduate...
