The University of Michigan Solar Car Team is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit and an entirely student-run organization whose purpose is to design, finance, build, and race a solar-powered vehicle in competitions around North America and the world. We are dedicated to the development of our members as teammates, educators, and leaders, and to the education of our community on the potentials of alternative energy technology.
Students who volunteer for the Solar Car are typically undergraduates, and they come from a wide range of academic disciplines, including majors within the College of Engineering, the Ross School of Business, and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Each project operates on a two-year project cycle and sees as many as 200 students participating on the Team. Although nearly all of our team members opt to work on a strictly volunteer basis, participants can receive credit for their work on the Team through the University's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).