<p>I'm in the process of choosing a college and i just want to get a sense of what programs or majors really stand out at UMich. I understand their medical, engineering, and business programs are great and all, but i never really got any specific details on them. </p>
<p>Can anyone help me out?</p>
<p>We can give you plenty of details about anything, but you need to be a bit more specific. What are you interested in and what details are you looking for?</p>
<p>Personally I think Informatics ( [Informatics[/url</a>] ) and PPE ( [url=<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/students/academicsrequirements/concentrationsminors/philosophypoliticsandeconomicsppe/concentrationphilosphypoliticsandeconomics]Concentration:”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/students/academicsrequirements/concentrationsminors/philosophypoliticsandeconomicsppe/concentrationphilosphypoliticsandeconomics]Concentration:</a> Philosphy, Politics, and Economics](<a href=“Major in Informatics | U-M LSA Department of Statistics”>http://informatics.umich.edu/) ) sound really cool. Similar majors aren’t offered everywhere but you can probably construct something similar at a number of other large universities.</p>
<p>Generally, Michigan is strong in every field it offers----you’ll find very few, if any, weak departments.</p>
<p>I agree with Vlad, if you want specifics, you need to be specific. Which program do you want to know more about? Three academic paths you asked about (Business, Engineering and Medicine) are obviously considered strengths at Michigan. </p>
<p>The Business program is usually considered second only to Wharton and on par with programs such as Haas (Cal), McIntire (UVa), Sloan (MIT) and Stern (NYU). The strengths of the Business program are Finance and Management, which means that the program will be highly recruited by Fortune 500 companies, Consulting firms and Investment Banks.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>Engineering is generally ranked between #5 and #10 in the nation. Only Cal, Caltech, MIT and Stanford are considered better, and even then, only by a small margin. Michigan’s peers in Engineering are CMU, Cornell, Georgia tech, Texas-Austin and UIUC. Michigan is strong in every Engineering discipline, ranked among the top 5 in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering, and among the top 10 in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering and Materials Science. Again, the CoE is highly recruited by Fortunat 500 companies, Consulting firms and Investment Banks.</p>
<p><a href=“http://career.engin.umich.edu/annualReport/engin/Annual_Report1011.pdf[/url]”>http://career.engin.umich.edu/annualReport/engin/Annual_Report1011.pdf</a></p>
<p>Finally, Medicine. Michigan is strong in the core/hard sciences. It also has a very large Medical complex, including one of the largest and best university-owned hospitals in the nation. Qualified undergrads who take the initiative get to do research and intern at the hospital. Michigan undergrads are highly recognized as being very well prepared for medical school and naturally place well into top Medical Schools. In addition to enrolling ~50 undergrads into the top 10 ranked Michigan Medical school each year, Michigan undergrads are also among the 10 most well represented at other notable medical schools such as Johns Hopkins Medical, U. Penn Medical and WUSTL Medical.</p>
<p>I don’t know the specific majors that this is referring to, but LSA says “More than 30 of our academic departments are in the top 5 in the country and more than 80 are in the top 25. If your student decides to change majors, they’re still learning from the top professors in the country.” This is a very impressive statistic in my opinion, and led me to choose the school just because I am still undecided and it’s reassuring to know that Michigan will most likely be a great fit no matter what career path I choose.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the page that I got that quote from: <a href=“https://www.lsa.umich.edu/parents/whylsa/[/url]”>https://www.lsa.umich.edu/parents/whylsa/</a></p>