Fact Sheet
Faculty
- Tenured and tenure-track faculty: 328
- Research faculty: 74
Students
- Students enrolled
- Bachelor’s: 5,120
- Master’s: 1,243
- Doctoral: 1,289
Alumni
- The College has more than 60,000 living alumni including:
- Larry Page, cofounder of Google
- Tony Fadell, Apple iPod division senior vice president (leader of the team that created the iPod)
- Chuck Vest, retired MIT president
- Claude Shannon, the father of information theory
- Alfred Worden, David Scott and James Irwin, who flew aboard Apollo 15
Departments
- Aerospace Engineering (AERO)
- Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (AOSS)
- Biomedical Engineering (BME)
- Chemical Engineering (CHE)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
- Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE)
- Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
- Mechanical Engineering (ME)
- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)
- Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS)
Rankings
Nearly all of U-M's 19 schools, colleges and divisions rank among the best in their fields, and Engineering is no exception. All of our graduate and undergraduate programs are highly ranked and have a strong reputation for excellence.
Michigan Engineering Rankings by Department
According to U.S. News & World Report, 2010
| Graduate | Undergraduate | |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | 5 | 3 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12 | 11 |
| Chemical Engineering | 13 | 13 |
| Civil Engineering | 8 | 8 |
| Computer Engineering | N/A | 8 |
| Electrical Engineering | 7 | 6 |
| Environmental Engineering | 6 | 7 |
| Industrial and Operations Engineering | 2 | 2 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 6 | 5 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 5 | 5 |
| Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences | 1 | N/A |
Note: U.S. News did not rank Computer Engineering in the 2010 Graduate-level survey. It will return next year. U.S. News does not rate Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences or Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Budget
- At more than $130 million annually, the College’s engineering research budget is one of largest of any public university in the nation.
History
- The College was the first public engineering school in the country to grant a degree.
- The first Michigan engineering building opened on campus in 1881.
- The College offered its first automotive engineering class in 1913.
- The nation’s first aeronautical engineering program started here in 1916.
- In 1953, Nuclear Engineering offered the nation’s first graduate program in the field.
- In 1957, College researchers created the first maser, the precursor to the laser.
- In 1971, an all-Michigan crew took Apollo 15 to the moon.
