University of Michigan College of Engineering

The College of Engineering

Type	Public
Established	1854
Parent institution	University of Michigan
Endowment	US $493.6 million
Dean	Alec D. Gallimore
Academic staff	579
Students	9,682
Undergraduates	6,351
Postgraduates	3,331
Location	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Campus	800 acres (3.25 km²)
Nickname	CoE
Website	www.engin.umich.edu

The University of Michigan College of Engineering is the engineering unit of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. With an enrollment of 5,819 undergraduate and 3,157 graduate students, the College of Engineering is one of the premier engineering schools in the United States. In various ranking systems, the college is frequently ranked as one of the top ten engineering schools in the nation and among the top 15 schools in the world. The median SAT combined verbal and math score for the incoming class of 2015 was 1450, while the median ACT was a 33. Between the years 1999-2009, Michigan was ranked 5th globally for papers published and academic citations.

The college was founded in 1854, with courses in civil engineering. Since its founding, the College of Engineering established some of the earliest programs in various fields such as aerospace engineering which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014, computer science, electrical engineering, and nuclear engineering. The Materials Science and Engineering program is the oldest continuing metallurgy and materials program in the United States. Biomedical engineering is one of the newest programs established at the College of Engineering.

The college was first located on the University's Central Campus before moving to the University's North Campus — which occupies approximately 800 acres (3.25 km²)— starting in the late 1940s. Today, the College of Engineering is prominently located in the center of the University's North Campus (the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory is located on Central Campus), which is shared with the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, School of Art and Design, and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The North Campus also houses Lurie Tower, one of 2 grand carillons on the Ann Arbor campus, and one of only 23 in the world. Dr. Alec D. Gallimore currently holds the position of Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering.