The University of Michigan has always been regarded as the world's finest public research university. Research is central to the University's mission, and permeates its schools and colleges. Expenditures for research in recent years approached $750 million per year. In addition to research activities conducted within the nineteen academic schools and colleges, several large-scale research institutes conduct full-time research, usually focused on long-term interdisciplinary problems, including the new Life Sciences Institute.

These institutes join numerous research museums, libraries, laboratories, centers, and other units to form a vast network of research resources at the University. Some of these resources include astronomy observatories in Michigan, Arizona, Chile, and the Biological Station in northern Michigan.

In addition to nineteen divisional libraries, seven departmental collections, the University of Michigan features the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, the Harold T. and Vivian B. Shapiro Undergraduate Library, the Taubman Medical Library, the Law Library, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, and the Kresge Business Administration Library. All together, the UM Library is the sixth largest academic research library in the United States. The University is the world leader in building digital collections, with approximately 5,000 volumes digitized annually.

For more information on the University's research programs and resources, see www.research.umich.edu/

Ross School faculty research