University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, East Campus
200 Union St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
There are many options available including taxis, SuperShuttle, and Public Transit (MetroTransit) see map below.
The Light Rail Blue Line will take you from MSP to the Downtown East Station (~20 minutes) from there you can take the Green Line to the East Bank campus or a number of different bus lines.
Trip planner on the Metro Transit website will help, be sure to select "University of Minnesota - East Bank" as your destination.
Driving:
Directions to campus are found Campus Maps HERE.
Taxi Options:
Uber (website booking)
Airport Taxi : (612) 987-5888
ReliaCar: (612) 333-6363
Metro Transit Light Rail Transportation to East Bank UMN Campus
Metro Transit: 612-373-3333
Public Transit (metrotransit.org)
Cost: $2.50 (cash or credit)
Time: (30-35min)
*Ask information desk to show you the location of ground transportation (buses and light rail)
- Blue line (Northbound) to U.S. Bank Stadium station
- Cross the tracks (opposite side of station)
- Catch a Green line going east (East Bank)
- Get off at East Bank station (central location)
HOTEL STATION STOPS:
Stop for The Graduate Hotel is the East Bank Station
Stop for Days Inn is the Stadium Village Station
Stop for Hampton Inn University is the Prospect Park Station
Guests on campus may use the UofM-Guest network at no charge. Recent efforts have increased the bandwidth and capacity of this network, but the network has no encryption. As the name implies, UofM-Guest is a network for guests to the University that need to connect to the Internet, but do not yet have University accounts.
After connecting, launch a web browser to accept the Terms of Use to use the internet.
1. On your device, navigate to the area where you can view all WiFi networks that are in range.
2. Select UofM-Guest from the list of available WiFi networks.
3. A web browser will automatically open to a network authentication page. This page explains the terms and conditions you agree to by using the guest WiFi.
-If it does not automatically open:
1. Open a web browser (e.g., Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer).
2. Your web browser will direct you to a login page.
-If the browser opens to a security warning:
1. Click Advanced
2. Click the option to proceed anyway
4. Check the I accept the terms of use checkbox
5. Click Connect as guest