University of Michigan-Dearborn

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University of Michigan, Dearborn
Motto Artes, Scientia, Veritas
(Latin for "arts, science, truth")
Established 1959
Type Public
Chancellor Daniel Little
President Mary Sue Coleman
Faculty 511
Students 8634
Location Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Campus Suburban
196 acres (793,000 m²)
Website www.umd.umich.edu

The University of Michigan-Dearborn, located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is part of the University of Michigan system. It was established in 1959 after a gift of 196 acres (793,000 m²) from the Ford Motor Company. On the campus there are approximately 70 acres (283,000 m²) of nature preserve. The University is also steward to 120 acres of Wayne County property. Since 1992, the Rouge River Bird Observatory has operated on campus. Also located on campus is Henry Ford's last home, Fair Lane, also known as the Henry Ford Estate, which is open to the public.

The school serves as a "commuter" school to the metropolitan Detroit area and does not have any student housing. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in arts and sciences, engineering, computer science, education, and management. In sports, the school's mascot is the Wolves and is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.

The University of Michigan-Dearborn was rated among the top six master's-level public universities in the Midwest in the annual guide to American colleges published by US News and World Reports.[1] In addition, the campus's College of Engineering and Computer Science was rated among the top 10 undergraduate engineering programs in the country whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's degree, with a top 5 spot in the undergraduate industrial/manufacturing focus.

UM-Dearborn's campus newspaper is The Michigan Journal and is available online at [2]. It is the largest weekly student publication in the metro Detroit area.


National Runners-up:

  • 1980 - Men's Ice Hockey - NAIA
  • 1983 - Men's Ice Hockey - NAIA
  • 1984 - Men's Ice Hockey - NAIA
  • 1992 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA Division I



Public universities in Michigan
Central Michigan • Eastern Michigan • Ferris State • Grand Valley State • Lake Superior State • Michigan State • Michigan Tech • Northern Michigan • Oakland • Saginaw Valley State • U-M Ann Arbor • U-M Dearborn • U-M Flint • Wayne State • Western Michigan
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