Hey guys, right on time.

We’re about to check out the
University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Just so you know, it’s currently
a commuter campus

and was strategically placed in
Dearborn to give all qualified

students in the
metro Detroit area

the University of
Michigan degree.

Let’s go.

It’s a little cold in the
winter, it’s warm in the summer,

and the spring and fall
are beautiful,

particularly the fall
with the changing leaves.

For me it’s the perfect home
because I’m a girl

who likes all four seasons.

So it’s a great place to live.

The hotspot in Dearborn
is Michigan Avenue,

downtown Dearborn.

That’s where all the fun’s at.

Plenty of places to go out
with your friends and eat,

have a good time, cafes
to go, you know, chill at,

drink some coffee,
do some homework.

That's the hotspot,
is Downtown Dearborn,

Michigan Avenue.

Downtown Detroit is probably
a 10, 15 minute ride from here.

And it’s worth every
second of the drive.

This is the Henry Ford Estate,
home to the automotive pioneer

and his wife Clara
for more than 30 years.

And today it’s a national
historic landmark,

and, of course, it’s located on
the University of Michigan

Dearborn campus.

The University of Michigan
Dearborn has set aside

70 acres of the campus as
an environmental study area.

And according to this,
the property is intended

to preserve the natural
habitat for educational

and research activities.

Not just for the university,
but also for the community.

UM-Dearborn has a total
of over 8,600 students.

49% are men and 51%, women.

19% of students are of color,
93% are Michigan residents,

and 3% are international
students.

The admissions policy is
students typically who are

admitted here at the university,
the middle 50th percentile

have between a 3.2 and a 3.8
grade point average

and between a 21
and a 26 on the ACT.

So what that tells you
is that we are attracting

a very high quality,
academically prepared student

on the high end,
but we’re also attainable

for students who are
the solid B student.

Michigan residents can expect
to pay around $8,000 a year,

while non-Michigan residents
will pay closer to $18,000.

Plus books, supplies,
and transportation will be

about an additional $2,500.

So it’s not exactly Mario Kart,
but the University of Michigan

Dearborn students get
the chance to work hands-on

with and in
the automotive industry.

Detroit is known as
the Motor City, after all.

Students can choose from
90 academic programs,

undergraduate and masters
degrees in arts and sciences,

education, engineering, computer
science, and management.

Hard work pays off.

Students in the engineering
department get to create

from scratch their
own mini Bajas...

and take them for a test drive.

That is way harder
than I thought.

What’s unique in the
college of engineering

is that we have one
of only two accredited

software engineering
programs in the state,

and one of only fourteen
accredited in the country.

We also have a gaming lab on
campus where students can do

some gaming design.

And we also have
several programs

in environmental science
and we have

an environmental interpretive
center on our campus

so students can use
that as kind of a learning

and living lab.

UM-Dearborn has 292 full time
instructional faculty members.

254 hold a PhD
or other terminal degree.

Students have access to sporting
events at the U of M Dearborn

and Ann Arbor campuses,
including football games

in The Big House.

How has the telescope
installation benefited

the astronomy students?

It has revolutionized
how we do astronomy here.

Up until fairly recently,
with the inauguration

of this facility,
we used to do our observing

on the roof of
the parking structure.

And it was a very
temporary operation,

it suffered from
instabilities,

and it really was
very unsatisfactory.

So we were delighted when
we had the opportunity

through the grant
and construction

to start this facility
and, as I say,

it’s simply revolutionized
how we do astronomy.

We now, with the telescope
that we’ll see in a little bit,

have an opportunity for our
students to really engage

in meaningful research
and take data

which will be ultimately of
publishable quality,

and the opportunities, even
for our introductory students

who just take the basic course
in astronomy in the laboratory,

is really quite, much more
extensive than it has been.

They can actually
take CCD images,

that is to say electronic images
of galaxies, of nebulae.

We can do three color work.

And they get a takeaway.

UM-Dearborn offers over 125
registered student organizations

with 10 Greek sororities
and fraternities, seven clubs,

and an active intramural program
with 17 competing teams.

Experiential education is
stressed at UM-Dearborn,

and over 700 co-ops
and internships are offered.

60% of co-op participants
even receive a job offer

upon graduation.

Well, we did it.

Thanks for joining me,
Shayna Gene,

and YOUniversity TV
on this campus tour.

See you guys next time.