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Graduate Programs - Physics - 1. Overview - The UniversityLast updated July 16, 2008 Students from sixty nations, forty-two states. Michigan Technological University is an independent unit in Michigan's state-supported system of higher education. Founded in 1885 as a mining college, it has since developed strengths in engineering, sciences, and related technological and business fields. The University has an enrollment of approximately 6,600 students; about 800 are graduate students. Recently rated as one of our nation's "Top Ten" best buys for science and technology by U.S. News and World Report, Michigan Tech combines a mixture of graduate coursework and uncompromising one-on-one student/faculty research partnerships to create an outstanding academic environment. LocationMichigan Tech's main campus stretches for about a mile along Portage Lake in Houghton, a city approximately 550 miles northwest of Detroit and 450 miles north of Chicago. Houghton is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, an area known for its historic copper mines and its rugged and unspoiled natural beauty, including miles of Lake Superior shoreline. The Keweenaw is an excellent area for such outdoor sports as hiking, Alpine and Nordic skiing, fishing, boating, biking, and snowmobiling. Michigan Tech has Nordic ski trails, an Alpine ski hill with chair life, and an 18 hole golf course as well as extensive indoor athletic facilities including weight rooms, tennis and racquetball courts, running tracks, swimming pool, and an ice arena. Review the information in the following links before proceeding. They will open in a separate window.
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