Its main campus is located in Grand Forks, a community of about 50,000 on the North Dakota - Minnesota border. The University offers the largest and most diversified graduate education programs in the region, with an enrolment of more than 10,000 of whom 1,700 are graduate students. UND provides excellent resources for graduate study. It has the state's largest library and extensive computer facilities. Abundant cultural and recreational opportunities are found in the area, and the metropolitan centers of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Minneapolis readily available.
Additional requirements are specific to each emphasis area.
The goal of the program is to provide students with a strong foundation in exercise science that will permit them to enter doctoral programs or secure employment in clinical, corporate, or higher education settings. As well as mastery of the fundamentals of exercise physiology, study can focus on aspects such as exercise in health and disease, and the theory and practice of exercise settings. For more information about this area please contact Dr. Serge von Duvillard. This subarea focuses on aspects such as the costs and benefits of participation in physical activity, and on the benefits that can be attained by individuals and the population at large through various educational, and other promotional means. Study can focus on specific topical areas such as physical education curriculum content, adult fitness programming, geriatric issues, disease prevention or treatment, etc.