Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility. Stanford catalyzes discoveries, accelerates the human impact of its research, educates students in a culture of expansive inquiry and freedom of thought, and offers world-class medical care. An engine of innovation and economic growth, Stanford is at the frontier of new knowledge and breakthroughs that move from labs and classrooms out into the world. The university is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and first welcomed students in 1891. Its main campus is home to seven schools, along with interdisciplinary research and policy institutes, athletics, and the arts. More than 7,200 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students study at Stanford each year. Stanford’s 2,402 faculty members are leaders in their fields, and their ranks currently include 20 Nobel laureates. Learn more at stanford.edu.
We hail from every corner of the region, state, nation and world, coming together to shape leaders who address the complex challenges facing southeast Michigan and beyond. We prepare students to be Difference Makers in industry and in the community—long before they graduate. And we’re addressing challenges to the region head-on through pioneering research, strategic partnerships and civic engagement.
Michigan Technological University is a leading public R1 research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries around the world. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology; forestry; business and economics; health professions; humanities; mathematics; and social sciences. Our beautiful campus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.
The area’s waters, forests, and snowfall (200+ inches annually) offer skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, and paddling. Historic downtown Houghton is active with locally owned shops, eateries, high-tech companies, music festivals, and parades. We embrace our size, climate, sense of adventure, and originality. Michigan Tech wouldn’t be the same anywhere else on earth—and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Learn more about Tech: https://www.mtu.edu/about/