4.1 Student body4.2 Research5 Student life5.1 Residential life5.2 Groups and activities5.3 Media and publications6 Athletics6.1 School songs7 Alumni8 References8.1 Specific8.2 General9 External linksHistory[edit]Main article: History of the University of MichiganPainting of a rolling green landscape with trees with a row of white buildings in the backgroundUniversity of Michigan (1855) Jasper Francis CropseyThe University of Michigan was established in Detroit in 1817 as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, by the governor and judges...