Welcome!

Hello, I'm Dave Munson.  As dean of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, I can assure you, if you're interested in exploring and applying technology, you've come to the right place.  With a rare combination of top scholars, an international footprint and multidisciplinary opportunities, Michigan Engineering is a global leader in engineering education and research.

Here you'll learn to think logically, deal with uncertainty and change, work with technology in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, communicate effectively and collaborate with other bright students, all within a supportive community.  Your student experience will be enhanced by an alumni network of 65,000 worldwide.  For example, alumni and corporate support was instrumental to the success of our Progress and Promise: 150th Anniversary Campaign, which provided $300 million of new resources for Michigan Engineering scholarships, professorships and facilities. You'll be able to explore 12 highly ranked academic departments and nearly 100 student teams and organizations (including the only five-time solar car national champion!)

If you're enrolling as a graduate student, you probably know that the University of Michigan is one of the nation's premier research universities. Interacting with world-renowned scholars, you may work on solutions that make an impact at the nanoscale or the cosmic scale. The University generates $1 billion of research each year, $160 million of which is produced by the College of Engineering. This research spans all engineering disciplines.

Students pursuing engineering careers can look forward to promising futures.  If you're seeking a career in medicine, law or business, you'll find a degree in engineering is an excellent foundation. Meanwhile, you can take advantage of the University's other strengths.  Michigan is one of only two schools in the nation with highly ranked engineering, medical, and business schools. The Medical School is our largest research partner, whereas we collaborate with the Ross School of Business on our extensive entrepreneurial programs. With faculty support, many students convert research projects into commercial products and their own successful companies.

As an engineer with many non-engineering interests, I'm particularly excited by the broad array of multidisciplinary opportunities available among the University's 19 schools and colleges.  For example, research and joint study projects exist between Engineering and the School of Natural Resources and Environment, School of Art & Design, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and School of Music, Theatre & Dance.  Each year engineers represent roughly one third of the Michigan Marching Band, and it is possible for engineering students to minor in any of the arts disciplines.

Michigan Engineering will provide you with more than a superior technological education.  Welcome to the home of the Leaders and Best.

Regards,

David C. Munson, Jr.
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science