Website: umich.edu

The University of Michigan is a proudly public university, founded in 1817 to serve the public good; committed to excellence in research and scholarship; and dedicated to the development of students and leaders who will make an impact on our world and address the great challenges of our time. 

U-M has three campuses – Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint, and its total enrolment in Ann Arbor includes more than 52,000 students, including almost 34,000 undergraduates and more than 18,000 graduate and professional students. 

U-M’s achievements and capabilities span nearly every field of science, engineering, medicine, social sciences and the arts and humanities. Its nearly US$2.0 billion in research volume is leading to critical advances in areas ranging from microelectronics to global infectious diseases to artificial intelligence. 

With 19 nationally recognized schools and colleges, and 14 undergraduate schools and colleges with more than 280 degree options, U-M is consistently ranked as one of the world’s great universities. Its interdisciplinary strengths range from its Center for Global Health Equity to its Life Sciences Institute to its Institute for Social Research, with U-M aspiring to become even more interconnected and interdisciplinary.

U-M is also a proudly international university. This past academic year, it was joined by nearly than 9,000 international students, along with 3,000 staff and faculty, representing 124 countries.

The U-M has a Center for Japanese Studies: founded in 1947, CJS is the oldest interdisciplinary center in the United States devoted exclusively to Japanese Studies.