Sampling
The current PI-group distribution spans 1,251 total groups across 18 disciplines and 137 departments.
Disciplinary distribution
The largest share of PI groups comes from Health Sciences (256, 20.5%), followed by Biology (226, 18.1%) and Engineering (154, 12.3%).
Together, these three areas account for just over half of all PI groups.
Largest disciplines
- Health Sciences: 256 (20.5%)
- Biology: 226 (18.1%)
- Engineering: 154 (12.3%)
Significant representation
- Genetics: 79 (6.3%)
- Chemistry: 66 (5.3%)
- Computer Science: 57 (4.6%)
- Agriculture: 56 (4.5%)
- Biochemistry: 55 (4.4%)
Mid-sized representation
- Mathematical Sciences: 48 (3.8%)
- Social Science: 48 (3.8%)
- Other: 43 (3.4%)
- Physics: 41 (3.3%)
- Earth Sciences: 34 (2.7%)
- Economics: 32 (2.6%)
Smaller representation
- Veterinary Medicine: 26 (2.1%)
- Informatics: 21 (1.7%)
- Astronomy: 8 (0.6%)
- Humanities: 1 (0.1%)
Departmental representation
Largest individual departments or units
- Medicine: 49
- Pediatrics: 44
- External to UMN: 44
- CSENG Computer Science & Engineering: 38
- CSENG Physics & Astronomy: 36
- CSENG Mechanical Engineering: 33
- Lab Medicine & Pathology: 33
- UMD Swenson College of Science & Engineering: 33
Overall pattern
The distribution shows especially strong use of MSI from the Medical School and health-related fields, with additional depth across the College of Science and Engineering, biological sciences, and agriculture-related disciplines.
