Survey Calendar

The U-SAT Official Survey Calendar is the central University of Minnesota registry for tracking systemwide academic research, institutional evaluations, and student assessment schedules across the Twin Cities, Duluth, Crookston, Morris, and Rochester campuses. Maintained to optimize response rates and eliminate survey fatigue, this resource allows faculty, staff, and researchers to verify survey windows, cross-reference Core Student Surveys, and coordinate data collection timelines before launching campus surveys.

Explore our current and upcoming campus surveys in order of their Start Date. Select any survey title to dive into the details.

Core Survey
Population
Campus
Term Offered
Dates Survey Title Description Population Campus
11/1/26 - 11/30/26 Post Graduation Survey - Fall Grads (Core Survey) Examines student’s professional & academic career outcomes following graduation. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester
11/1/26 - 12/31/26 HRL Fall Resident Survey, Twin Cities Collects feedback to improve Twin Cities student experience while living in UMN housing Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Twin Cities
11/2/26 - 11/13/26 FYE Student Experience UMD's First-Year Engagement Course Taskforce would like to collect data on topics, resources, or services that former FYE course participants in order to refine FYE course curriculum topics to meet the needs of future students. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Duluth
11/30/26 - 12/23/26 Student Rating of Teaching - Fall Provides information to help improve teaching, inform faculty tenure decisions & salary & promotion decisions, & assist students in course selection. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Non-degree, Graduate - Professional 		Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester
1/1/27 - 1/31/27 Systemwide Benefits Survey Gathers input regarding employee benefits experiences which informs yearly reviews with medical, dental, wellness, pharmacy, & flexible spending accounts vendors. Staff, Faculty Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester
1/14/27 - 1/21/27 UMD OAR Program Survey of Incoming Students Provides data to aid orientation program (OAR). Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Duluth
1/20/27 - 2/22/27 First and Second Year Student Check-In Survey Assesses sense of belonging, campus climate, academic experiences, areas of success, engagement, time use, living situation Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Twin Cities
2/1/27 - 4/30/27 PhD Career Pathways Alumni Survey Help us better understand what skills alumni say are necessary for success in their current job, what professional development opportunities were beneficial while a student, & advice for their graduate program Alumni Twin Cities
2/15/27 - 3/26/27 College Student Health Survey (CSHS) (Core Survey) Students
Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Graduate - Professional, Professional 		Twin Cities
3/1/27 - 3/31/27 Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Survey Systemwide census survey of undergraduate students. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester
3/1/27 - 3/31/27 AccessU Community Journalism Project This is a yearly journalism project/course for students to report on a university community in a meaningful way through engagement and interviews related to issues within the community. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Twin Cities
3/1/27 - 3/31/27 UMD Kirby Student Center Survey Students
Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Graduate - Professional, Non-degree 		Duluth
3/1/27 - 3/31/27 Post Graduation Survey - Spring Grads (Core Survey) Examines student’s professional & academic career outcomes following graduation. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester
3/30/27 - 4/10/27 UHP Student Engagement Survey This survey is the second biennial survey for the University Honors Program to capture student engagement in key program initiatives, including, but not limited to, Honors advising, NEXUS experiences, Honors LLC, and Honors courses, etc. Our objective is to use the information on this survey and… read more Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Twin Cities
4/1/27 - 4/30/27 UMD Library Services Survey Understand student, staff, and faculty experiences with library services so we know what to work on. Students, Staff, Faculty
Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Non-degree, Graduate - Professional 		Duluth
4/1/27 - 6/30/27 gradSERU (Core Survey) Students
Student Details: Graduate - Research, Graduate - Professional 		Twin Cities
4/1/27 - 4/30/27 HRL Spring Resident Survey, Twin Cities Collects feedback on living in Twin Cities residence halls and future housing plans. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Twin Cities
4/1/27 - 4/30/27 Tell Us About Yourself Provides advisors with the information to help students register for fall classes. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate 		Twin Cities
4/15/27 - 4/30/27 CBS Spring State of the Survey for Non-Majors and Majors Non-Majors Survey of @1800 students. Major survey of @ 1,200 students. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Non-degree, Graduate - Professional 		Twin Cities
4/19/27 - 5/12/27 Student Rating of Teaching - Spring Provides information to help improve teaching, inform faculty tenure decisions & salary & promotion decisions, & assist students in course selection. Students
Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Non-degree, Graduate - Professional 		Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester