Michigan Technological Universityis a public institution that was founded in the year 1885. It has undergraduate enrollment of around 5,720, its setting is rural, and the campus area is 925 acres. The University has a semester-based academic calendar. Michigan Technological University is ranked 115 in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities.
Michigan Technological University is located in the small town of Houghton on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Lake Superior, about 100 miles north of the Wisconsin border. Students at Michigan Tech can choose from 120 undergraduate disciplines of study, as well as various master’s degrees, including those in schools of business and engineering. The students at Michigan conduct research, regularly one on one with their professors, as part of academic curriculum and have the chance to present what they learned at an undergraduate expo. The enterprise teams, these are groups of students of different majors they work together to solve real world problems.
In their free time, Michigan Tech students can participate in over 200 organizations, Greek life, or intramural sports. The university also has many traditions for students to follow, such as the annual Snow Carnival that takes advantage of the area’s impressive snowfall with ice sculpture contests, snow volleyball, cross-country ski races, and the “Sno-Ball”dance. Student athletes can try out for NCAA Division I Michigan Tech Huskies men’s hockey team or play for the several other varsity sports teams, which participate in Division II.
Campus Location
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1885
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-rural