About University of Michigan, Ann Arbor:

The University of Michigan is a publicresearch university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The University of Michigan is the state's oldest university, founded in 1817 in Detroit, Michigan as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the Michigan Territory became a state. It moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet (780 acres; 3.2 km2) spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus. Its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as well as professional degrees in architecture, business, medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work, public health, and dentistry.



World University Rankings

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World University Rankings 6 7 6 8 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 9 9 14 10

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture 40 32 43 43 165 52 53 50 51 58 57 65 72 56 66 68
Engineering 10 8 9 10 12 16 19 16 25 26 34 45 52 52 66 40
Life Sciences 18 17 14 14 16 17 16 16 15 15 15 17 13 13 16 17
Medicine 9 10 11 9 10 9 11 9 8 8 8 9 10 11 13 11
Natural Sciences 13 15 14 13 12 13 13 13 20 21 22 25 21 20 28 26
Social Sciences 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences 155 165 157 168 146 188 191 205 253 253 202 201 147
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 13 14 - 14 15
Chemistry 11 18 25 27 29 32 39 45 50 54 61 67 41
Chemical Engineering 49 35 39 53 59 61 75 82 82 88 119 125 55
Civil Engineering 21 38 22 24 31 39 36 39 37 49 50 49 20
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 9 10 10 11 10
Computer Science 20 19 21 18 23 23 21 35 53 102 132 143 44
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 11 12 - 16 20
Electrical Engineering 7 7 8 13 14 17 20 22 36 47 79 76 25
Environment / Ecology 23 25 28 26 22 31 32 31 38 48 - 52 67
Geosciences 48 48 42 51 49 53 53 60 69 75 - 58 64
Immunology - - - - - - - - 25 28 - 26 27
Materials Science 19 24 30 33 30 28 40 42 50 62 69 77 49
Mathematics 4 6 6 9 11 11 8 10 10 12 21 28 18
Mechanical Engineering 7 4 4 9 7 10 16 21 24 35 39 42 14
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 24 24 - - 26
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 12 13 - 23 20
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 30 28 - 33 37
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 10 16 9 9 12 12 12 13 17 19 29 19
Physics 13 14 12 15 13 22 17 19 25 26 25 28 38
Plant & Animal Science 62 77 81 98 101 88 102 110 100 93 106 99 129
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 9 10 - 13 14
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 4 5
Space Science - - - - - - - - 11 14 - 25 24
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 77 82 59
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 40 54 47
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 9 13 21