This article is about the main campus located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For other uses, see University of Michigan (disambiguation).
University of Michigan
Latin: Universitas Michigania
University of Michigan Seal
Seal of the University of Michigan
Motto Artes, Scientia, Veritas
Motto in English
Arts, Knowledge, Truth
Established 1817
Type Flagship
Public
Sea grant
Space grant
Endowment $10.06 billion
Budget US $6.62 billion
President Mark Schlissel
Provost Martha E. Pollack
Academic staff
6,771
Administrative staff
18,986
Students 43,625
Undergraduates 28,395
Postgraduates 15,230
Location Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Campus 3,177 acres (12.86 km2)
Total: 20,965 acres (84.84 km2), including arboretum
Colors Maize and Blue
Athletics NCAA Division I – Big Ten
Sports 27 Varsity Teams
Nickname Wolverines
Website www.umich.edu
University of Michigan Wordmark.svg
The University of Michigan (U-M, UM, UMich, or U of M), 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 Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the Michigan Territory officially became a state, the University of Michigan is the state's oldest university. The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has 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 Dearborn. The University was one of the founding members of the Association of American Universities.
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 Mathematics) as well as professional degrees in business, medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work and dentistry. Michigan's body of living alumni (as of 2012) comprises 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.
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