4.2 Research 5 Student life 5.1 Residential life 5.2 Groups and activities 5.3 Media and publications 6 Athletics

Engineering and Mathematics) as well as professional degrees in medicine, law, social work and dentistry. Michigan was one of the founding members of the Association of American Universities, and its body of living alumni (as of 2012) comprises more than 500,000.
Michigan's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Wolverines. They are members of the Big Ten Conference.
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1 History
2 Campus
2.1 Central Campus
2.2 North Campus
2.3 South Campus
3 Organization and administration
3.1 Endowment
3.2 Student government
4 Academics
4.1 Student body
4.2 Research
5 Student life
5.1 Residential life
5.2 Groups and activities
5.3 Media and publications
6 Athletics
6.1 School songs
7 Alumni
8 References
8.1 Specific
8.2 General
9 External links
History[edit]

Main article: History of the University of Michigan
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University of Michigan (1855) Jasper Francis Cropsey
The University of Michigan was established in Detroit in 1817 as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, by the governor and judges of Michigan Territory. The Rev. John Monteith was one of the university's founders and its first President. Ann Arbor had set aside 40 acres (16 ha) that it hoped would become the site for a new state capitol, but it offered this land to the university when Lansing was chosen as the state capital. What would become the university moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 thanks to governor Stevens T. Mason. The original 40 acres (160,000 m2) became part of the current Central