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Michigan State University

Location
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Nickname
Spartans
Established
2 December, 1855
Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. MSU was founded in 1855 and served as a model for land-grant colleges and universities later created under the Morrill Act of 1862. The university was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, one of the country's first institutions of higher education to teach scientific agriculture. After the introduction of the Morrill Act, the college became coeducational and expanded its curriculum beyond agriculture. Today, MSU is one of the largest universities in the United States and has approximately 634,300 living alumni worldwide. U.S. News & World Report ranks its graduate programs the best in the U.S. in elementary teacher's education, secondary teacher's education, industrial and organizational psychology, rehabilitation counseling, African history, supply chain logistics and nuclear physics in 2019.

Motto SPARTANS WILL. (2010), Advancing Knowledge. Transforming Lives. (2002)
Type Public flagship land-grant research university
Established February 12, 1855
Academic affiliations AAU, ORAU, URA, Sea-grant, Space-grant
Endowment $3.4 billion (2020)
President Samuel L. Stanley
Academic staff 5,703 (2020)
Administrative staff 7,365 (2020)
Students 49,809 (Fall 2019)
Undergraduates 39,176 (Fall 2019)
Postgraduates 10,633 (Fall 2019)
Campus Suburban, 5,300 acres
Colors Green and white
Mascot Sparty
Sporting affiliations NCAA Division I – Big Ten

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Public university based in East Lansing, Michigan that enrolls over 50,000 graduate and undergraduate students yearly. The school is well known for its athletics.

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The school was originally founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan in East Lansing. 

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Información más reciente sobre Michigan State University actualizada el 28 de Julio, 2021.