University of Michigan

About University of Michigan

The University of Michigan was founded in Detroit in 1817 and moved to Ann Arbor in 1837, after the state legislature chose the town as its home; collegiate classes began there in 1841. The Ann Arbor campus has 19 schools and colleges, covering the arts, sciences and humanities, engineering, business, law, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, public policy, information, music, theatre and dance. The university also has campuses in Dearborn and Flint. In autumn 2026 the Ann Arbor campus enrolled about 54,200 students: about 36,900 undergraduates and about 17,200 graduate and professional students. Total employment across the university is about 30,800. Research expenditures reached $2.16 billion in 2025, and the university offers online learning through Michigan Online.

Schools and faculties

• Literature, Science, and the Arts

  Offers undergraduate and graduate study across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

• Engineering

  Offers undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees.

• Business

  Offers undergraduate and graduate business education.

• Medicine

  Offers medical and biomedical education at undergraduate and graduate levels.

• Law

  Offers graduate legal education.

• Public Health

  Offers graduate study and research in public health.

• Music, Theatre & Dance

  Offers undergraduate and graduate programmes in the performing arts.

• Rackham School of Graduate Studies

  Oversees graduate study across the university's schools and colleges.

Study options

• Undergraduate degrees
• Master's and professional degrees
• PhD and research degrees
• Online courses (Michigan Online)
• Executive education

Research

University of Michigan research initiatives include precision health, poverty solutions, sustainability and carbon neutrality, the biosciences and the arts. Its institutes include the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (MIDAS), the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering and the Institute for Research on Women & Gender. The university also runs the Economic Growth Institute and a firearm injury prevention initiative.

Rank in United States

#6 of 25

Research works

1,004,666

Citations

74.1 million

h-index

2,220

Research figures from OpenAlex (October 2026). How the directory is made.

This profile was written by WAC from University of Michigan’s own website and checked in October 2026. It describes the institution and is not an endorsement or a ranking of teaching quality. Is this your institution? Send a correction.