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It has a student population of over 32,000, regular faculty members of over 600 and over 200 administrative personnel. It has 15 colleges, one institute and two autonomous campuses offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses specializing in accounting, education, engineering, nursing, arts and humanities, social work, science and mathematics.
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. [ 4 ]
Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate and graduate students. Enrollment is counted by the 21st-day headcount, as provided to the United States Department of Education (USDoE) under the Common Data Set program.
WMU offers postgraduate studies, meaning the students must have completed a relevant university education. In addition, students are expected to have worked in the industry for at least five years. A solid understanding of English is a requirement of all WMU programmes and students must pass internationally recognized tests of English as a ...
Elliot Uzelac, head football coach, Western Michigan University (1975–1981) and U.S. Naval Academy (1987–1989) [62] John Vander Wal, professional baseball player [63] Jordan White, professional football player [64]
A 2016 survey by FIMS found that 70% of respondents found employment within or around 6 months after graduation. Out of the 70% that found employment, 95% found employment in the Library and Information Sciences field. [43] The survey collected responses from 60 out of 114 MLIS students who graduated from Western in 2016.
IPUMS, originally the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, [1] is the world's largest individual-level population database. IPUMS consists of microdata samples from United States (IPUMS-USA) and international (IPUMS-International) census records, as well as data from U.S. and international surveys.
East Campus is a collection of buildings and facilities situated on the 60-acre (240,000 m 2) hilltop campus that is the original site of Western Michigan University. It includes some of WMU's athletic facilities including Waldo Stadium , Hyames Field , Ebert Field and the Donald Seelye Athletic Center.