Look to Michigan

With your support, Michigan can answer the defining questions of our time and find solutions to our most pressing problems.

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Look to Michigan

With your support, Michigan can answer the defining questions of our time and find solutions to our most pressing problems.

Thank you for your support on Giving Blueday!

Thank you!

You showed up to support what you love about U-M!

On the 12th Giving Blueday, more than 11,000 donors gave more than $4 million to support students, scholarships, research, special programs, student organizations, university initiatives, and more. Thank you!

Meeting the Moment

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A Transformative Health System

Thanks to financial aid from the Go Blue Guarantee, Josh Truchan rebuilt his life through recovery and college, proving affordability can unlock life-changing potential.
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College Affordability & Access

The Kessler Scholars Program provides comprehensive assistance, including financial aid, improving graduation rates for first-generation college students.
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Research to Serve the World

Rural students from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have unique opportunities to flourish at U-M thanks to the U.P. Scholars program, which offers scholarships, support, and community connection.

Campaign Priorities

Life-Changing Education

Education has the power to transform everything it touches. It builds understanding across differences. It opens doors of opportunity. It equips individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential. 
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Health & Well-Being

We believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights. And that access to quality, affordable health care—including mental health support—is an absolute necessity for a flourishing community.

Democracy, Civic & Global Engagement

The need to foster balanced, productive, respectful discourse is more important than ever, as is the urgent need to encourage active participation in our communities and our government.
A group of people standing outside across the street from a building with a mural being painted that reads, “Pollution has no boundaries.”
Four people are standing outside on a sunny day surrounded by trees, wildflowers, and other vegetation. Some of them are looking at the ground. Some of them are looking at or holding clipboards.

Sustainability & Climate Action

We can take on the defining environmental challenges of our time, from rising temperatures to extreme weather, biodiversity loss to fragile food systems and water quality, outdated transportation and energy technologies, and more.

Campaign Priorities

Life-Changing Education

Education has the power to transform everything it touches. It builds understanding across differences. It opens doors of opportunity. It equips individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential. 

Health & Well-Being

We believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights. And that access to quality, affordable health care—including mental health support—is an absolute necessity for a flourishing community.

Democracy, Civic & Global Engagement

The need to foster balanced, productive, respectful discourse is more important than ever, as is the urgent need to encourage active participation in our communities and our government.

Sustainability & Climate Action

We can take on the defining environmental challenges of our time, from rising temperatures to extreme weather, biodiversity loss to fragile food systems and water quality, outdated transportation and energy technologies, and more.

Core Commitments

Core Commitments

As one of the country’s leading research universities, dedicated to academic excellence and to serving the public good, we embrace our unique ability to take on society’s biggest challenges and work toward solutions to make the world a better place. 

To fully realize this goal, we will make strategic investments in core commitment areas that will advance our mission and affirm the role of higher education in society well into the future.

The arts

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Student experience

Students at U-M are a special group. With a rare combination of passion, insight, and commitment, they are compelled to change the world–and we know they can! That’s why we are committed to ensuring all students have the resources they need to succeed and to thrive.
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Diversity, equity & inclusion

The principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion are woven into the fabric of everything we do at U-M and are inseparable from our deeply rooted dedication to academic excellence in service to the public good. We are wholly committed to maintaining a community where the variety of human experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds are respected and celebrated; where campus members can feel they belong and that their participation is welcome; and where all have equitable opportunities for growth and success.

For What's Next

For What's Next

This is a unique moment for the University of Michigan. Leadership is strong, unified, and visionary.

We turn to you, our philanthropic leaders, to join with us and propel that vision forward.

Together, we have potential to make a dramatic impact on the future of U-M and its impact on the world.