SAFE-U Emergency Notification

SAFE-U Alerts

SAFE-U, UMN’s mass notification system, enables us in emergencies to communicate with our students, staff, faculty, and visitors through voice, text, and email.

All students, staff, and faculty are automatically opted into SAFE-U (unless they’ve specifically requested to be removed).

Learn more about SAFE-U Alerts

Additional Alerts

With a five-campus system as large as the University of Minnesota's, no single method of communication can effectively reach everyone during an emergency. SAFE-U is one of many tools the University uses to distribute emergency information. Other tools include:

The University's goal is to communicate emergency information in many different ways to ensure that the most people receive notification as quickly as possible.

Learn More

Contact update-safeu@umn.edu or 612-625-8047. Be sure to include your name, UMN email address, and your cell phone number in your message.