Friday, December 4, 2015

University of Michigan



The University of Michigan U-M, UM, , or U of , frequently referred to simply as Michigan, is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Originally, founded in 1817 in Detroit as the , or University of , 20 years before the Michigan Territory officially became a state, the University of 

expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet 781 acres or 3.16 km² and has two satellite campuses located in Flint and . The University was one of the founding members of the Association of American Universities.

Michigan is the state's oldest university. The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 actress ha of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has 


architecture, business, medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work and dentistry. Michigan's body of living of compromises more than 500,000. Besides academic life, Michigan's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Wolverines. They are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Considered one of the foremost research universities in the United States, the university has very high research activity and its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields Science, Technology, Engineering and well as professional degrees in

The University of Michigan was established in Detroit in 1817 as the , or University of , by the governor and judges of Michigan Territory. The Rev. John was one of the university's founders and its first President. Ann Arbor had set aside 40 acres 16 gain the hopes of being selected as the state capital; when Lansing was 

chosen as the state capital, the city offered the land for a university. What would become the university moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 thanks to Governor Stevens T. Mason. The original 40 acres 160,000 m was the basis of the current Central Campus.

By 1866, enrollment increased to 1,205 students, many of whom were Civil War veterans. Women were first admitted in 1870.

The fist classes in Ann Arbor were held in 1841, with six freshmen and a sophomore, taught by two professors. Eleven students graduated in the first commencement in 1845

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