The University of Montana (UMT) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fall of 2018. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" as of 2022.
University of Montana c. 1900
Symbols of the university
The UM campus
Colin Meloy, musician and frontman of The Decemberists
Missoula is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys". The 2020 United States Census shows the city's population at 73,489 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 122,458. Missoula is the 2nd largest city and metropolitan area in Montana. Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university.
Missoula, Montana
Teepees at the site of Missoula, south of the Clark Fork River, facing northeast
View of downtown from Mt. Sentinel
Missoula Valley