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.

Dates	Survey Title	Description	Population	Campus
9/9/26 - 9/23/26	Research Professional Employee Experience Survey	The goals of this survey are to identify the key sentiments, barriers, and experiences of UMN Research Professional staff across different career stages. More information on what constitutes a “Research Professional” is provided in the survey audience text response later on this form	Staff, Faculty	Twin Cities
9/14/26 - 9/28/26	University Libraries Strategic Plan	We want to survey undergraduate, graduate, and professional students as well as staff and faculty to inform the strategic planning process at the University Libraries.	Students, Staff, Faculty Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Graduate - Professional	Twin Cities
9/21/26 - 10/5/26	Housing Market Study	To identify student housing needs for undergraduate and graduate students on the Twin Cities campus.	Students Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Graduate - Professional	Twin Cities
9/28/26 - 10/9/26	Hours Survey	Get input into preferred library hours from current UMD students, staff, and faculty.	Students, Staff, Faculty Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Graduate - Professional	Duluth
10/15/26 - 11/1/26	UMD Cannabis Survey	Less than 10 question survey	Students Student Details: Undergraduate	Duluth
10/26/26 - 11/6/26	Co-op Student Housing Satisfaction Survey	Gather resident satisfaction data from residents that live in our co-op housing properties. We send out the Co-op Student Housing Satisfaction Survey once a year to all residents (approximately 1,700) who reside in Como Student Community Co-op and Commonwealth Terrace Co-op. These properties are owned by the University and managed independently as resident co-ops. We typically see a response rate of 20%.	Students Student Details: Undergraduate	Twin Cities
11/1/26 - 11/30/26	Post Graduation Survey - Fall Grads	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
11/30/26 - 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	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
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
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)		Students Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Graduate - Professional, Professional	Twin Cities
3/1/27 - 3/31/27	Post Graduation Survey - Spring Grads	Examines student’s professional & academic career outcomes following graduation.	Students Student Details: Undergraduate	Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities, Crookston, Rochester
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	UMD Kirby Student Center Survey		Students Student Details: Undergraduate, Graduate - Research, Professional, Graduate - Professional, Non-degree	Duluth
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
3/30/27 - 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 compare it to our first survey to capture trends and plan for programmatic changes.	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 - 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