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Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, a public research university founded in 1817. The Ann Arbor campus enrolled 35,358 undergraduate and 18,130 graduate students in fall 2025. The university describes its Ann Arbor campus as the number one US public university in the TIME Magazine World's Top Universities ranking (2026), and number three among national undergraduate public universities in U.S. News & World Report (2026).
Academic work is organised in 19 schools and colleges: Architecture & Urban Planning; Art & Design; Business; Dentistry; Education; Engineering; Environment and Sustainability; Information; Kinesiology; Law; Literature, Science, and the Arts; Medicine; Music, Theatre & Dance; Nursing; Pharmacy; Public Health; Public Policy; and Social Work, together with the Rackham School of Graduate Studies. There are more than 280 degree programmes and a student to faculty ratio of 15:1. Two other campuses, U-M Dearborn and U-M Flint, serve more than 17,000 further students.
Michigan Medicine, the university's academic medical centre, includes three hospitals and more than 125 health clinics and centres. Student life includes more than 1,600 student organisations on the Ann Arbor campus and 27 NCAA Division I teams, with more than 900 student-athletes and 419 all-time Big Ten championships.
Students come from all 50 states and 99 countries (2022 entering figures). International students at undergraduate and graduate level come from more than 130 countries, and more than one-third of the international students are undergraduates. The first-year retention rate is 97% and 93% of students graduate within six years.
The University of Michigan is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). It completed its Open Pathway 4-Year Assurance Review in 2024 with no recommended monitoring or sanctions, and the next comprehensive reaffirmation is scheduled for 2029-30.
Qualifying Michigan residents with family income of $125,000 or less and assets under $125,000 receive free tuition for four years (effective fall 2025), and tuition support is available for some higher-earning families. It is awarded automatically to admitted students who file financial aid by Nov. 15 (Early Decision) or March 1 (Early Action and Regular Decision).
Scholarships are awarded for academic achievement, personal talents, leadership, financial need or a combination. Most are considered automatically on the admission application; some schools, colleges and departments run their own scholarships. Need-based U-M grants require the FAFSA (school code 002325) and, for entering students, the CSS Profile (code 1839), available from Oct. 1, with a March 1 deadline and a suggested Dec. 15 filing date. Two of three first-year students receive financial aid.
International students on temporary visas are not eligible for financial aid and are expected to pay the full cost of attendance; scholarships are generally not available to them.
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View scholarships for University of Michigan-Ann Arbor →Applicants who have not yet received a high school diploma apply as first-year students through the Common Application with a $75 application fee (fee waivers are available on the application). The checklist: Common App, high school transcript, School Report, one Teacher Evaluation from a core academic teacher or other non-relative, and SAT or ACT scores if available and the applicant wishes them considered (scores may be self-reported; U-M codes: SAT 1839, ACT 2062). Admitted students who self-report scores must send official scores. Official college transcripts are required for dual-enrolled students.
Deadlines: Early Decision and Early Action, Nov. 1; Regular Decision (fall term), Feb. 1; winter term, Oct. 1; summer half term, Feb. 1; School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Dec. 1. Early Decision decisions are released by Dec. 24, Early Action by Jan. 29, and Regular Decision by April 2. The Early Decision agreement must be signed by the applicant, a parent or guardian and the high school counsellor. The enrollment deposit deadline is Jan. 6 for Early Decision and May 1 for Early Action and Regular Decision. Ross School of Business, Taubman College, Stamps School of Art & Design, Music, Theatre & Dance and the Marsal Family School of Education have additional requirements.
Anyone who has attended a college or university after high school graduation applies as a transfer applicant and submits official transcripts from all colleges attended. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles transfers for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the College of Engineering; other schools handle their own transfer admission.
International students use the same Common Application process with the $75 fee. Requirements: high school transcript (with an official English translation if not issued in English, and an explanation of any educational gaps), School Report, one Teacher Evaluation, a Counselor Recommendation (encouraged, not required), SAT or ACT if available, and an English proficiency test score such as TOEFL, IELTS or MET for non-native speakers of English. Early Decision and Early Action Nov. 1, Regular Decision Feb. 1, winter term Oct. 1, spring and summer terms Feb. 1. Fall-term applicants whose home-country term ends in January or later may not be able to apply for winter term.
Graduate programmes review applications jointly with the Rackham Graduate School. The programme website is the source for application requirements and deadlines, and applicants are admitted only after Rackham confirms the offer. U-M Dearborn and U-M Flint run their own graduate application processes.
Ann Arbor facilities include the Law Quad, Clements Library, the Edwin S. George Reserve research site, Nichols Arboretum and the North Campus Research Complex (a 177-acre former research headquarters acquired in 2009). Residence halls and dining operate under an unlimited basic residential meal plan option, and Michigan Medicine runs hospitals and 125+ clinics.
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