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The
University of Michigan, with its size, complexity, and academic
strength, the breadth of its scholarly resources and
the quality of its faculty and students, is one of America's great
public universities and one of the world's premiere research institutions.
The University is a community of outstanding faculty, talented students,
and committed staff who learn and work in a stimulating intellectual
environment enriched by diverse cultural and social opportunities. More U-M history >
Founded: 1817
President: Mary Sue Coleman
Campuses: Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint
Enrollment: 54,300 on all campuses (fall 2004)
Ann Arbor Facts
Enrollment:
39,533 students (fall 2004)
Regular Faculty:
5,007
Alumni: 492,000
Academic offerings: 600 degree programs
Varsity sports: 25
Libraries: 24;
7,958,145
volumes
Hospitals
University Hospital
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Women's Hospital
Museums
Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Museum of Art
Nichols Arboretum
Herbarium
Museum of Anthropology
Museum of Paleontology
Museum of Zoology
Campus: 3,177 acres; 315 major buildings
Budget: FY 05
$4 billion
Endowment: $4.2 billion (June
30, 2004)
Research Funding: FY 05
$
739,456,163