About Michigan Tech

Quick Facts

Undergraduate Degree Production (1999-2000)
Discipline
National Rank
# of Degrees
Environmental Engineering
2nd
58
Mechanical Engineering
3rd
254
Geological & Mining Engineering
6th
25
Materials Science/Engineering
8th
25
Civil Engineering
10th
118
Chemical Engineeirng
10th
107
Undergraduate Engineering Enrollments (Fall 2000)
Discipline
National Rank
# of Degrees
Mechanical Engineering
3rd
1,153
Geological & Mining Engineering
4th
110
Environmental Engineering
4th
121
Materials Science/Engineering
8th
100
Chemical Engineerng
9th
405
  • Enrollment--6,620 (672 graduate school)
  • Number of faculty--418
  • One of the top 10 technological universities in the US (Money magazine)
  • International representation--students from 71 countries
  • Number of faculty receiving NSF CAREER awards--11 (1995 to 2001)
  • Annual research expenditures of approximately $30 million
  • Safest college town in Michigan and one of the safest in the US
  • One of the 50 "best places to live" according to Men's Journal
  • A top 10 summer sports mecca, according to National Geographic Adventure magazine
  • Climate--four-season recreation (swim, hike, rock climb in summer; ski, snowshoe in winter)

Graduate Degrees at Michigan Tech

  • Applied Science Education--MS
  • Biological Sciences--MS, PhD
  • Chemical Engineering--MS, PhD
  • Chemistry--MS, PhD
  • Civil Engineering--MS, PhD
  • Computer Science--MS, PhD
  • Electrical Engineering--MS, PhD
  • Engineering--PhD ÊÊ
  • Computational Science and Engineering--PhD Ê
  • Environmental Engineering--PhD
  • Engineering Physics--PhD
  • Engineering Mechanics--MS
  • Environmental Engineering--MS
  • Environmental Engineering Science--MS, PhD
  • Environmental Policy--MS
  • Forestry--MS
  • Forest Science--PhD
  • Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology--PhD
  • Geological Engineering--MS, PhD
  • Geology--MS, PhD
  • Geophysics--MS
  • Industrial Archaeology--MS
  • Master of Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering--MS, PhD
  • Mathematics--MS
  • Mathematical Sciences--PhD
  • Mechanical Engineering--MS
  • Mechanical EngineeringÐEng. Mechanics--PhD
  • Mineral Economics--MS
  • Mining Engineering--MS, PhD
  • Physics--MS, PhD
  • Rhetoric and Technical Communication--MS, PhD

 

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