About Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech was founded in 1885 in response to the first mining boom in the U.S. — the clamor for Michigan's copper, which preceded the California Gold Rush by several years.

At its outset, the college trained mining and metallurgical engineers. Today, the University offers certificates, associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in arts, humanities, and social sciences; business and economics; computing; engineering, forestry and environmental science, sciences; and technology.

Michigan Tech undergraduates benefit from an education that emphasizes study across disciplines, team learning, and research. Our graduate students receive intensive, advanced instruction and the opportunity to pursue research in a wide range of academic programs. Overall, our institution has gained worldwide attention for innovative education; our faculty members strive to be mentors; our academic programs stress learning hand in hand with application, and our students learn to inquire and discover knowledge.

About Houghton, Michigan

The rigors of an education at Michigan Tech are complemented by its unique and tranquil setting. Houghton lies in the heart of Upper Michigan's scenic Keweenaw Peninsula. The campus overlooks Portage Lake, a long, winding ribbon of water that divides the Keweenaw in half. Just a few miles from campus, on either end of the Portage, lies Lake Superior, a majestic body of water.

Upper Michigan's expansive waters and forests offer students unparalleled opportunity for outdoor recreation, such as hunting, fishing, backpacking, hiking, camping, boating, swimming, snowshoeing, and skiing. The University owns an eighteen-hole golf course and both downhill and cross-country ski areas. It also has a full array of men's and women's sports programs, including Division I ice hockey.

Houghton, rated the tenth-safest college town in the nation and the safest in Michigan, is part of the Houghton-Hancock twin-city center of approximately 12,000 residents. The University's more than 6,000 students from many states and foreign countries make the area a vibrant, multicultural community. Houghton is home to many exciting cultural activities, from Bridgefest, a summer event commemorating the building of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, to the annual fall Parade of Nations, a celebration of Michigan Tech's diversity.

The campus and the surrounding communities provide a rich and inviting setting in Michigan's storied northlands.