The University of Michigan is one of a small number of public universities consistently ranked among the top ten universities in the United States. Over 36,000 undergraduates and graduate students are enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus in a wide variety of fields, including law, medicine, engineering, public health and music.

Founded in 1817, the school moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor in 1837. There are a total of 18 schools and colleges on the Ann Arbor campus, plus campuses in Flint and Dearborn, Michigan.

The University of Michigan has the largest research program of any university in the nation in the areas of space physics, neuroscience, biophysics, and population studies. It has an 800 bed university hospital, and medical and dental schools. It is one of the most nation’s most active campuses in the area of biomechanics research, with over 100 faculty and 30 laboratories involved.