Ann Arbor, MI
Founded in 1817
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, abbreviated as UM or UMich, was founded in 1817 and is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is a world-renowned public research university. Ann Arbor is a typical college town, renowned for its beautiful scenery and ranked seventh in North America as the best city to live in. It is just an hour's drive from Detroit, the largest city in Michigan. The university has 19 colleges and over 200 academic programs. Each college is highly ranked, with top programs including the Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, School of Architecture and Design, School of Dentistry, School of Law, School of Public Health, School of Music and Theatre, and School of Social Work, all ranked in the top 5 in the U.S. The university offers more than 15,000 courses, covering nearly all academic fields, making it one of the universities with the most diverse curricula in the country. UM ranks among the top 10 universities in the U.S. for many programs, including business, architecture, engineering, medicine, nursing, law, public affairs, psychology, sociology, economics, statistics, mathematics, chemistry, earth sciences, literature, and history. As a major academic hub in the U.S., UM has the highest research budget in the country and a donation fund of over $10.9 billion, ranking it eighth among all U.S. universities and third among public universities. The university has 37 libraries, with extensive collections, making it the seventh-largest research library in the U.S. and home to the most comprehensive collections in mathematics and dentistry. Additionally, UM has 9 museums, 9 teaching hospitals, 150 research centers, over 400 laboratories, and a 84-square-kilometer national natural reserve. This reserve serves as a field research base for various programs in environmental science, geology, and biology, offering students a unique learning experience in a serene lakeside forest.