Michigan Technological
University is a State of Michigan Public Research
University that was established in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School to train
mining engineers for the many copper and iron ore mines located in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan. Over the next 134 years, the University expanded in size
and focus, and today is one of the leading STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) Universities in the mid-west. Today the University
has an enrollment of approximately 7,200 students, including undergraduate and
graduate programs, with a large research component.