The University of Montana: A Bird's-Eye View
A drone flight above campus to show why the University of Montana regularly ranks among the nation's most beautiful...
Campaign Montana: Think Big. Be Bold.
UM is embarking upon the most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history, one that will elevate every college,...
Grant Allows UM to Expand Neuroscience Education Across Multiple Colleges
UM's mission to shape agile learners will take a step forward thanks to a $300,000 grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation. The grant will help UM faculty members in neuroscience, literature,...
Questions about Admissions, Financial Aid, Deadlines and More?
We’re standing by to answer questions from prospective students and their parents. Email admiss@umontana.edu or call 1-800-462-8636 and let us know how we can help.
Explore UM Housing Opportunities
Attending UM next year and considering your housing options? Visit the UM Housing website to apply online, take a 360-degree room tour, view room assignment information or apply to be a resident...
Students: Find On-Campus Employment
On-campus employment opportunities for students are posted on Handshake, UM’s hub for student internships, jobs, research and volunteer opportunities, career fairs and more. Log on with your...
Learn About UM Dining Options
UM Dining serves our students wholesome, high quality and nutritious food while maintaining a commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. Learn more about UM Dining’s award-winning...
Merit-Based Aid Available; Visit UM Scholarship Portal
The UM Scholarship Portal is accessible to all incoming and continuing UM students and offers one centralized general application, regardless of a student’s major or program of study. Visit...
First Day of Fall Semester 2018
UM students share their excitement for the first day of fall semester.
Take a Virtual Tour of Campus Via Google Street View
Curious about what the University of Montana campus looks like? Visit UM via Google Street View! The tour begins from the middle of the Oval at the center of campus.
UM Archaeologist Named Regents Professor
Dr. Anna Prentiss, a UM anthropology professor and archaeologist, has been named the University’s 12th Regents Professor. Her fieldwork has taken her and the scores of UM students she has mentored...
Grizzly Battalion Army ROTC Earns Challenge Championship
After months of intensive training, UM’s Grizzly Battalion Army ROTC outperformed 10 other schools in the Task Force East Ranger Challenge Competition at Fort Harrison, near Helena.
UM Production Receives High Honors at Opera Competition
UM’s production of “Julius Caesar” won third place in Division III of the National Opera Association Collegiate Opera Competition. Productions were evaluated them on musicianship, singing...
Chemistry Professor, Students Take Flight to Study Wildfire Emissions
Assistant Professor Lu Hu and four UM graduate students were part of the research team that spent more than 100 hours slicing through smoke above fires burning in the West this past summer,...
UM College of Business Ranks No. 1 in Big Sky Conference
UM's College of Business ranks among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report 2019 rankings released in September. The college earned the top spot in the Big Sky Conference...
Student Finds International Adventure in Fulbright Summer Institute
As a freshman at UM, Nick Hall-Skank applied for and was selected to participate in the Fulbright UK Summer Institute Program. He spent four weeks studying climate change alongside students from...
UM Alumna Named MacArthur Fellow
Last month, Lisa Parks learned she would be named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow, but the UM alumna and Massachusetts Institute of Technology media scholar and professor could only tell one other person...
Alumnus Wins Young Forester Leadership Award
The Society of American Foresters recently named Jason Parke, an alumnus of the University of Montana W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, the recipient of the 2018 Young Forester...
UM Earns Top 25 ‘Best River and Lake Colleges’ Ranking
UM ranked among the best universities in the nation for its “intimate kinship to water,” according to College Consensus’ recent survey. UM, which ranked No. 23, was one of just six universities...
Two Grads Earn Teaching Assistantships to Austria
Two UM alumnae, both from Livingston, will teach English during the upcoming school year in Austria. The program brings teaching assistants from the English-speaking world into classrooms in...
College of Business to Celebrate Centennial Sept. 21-22
UM’s College of Business invites all alumni and friends to help celebrate its centennial anniversary on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22. Festivities will include an outdoor luncheon, brunch with...
Law School Alumnus Elected American Bar Association President
The American Bar Association has selected a UM alumnus to lead its 400,000 members as the organization’s 142nd president. Bob Carlson, who earned his bachelor’s degree from UM in 1976 and a Juris...
Summer School Enrollment Jumps by 400 Students
Summer semester enrollment at UM grew 17 percent from a year ago, with 2,932 students compared to 2,493 last year. Students use summer courses to shorten their time to graduation, take advantage...
UM Scientists Bring Ocean Research Techniques to Flathead Lake
Associate Professor Matt Church and the researchers in his Church Lab for Microbial Biogeochemistry and Ecology are bringing knowledge learned on the open ocean to Flathead Lake.
In Their Own Words: UM Alumna Emily Graslie
UM School of Art Alumna Emily Graslie now holds the title of chief curiosity correspondent at the Field Museum in...
Alumna Wins Fellowship at NIH Research Center
A UM alumna has landed a yearlong fellowship with the National Institutes of Health for her dedication toward transforming scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. Genevieve Lind, who...
Professor Studies Complexities of Biodiversity, Disease Transmission
Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate as infectious diseases increasingly spill over from wildlife to humans. Disease ecologists fervently debate whether biodiversity loss leads to an...
Researchers Receive $700,000 to Study Tick-Borne Lyme Disease
University of Montana researchers Dan Drecktrah and Scott Samuels were recently awarded $449,998 from the National Institutes of Health for the first year of a five-year project to study the...
AIBL Students Win Business Plan Competition at National Conference
UM's chapter of American Indian Business Leaders attended the 24th annual National AIBL Leadership Conference in Chandler, Arizona, in April, and earned first place in the University Division of...
UM Welcomes 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholars
This fall, the Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana will welcome more than 200 of the best and brightest students from across the country and state. Thirty-one of these students...
98-year-old UM Alumna Earns Degree After Seven Decades
Paula O’Neil had no idea what was waiting for her under the piece of tissue paper on the table as family gathered at her daughter’s home in Evergreen, Colorado, on Mother’s Day this year. Her...
