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University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Michigan Coordinates 42°16′37″N 83°44′15″W / 42.27694°N 83.73750°W / 42.27694; -83.73750 ( University Of Michigan Central
The University of Michigan's campus in Ann Arbor is divided into four main areas: the Central Campus area, the North Campus area, the North Medical Campus area, and Ross Athletic Campus area. The campus areas include more than 500 major buildings, [107] with a combined area of more than 37.48 million square feet (860 acres; 3.482 km 2). [108]
The Diag The Diag, ca. 1900. The Diag (/ ˈ d aɪ. æ ɡ / DY-ag) is a large open space in the middle of the University of Michigan's Central Campus.Originally known as the Diagonal Green, the Diag derives its name from the many sidewalks running near or through it in diagonal directions.
Since 2008, the University of Michigan has offered a bachelor's degree in Informatics. [3] Informatics is housed in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in cooperation with the College of Engineering and the School of Information and gives students a solid grounding in information systems, statistics, mathematics and computer programming. [4]
The only off-campus library in the University of Michigan system is the Biological Station Library. Its collection consists of over 16,000 cataloged volumes and more than 50 paper journals. [43] It specializes in limnology, ornithology, ecology, systematics, taxonomy, and natural history.
The station consists of 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of land near Pellston, Michigan in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan and 3,200 acres (13 km 2) on Sugar Island in the St. Mary's River near Sault Ste. Marie, in the Upper Peninsula.
The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, commonly known as the Rackham Graduate School, is the graduate school of the University of Michigan.Founded in 1912 with an endowment from Mary Rackham, the wife of Horace Rackham, in 1935, the Rackham Graduate School is responsible for almost all of the university's graduate degree and certificate programs.
The plaque on Burton Tower. The Burton Memorial Tower is a clock tower located on Central Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor at 230 North Ingalls Street. Housing a grand carillon, the tower was built in 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920–1925).