Michigan State University: Spartans Change the World
At Michigan State University, Spartans are working every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways. Actually, we’ve been at it for more than 150 years.
Since our founding as the nation’s pioneer land-grant university, we’ve been encouraging students to explore not just “how” but also “why” while bringing science and innovation into everyday life.
The work goes on today as we find solutions and provide opportunities that make life better in communities close to home and around the world and in ways that are practical yet profound:
- creating disease-resistant fruits and vegetables that help feed the world
- developing robotic fish—an innovative way to better monitor water quality
- improving the world’s alternative energy future through research on multiple fronts, including thermoelectric energy conversion, biofuels development, and battery storage technology
- preparing a new generation of urban educators who will make a positive impact on individuals and families for years to come
- developing a vaccine for a strain of E. coli that promises to save millions of lives around the globe
- empowering the world’s poorest by partnering to grow crops that slow climate change while also increasing economic opportunity
- leading rare isotope research that fuels breakthrough applications for medicine, national security, and the environment
MSU Facts
- Enrollment (fall 2009): 47,278, with students from all 83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states in the United States, and more than 130 other countries
- Academic programs: more than 200 programs of study offered by 17 degree-granting colleges
- Founded: 1855
- Location: East Lansing, Michigan
- Size: 5,200 acres
- Colors: green and white
- Nickname: Spartans
- Mascot: Sparty
- Conference: Big Ten
- Alumni: approximately 434,500 living worldwide
MSU Distinctions
- Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to design and establish the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams—a $550 million facility that will advance understanding of rare nuclear isotopes and the evolution of the cosmos as it provides research opportunities for scientists and students from around the globe
- Ranks 29th among America’s public universities (U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings) and regarded among the top research-intensive institutions in North America as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities
- Recognized for seven consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world (Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities)
- Among the institutions with the highest number of faculty receiving Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards (seven in 2009–10)
- Record of Rhodes Scholars has led the Big Ten for 25 years
- National leader in study abroad participation among public universities for five consecutive years (Institute of International Education’s Open Doors 2009 report)
- One of the nation’s top five campuses for sustainability (National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Environment 2008 Report Card)
- Only university in the country with three on-campus medical schools, graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, as well as veterinarians (DVMs)
- The largest single-campus residence hall system in the United States and one of the nation’s most extensive intramural and club sports programs
- No. 6 producer of Peace Corps volunteers since the program’s inception in 1961 (2009 Peace Corps rankings)
- Graduate programs in elementary and secondary education rank No. 1 in the nation for the 15th year in a row (U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings)
- Graduate program in nuclear physics ranks No. 2 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings)
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