University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, UMich, or U of M ), frequently mentioned as simply Michigan, is really a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It‘s the state's oldest university and also has two satellite campuses located inFlint and Dearborn. The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit like the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, about 20 years until the Michigan Territory officially became a state. What would become the university moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha ) of what‘s now referred to as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to incorporate greater than 584 major buildings having a combined area of greater than 34 million gross square feet (781 acres or 3. 16 km² ), and also has transformed its academic program given by a strictly classical curriculum to at least one that includes science and research. 

The university has very high research activity and it is comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees inside the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ) along with professional degrees in medicine, law, nursing, social work and dentistry. Michigan was perhaps one of the founding participants in the Association of American Universities, and it is body of living alumni (as of 2012 ) comprises greater than 500, 000. 

Michigan's athletic teams compete in Division I from the NCAA and therefore are collectively referred to as Wolverines. They‘re participants in the Big Ten Conference.