Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
The Michigan Almanac provides a consolidated source of data and commentary covering all aspects and major activities of the U-M Ann Arbor campus. More than a factbook, the Michigan Almanac serves many purposes and has many audiences.
About
History
- 1817: The University of Michigan is founded as one of the first public universities in the nation.
- 1837: The University moves its campus from Detroit to Ann Arbor.
- 1848: The Board of Regents establishes a three-member medical department, known today as the University of Michigan Medical School.
- 1852: Ninety young physicians receive medical diplomas from U-M.
Education
Michigan’s academic vigor offers excellence across disciplines and around the globe. We are recognized as a leader in higher education due to the outstanding quality of our 19 schools and colleges, internationally recognized faculty and departments with 250 degree programs.
Research
With expenditures in excess of $1 billion, research is central to U-M’s mission and permeates all 19 schools and colleges. U-M is a strong advocate of promoting collaboration and interdisciplinary research initiatives that involve faculty and students from across campus.
Career
Handshake is your pathway to career connections. Through this tool you can:
- Explore job and internship openings
- Engage in on-campus recruiting opportunities
- Develop and track your goals and next steps
- Identify events and workshops including connecting with Career Center staff, graduate/professional schools and employers
Services
Student services
- The U-M International Center provides a variety of services to assist international students, scholars, faculty and staff at the University of Michigan, as well as U-M American students seeking opportunities to study, work, or travel abroad.
Housing services
- University Housing values diversity and inclusion and being a supportive home for residents of all identities. We strive for every resident to call University Housing home. A place where you feel supported in who you are. A place where you have the opportunity to live and learn alongside people who are different than you.
- The Connector is Housing’s multicultural engagement center, located on Central Campus. It expresses Housing’s commitment to celebrate and promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Through our programs and events, the space brings residents together to engage with different perspectives, identities and experiences.
Library services
- After a $55 million renovation, the 35-year-old Taubman Health Sciences Library building on the U-M medical campus has emerged as a new kind of facility. The 143,000-square-foot, all-digital, light-filled, dynamic learning space was designed for future physicians, scientists, and other health professionals.
ICT services
How do I...
- Enter and approve grades?
- Change a grade from incomplete "I" to a letter grade?
- Plan for the end of Windows 7 support?
- Change my UMICH password?
- Set up Duo mobile?
- Skip the Phone Recording
- Launch Remote Support Tool
- Check Status of My Help Tickets
Medical services
University Health Service (UHS) can provide most of your health care while you are at the university. Most currently enrolled U-M students (Ann Arbor campus) pay a mandatory health service fee, included as part of tuition, that funds clinical services and well-being services to improve campus health and wellness.UHS provides services for non-urgent and urgent health care concerns.
Student Life
Campus life
Campus Information serves the needs of University of Michigan students, faculty, staff, alumni, prospective students, and visitors by providing accurate and timely information about campus organizations, services and events.
As the University of Michigan's primary centralized information source and referral service, we aim to inform and assist patrons, so they can best utilize resources available for both their academic and co-curricular activities.
Sports facilities
Located just minutes from the Diag, the CCRB is the largest Recreational Sports facility. It features a wide array of equipment and amenities to suit a variety of fitness interests.
- Intramural Sports Building
- Sports Coliseum
Student clubs
- Qingyun is established for the purpose of providing opportunities for performance experience and allowing students with previous experience in Chinese traditional instrument to continue their passion. We are determined to bring Chinese traditional music to the University of Michigan and therefore promote cultural and musical diversity on campus.
- + Positive Leadership Undergraduate Society
- One Team Coding is a student-run organization aimed toward Computer Science majors looking to gain software development experience. Its founding principle is to expand student computer programming knowledge through team collaboration on innovative software.
Accreditation
The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor undergoes institutional reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in ten-year cycles. Each cycle culminates in a comprehensive evaluation, the next of which takes place in the year 2020 and involves several components, including the following:
- quality initiative
- assurance argument
- federal compliance report
- student opinion survey
- campus visit
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