The University of Michigan-Dearborn is a public university in Dearborn, Michigan, in the Detroit metro area. It was founded in 1959 with a gift from the Ford Motor Company as the Dearborn Center, a branch of the University of Michigan, and was renamed UM-Dearborn in 1971. The suburban campus covers more than 200 acres on the former estate of Henry Ford. It operates under the University of Michigan Board of Regents and has no separate governing board. Wikipedia reports about 8,200 students, classifies it as an R2 doctoral university in the 2025 Carnegie Classification and lists it among four Michigan members of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. It hosts the Rouge River Bird Observatory, described as the longest-running full-time urban bird research station in North America. Its Wolverines compete in the NAIA's Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.
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UM-Dearborn publishes a GPA-based admission chart for first-year students and is test-optional. A 3.0 or higher is guaranteed admission, subject to conduct requirements.
Dates, fees and criteria change every session. Always confirm them on the official admissions page before applying.
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4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128, United States, Michigan
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