About Michigan Tech
Research Shows Dramatic Rise

Michigan Tech’s research production has risen dramatically over the last seven years. Research expenditures have risen from $23.8 million in 1996 to just over $30 million in 2002.

The university’s strategic plan identifies seven platforms that encompass the interdisciplinary strengths of Tech’s teaching and research expertise. The platforms include:

• biotechnology
• environmental science and engineering
• manufacturing
• nanotechnology
• engineered materials
• information technology
• natural resource development

Other Michigan Tech Facts

• One of the largest engineering programs in the country
• Ranked among the “top 50 public national universities” by U.S. News & World Report
• Ranked among top half of all 249 “national universities” by U.S. News & World Report
• Home to National Center for Clean Industrial and Treatment Technologies
• Home to U.S. Department of Energy Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Propulsion