Not only do we view 2020 as a test of our resilience, but an opportunity to make society better, faster. As the world grapples with uncertainty and great challenges, Michigan Engineering has shown resilience, nimbleness and a commitment to our mission to serve the common good. Our strategic plan and focus on preeminence in education, research and culture has guided our community through this societal shift. As a result, we are confident that we will emerge from this era even stronger than before. 
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RESEARCH

 PROVIDE  SCIENTIFIC    AND TECHNOLOGICAL  
 LEADERSHIP 

EDUCATION

 DEVELOP 
 INTELLECTUALLY 

 CURIOUS AND 
 SOCIALLY 

 CONSCIOUS 

 MINDS 

We stay on the cutting-edge of engineering education by building a culture of creativity. Faculty can jumpstart bold ideas through Academic Innovation Grants and resources like Nexus, the College’s home for online and professional education. We have long been at the forefront of global learning.


#6
UNDERGRADUATE
ENGINEERING

U.S. News & World Report


#4
GRADUATE
ENGINEERING

U.S. News & World Report


#6
ONLINE GRADUATE
ENGINEERING

U.S. News & World Report


ENTERING STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, FALL 2020

UNDERGRADUATE

Total First-Year Applications 16,764

% Offered Admission 24%

Median High School GPA 3.9

Median ACT 34

Median SAT Total (Math & Verbal) 1450

GRADUATE

Total Graduate Applications 11,406

% Offered Admission 29%

Median Undergraduate GPA 3.7

Median GRE Quantitative 167

*GRE revised General Test (tests taken on or after August 1, 2011) measures Quantitative Reasoning on 130-170 scale


DEGREES GRANTED 2019-20


1,455


2,168


GRADUATE


UNDERGRADUATE


U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKINGS

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ........................................ 5
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ...................................... 9
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ........................................ 11
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
   -  Civil Engineering ................................................. 7
   -  Environmental Engineering ................................. 3
CLIMATE & SPACE SCIENCES & ENGINEERING ............. -
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE
   -  Computer Engineering ........................................ 6
   -  Electrical Engineering .......................................... 6
INDUSTRIAL & OPERATIONS ENGINEERING ................ 2
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ........................ 7
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ...................................... 5
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & MARINE ENGINEERING ......... -
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING & RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
...1


GRADUATE


UNDERGRADUATE

CULTURE

 AN INCLUSIVE AND 
 COLLABORATIVE    COMMUNITY 

Our people are our greatest asset, and it is by working and living in this unique community that we are able to discover and achieve more. A vibrant, inclusive culture helps us leverage our strengths and make the most of our collective capabilities. We believe the job of creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive community rests not within one organization or group of people, but with all of us.

BACHELOR'S 


10% URM*

DEGREES GRANTED 2019-20

MASTER'S 


29% WOMEN


11% URM*

DOCTORAL 


16% URM*


25% WOMEN

FEMALE LEADERSHIP

40%

Percentage of top faculty administrators at the College of Engineering who identify as female.

More than 144 underrepresented and female NextProf workshop alums now have tenure-track faculty positions.

All new instructors are now trained in inclusive teaching practices.

 5 
YEAR PLAN

Our comprehensive, College-wide strategic plan for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, launched in 2016, reflects our multifaceted approach to ensuring our campus is a diverse, equitable and inclusive place. Year four of the plan is focusing on our climate, metrics to measure success, inclusive teaching, and faculty recruiting and hiring.

100%

LEADERSHIP

 SERVING THE 
 COMMON GOOD 

REVENUES, FY20

USES, FY20

• Grants and Contracts (36.6%) $234.7M
• University Funds (5.6%) $35.6M
Investment and Endowment Income (4.5%) $28.7M
Tuition and Fees (49.9%) $319.7M
• Expendable Gifts (1.7%) $10.7M

 Other (1.7%) $11.1M

• Total (100%) $640.5M

• Student Aid (19.2%) $122.8M
• Other (6.8%) $43.3M
• Subcontracts over 25K (4.7%) $29.9M
• Capital Investment (1.1%) $6.9M
• Equipment, Supplies & Services (9.4%) $60.3M

• University Attributed Assessments (10.8%) $66.4M
• Facilities Operations (4.1%) $26.4M
 Faculty & Staff Compensation (44.0%) $281.7M

• Total (100%) $637.7M

Endowments
market value as of 6/30/20

$592M 

GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE, FY 20

Notes: Includes Legal One-Time Gifts; Gifts-in-Kind; Pledges (and their sub-types) by total pledged amount; and Expectancies (and their sub-types) by total booked/face values

Individuals       $10,521,444

Bequests          $3,618,026

Corporations    $8,083,044

Foundations     $4,344,984


TOTAL            $26,567,498


27% WOMEN

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RESEARCHEDUCATIONCULTURELEADERSHIPTOP

EMERGING STRONGER
THROUGH A
SOCIETAL SHIFT

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ........................................ 4
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ...................................... 6
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING .......................................... 4
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
   -  Civil Engineering ................................................. 6
   -  Environmental Engineering ................................. 2
CLIMATE & SPACE SCIENCES & ENGINEERING ............. -
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE
   -  Computer Engineering ........................................ 7
   -  Electrical Engineering .......................................... 8
INDUSTRIAL & OPERATIONS ENGINEERING ................ 3
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ........................ 6
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ...................................... 4
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & MARINE ENGINEERING ......... -
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING & RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
... -

INCLUSIVE TEACHING

FACULTY HIRING

60%

More than 60% of our faculty have received STRIDE training to combat unconscious bias in hiring.

FUTURE FACULTY WORKSHOP

144+



"Coming to Michigan was a defining   moment. I realized that this institution   has a commitment to DEI and that made   me feel welcome." 

—Sara Pozzi,  
 
Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences;  
 Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
 

The mix of academic disciplines on U-M’s 850-acre North Campus includes the College of Engineering; the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning; School of Music, Theatre & Dance; and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

A DEI 
CULTURE 
SHIFT


Summer 2020 sharply exposed the disparities in our society, and the continued systemic racism and bias that have long led to violence against our Black citizens and a lack of equal opportunity. To address this, we are launching two major initiatives this year:

Sustained, pervasive education around issues of race, ethnicity, unconscious bias and inclusion for everyone in engineering – students, faculty and staff – within one year.

Evolving the role of our Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach (CEDO), establishing a new structure to work horizontally, ensure the work is not siloed, and provide resources for our community.

102
GRADUATE  
PROGRAMS
 
in the top 10


The University of Michigan has unparalleled breadth, including in these key areas:

ENGINEERING | LAW | BUSINESS | PERFORMING ARTS | MEDICINE


Through Immersed, our experiential learning framework, students practice their purpose. In organizations such as the U-M Solar Car Team, they will engage in meaningful experiences, reflect on what they have learned, and communicate the value of the core competencies they develop, such as global/cultural awareness, teamwork, leadership and empathy – essential skills for professional success and the humanity of engineering.


Thanks to its strategic commitment to online learning, Michigan Engineering was poised to pivot when the pandemic struck, with more than 3,350 hours of lectures recorded by Nexus between June and the end of the Fall 2020 semester. 

The academic innovation grant program was quickly converted to provide support for hybrid class projects.

Kits were mailed to students for conducting lab work at home, including using pulse oximeters 
to measure oxygen concentrations in blood.

The College developed a support network to help faculty with the transition to hybrid learning through Nexus, the College’s home for online and professional education.

We tracked more than 60,000 building entries in Fall 2020, with no evidence of in-class or in-lab transmission of the virus.

CREATIVITY  
MEETS  
FLEXIBILITY  

We seek solutions to big societal problems by exploring daring ideas. One research team is looking for ways to capture carbon from the environment for use in economically viable products. Another aims to create powerful artificial photosynthesis  through quantum engineering. Both projects are recipients of  funding from the College’s Blue Sky program, which spurs innovative and collaborative ideas

#1

Highest
National Science Foundation 
research volume.

U-M has been the top U.S. Public University 
for 10 years straight.

$267m

College of Engineering
 annual research expenditures.
Part of $1.62 billion in 2020 by 
U-M, the highest of any 
U.S. public university.

Top agencies 
that fund 
the college

NSF | NASA | DoD | HHS-NIH | DoE

Opened in early 2021, the $75-million Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is our four-story home to Robotics research and the first public-private facility partnership at the University of Michigan. Engineering is home to robotics facilities for land, sea, air and space. The Robotics Institute is pioneering a culture for the young field through a defining commitment to collaboration and diversity, equity and inclusion.  


When the pandemic struck, engineering researchers moved quickly amid the tumult to work collaboratively with public health officials, producing vital research in the fight against COVID-19. Dozens of collaborative projects had soon begun, building relationships that continue to evolve: 

Exploring how nasal cannula could deliver oxygen without increasing virus risk as an alternative to intubation 

Developing methods for sanitizing N95 masks for reuse, and testing how many times masks could be recycled

Tracking particle movements on campus buses to change routes and other protocol to reduce the likelihood of virus transmission



"There was something incredibly comforting about feeling like, in the midst of this really frightening thing, I am doing something about it." 

—Amy Cohn,  
 
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering, 

and faculty director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety, about pandemic-related research projects

FACULTY DISTINCTIONS FALL 2020

*Includes Collegiate Professors, Endowed Professorships, Distinguished University Professorships, Endowed Directors Positions, and Endowed Deanship.
**Includes emeriti faculty

Great resources enable great research.
Here is a sample of our world-class facilities.

• Lurie Nanofabrication Facility • Michigan Ion Beam Lab • Marine Hydrodynamics Lab • Large Vacuum Test Facility • Michigan Center for Materials Characterization • Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Lab • Center for Ultrafast Optical Science

STRENGTHENED  
BY  
TRIAL  


CLEAR EXPECTATIONS
How will you be evaluated for tenure and promotion? Factors can vary greatly by field and can therefore be hard for many universities to articulate. But we’re trying to change that. By articulating criteria for tenure and promotion of tenure-track faculty, the College of Engineering aims to promote transparency, and provide guidance to candidates, mentors and evaluators of promotion cases. Ask us for more information.



"Engineers must lead 
the way to 
a better world." 

—Dr. Alec D. Gallimore,  
 
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering  
 

NEARLY


LEADING THROUGH GIVING
Michigan Engineering is supported by a strong tradition of philanthropic investment, buoyed by:

U-M ALUMNI

 630,000 

PART OF

LIVING ENGINEERING ALUMNI

...AND MANY OTHER DONORS AND FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE

 90,000 

2020/21
University of Michigan College of Engineering

TOTAL TENURED AND 
TENURE-TRACK FACULTY

428

257 full professors
100 
associate professors
71 assistant professors

*Includes LEO Lecturers I-IV
and LEO Intermittent Lecturers

LECTURERS

112*

13 research professors
7 research associate professors
6 research scientists
32 research associate scientists
55 assistant research scientists
5 research investigators

TOTAL RESEARCH FACULTY

118

110*

ENDOWED AND 
NAMED TITLES

34**

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (NAE) MEMBERS

4**

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (NAS) MEMBERS

NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE RECIPIENTS

2

1

NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECIPIENT

PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS (PECASE) RECIPIENTS

4

48

ACTIVE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CAREER AWARDS

UNIVERSITY 252   ENGINEERING 159

PATENT APPLICATIONS

STARTUPS LAUNCHED

UNIVERSITY  31  ENGINEERING 21

LICENSE AGREEMENTS

UNIVERSITY  268   ENGINEERING  84

INVENTION DISCLOSURES IN AGREEMENTS

UNIVERSITY  333    ENGINEERING  142

COLLABORATION 
AND 
TRUST 


The challenges of 2020 helped build and strengthen the bonds in our community. With challenges at every turn—including most faculty and staff transitioning to working from home—leadership called on the community to find ways to come together and develop solutions:

Staff volunteered to phone more than 11,000 students after they were sent home early in spring 2020.

Ideas generated through the COVID-19 Campus Challenge, students helped develop a safer and more efficient return to campus in the fall.

Our generous community quickly raised more than $370,000 for the Engineering Student Emergency Fund (as of January 2021), helping students with pandemic-related challenges deal with technology, food and housing insecurity needs.

FACILITIES

TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFERRED TO INDUSTRY

658 FACULTY

Tough problems require teams that bring a diversity in experiences, training and perspectives to the table. Our leaders are accomplished in their fields, but also lead through service, striving to recognize and confront biases to serve our community and the common good.

13

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE IMPACT

RESULTS OF OUR PLAN

(As of Fall 2020)

Note: U.S News & World Report does not rank Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering or undergraduate Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. Graduate - Spring 2020, Undergraduate - Fall 2020

*Underrepresented minority