Katana VentraIP

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Michigan is one of the earliest American research universities and is a founding member of the Association of American Universities. In the fall of 2023, the university enrolled over 52,000 students.[4][8]

For other uses, see University of Michigan (disambiguation).

Former names

Catholepistemiad (1817–1821)

Latin: Artes, Scientia, Veritas

"Arts, Knowledge, Truth"

August 26, 1817 (1817-08-26)[1]

$17.9 billion (2023)[2]

$13.1 billion (2024)[3]

8,189 (2023)[4]

23,798 (2023)[4]

52,065 (2023)[4]

33,730 (2023)[4]

18,335 (2023)[4]

Midsize city[6], 3,177 acres (12.86 km2)
Total: 20,965 acres (84.84 km2), including arboretum[5]

Maize and blue[7]
   

The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". It consists of nineteen colleges and offers 250 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level across various liberal arts and STEM disciplines.[9] The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2021, it ranked third among American universities in research expenditures according to the National Science Foundation.


The University of Michigan's athletic teams are collectively known as the Wolverines. They compete in NCAA Division I FBS as members of the Big Ten Conference. The university currently fields varsity teams across 29 NCAA-sanctioned sports. As of 2022, athletes from the university have won 188 medals at the Olympic Games.


Notable alumni from the university include 8 domestic and foreign heads of state or heads of government, 47 U.S. senators, 218 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 42 U.S. Cabinet secretaries, and 41 U.S. governors.

: had its early planning based upon the University of Michigan.[60][61]

University of California

: Michigan alumnus Robert Ezra Park played a leading role in the development of the Chicago School of sociology. The University of Chicago Laboratory School was founded in 1896 by John Dewey and Calvin Brainerd Cady, who were members of the Michigan faculty.

University of Chicago

Cornell University: and Charles Kendall Adams, the first and second presidents of Cornell, respectively, were members of the Michigan faculty. Cornell also had its Law School founded by Michigan alumni Charles Kendall Adams and Harry Burns Hutchins.

Andrew Dixon White

Harvard University: Michigan alumnus was the founding dean of the Harvard Business School from 1908 to 1919,[62] instrumental in the school's planning.

Edwin Francis Gay

: had its pharmacology department established by John Jacob Abel, an alumnus of Michigan.

Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: had its co-founded by Michigan alumnus Jerome Wiesner. Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Media Lab, has held a visiting professorship at the University of Michigan.

Media Lab

: Michigan alumnus Henry Wade Rogers was instrumental in transforming Northwestern from a small cluster of colleges into a major, nationally recognized university. His wife, Emma Winner Rogers, founded the Northwestern University Settlement Association.[63]

Northwestern University

: Alexander Winchell and Erastus O. Haven, the first and second chancellors of Syracuse University, respectively, were members of the Michigan faculty.

Syracuse University

: Michigan alumna Alice Freeman Palmer, the President of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, "transformed the fledgling school from one devoted to Christian domesticity into one of the nation's premier colleges for women."[64]

Wellesley College

: had its residential college system co-organized by James Rowland Angell, a graduate of Michigan.[65] Michigan alumnus Henry Wade Rogers introduced the "case system" and the college degree requirement into the Yale Law School.

Yale University

General Fund money, which accounts for 25.4% of the operating budget, is derived from various sources: ($1.95 billion or 75.2%), state support ($333 million or 12.8%), sponsored research ($301 million or 11.6%), and other revenue ($8 million or 0.3%). It covers the costs of teaching, student services, facilities, and administrative support. The state's annual contribution to the school's operating budget was 3.03% in 2023 and does not cover intercollegiate athletics, housing, or Michigan Medicine.[104]

student tuition and fees

more recently known as the Order of Angell, was formed in 1902 by a group of seniors in coordination with University president James Burrill Angell. The group disbanded itself in 2021 due to public concerns about elitism and the society's history. The group was granted a lease for the top floor of the Michigan Union tower in 1932, which they referred to as the "tomb", but the society vacated the space in 2000. Until more recent reforms, the group's rituals were inspired by the culture of Native Americans.[233] Some factions on campus identified Michigauma as a secret society, but many disputed that characterization, as its member list has been published some years in The Michigan Daily and the Michiganensian, and online since 2006 reforms.

Michigauma

Adara, known as Phoenix, was formed in the late 1970s by women leaders on campus and disbanded itself in 2021 amid campus criticisms of secret societies. In the early 1980s they joined the tower society and occupied the sixth floor of the tower just below Michigamua.

[234]

Vulcans, occupied the fifth floor of the Union tower though were not formally a part of the tower society. They draw their heritage from the Roman god . The group which used to do its tapping publicly is known for its long black robes and for its financial contributions of the College of Engineering.

Vulcan

. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

"Asa Gray"

Bergin, Thomas G. (1983). Yale's Residential Colleges: The First Fifty Years. New Haven: Yale University.

(1988). Asa Gray, American Botanist, Friend of Darwin. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-3741-8.

Dupree, A. Hunter

Hebel, Sara (October 15, 2004). . The Chronicle of Higher Education. 51 (8): A1.

"State Regents: Should They Be Elected or Appointed?"

Hinsdale, Burke A. (1906). Demmon, Isaac (ed.). . University of Michigan. Retrieved August 16, 2007.

History of the University of Michigan

Massachusetts Moments (November 25, 2006). . Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

"Alice Freeman and George Herbert Palmer Marry December 23, 1887"

Pitcher, Zina (1856). . Detroit: R. F. Johnstone & Company.

Laws and Regulations of the American Medical Association, With a Sketch of Detroit, and a Brief History of the University of Michigan, and of the Development of the Resources of the State

Edit this at Wikidata

Official website

University of Michigan Athletics website

at Curlie

University of Michigan