The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics is part of the University's College of Engineering (CoE).
In addition to MEAM, 10 other major engineering disciplines come together to comprise the CoE, which was ranked #7 in the country for 1997 by U.S. News and World Report. In addition, U.S. News also placed six of the CoE's 11 graduate programs within the top five nationally in each of their disciplines.

The CoE has been an engineering leader since it was founded in 1853, a time when fewer than a half- dozen other American colleges were providing opportunities for formal engineering study. Since then, the U-M developed the nation's first programs in Metallurgical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Computer Engineering.

As a MEAM graduate student, you'll benefit from the CoE's tradition of high standards and leadership. You'll have many opportunities to work closely with faculty and students from other CoE departments and take classes in other disciplines. You'll share ideas and problem-solving strategies during your course work and multidisciplinary research projects. MEAM also offers some joint degree programs with other areas of engineering, for example, with Aerospace Engineering in the area of fluid mechanics, and with Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) in the area of manufacturing. To find out more about the CoE, visit the URL: http://www.engin.umich.edu/.

The College of Engineering is the foundation of the U-M's North Campus, which has grown in size and scope over the past few years. The CoE's more than 20 buildings house an extensive network of classrooms, 2,900 computer work stations, and 150 research laboratories, nearly one-third of which operate with yearly budgets over more than a half million dollars, including two National Science Foundation (NSF) research centers. In addition, CoE research funding is nearly $95.5 million per year.

One of the newest additions to North Campus is the state-of-the-art Media Union, which is an integrated technology instruction center that houses collections of information resources that are normally found in a traditional library (including the CoE library) combined with high-tech equip-ment to further explore the physical and simulated world. The CoE is dedicated to preparing students for the technological leadership of tomorrow.

Through your graduate studies at the U-M, you'll broaden your knowledge and develop your ability to analyze problems and responsibly apply knowledge to solutions. These skills will prepare you for your role as an engineer--to solve real-life problems in our ever-changing, high-tech world.