明尼苏达大学的太平间科学计划于1908年成立，是国立大学首次组织的此类计划。明尼苏达大学的太平间科学计划已获得美国of仪服务教育委员会（ABFSE）的认可。葬科学计划阐明了fun仪服务人员作为人类服务专业的成员，他们所服务的社区的成员，丧亲家庭与从事the仪服务的家庭之间的关系的参与者，丧亲者，从事the仪服务行业的人员以及对照顾遗体的公共健康，安全和福利责任敏感的专业人员。
The program of mortuary science at the University of Minnesota, established in 1908, was the first program of its kind to be organized at a state university. The mortuary science program at the University of Minnesota is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE). The program of mortuary science states the importance of funeral service personnel as members of a human services profession, members of the community in which they serve, participants in the relationship between bereaved families and those engaged in the funeral service profession, participants in the relationship between bereaved families and those engaged in the funeral service profession and professionals sensitive to the responsibility for public health, safety, and welfare in caring for human remains.