Kettering University
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| Type | Private non-profit |
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| Established | October 20, 1919 |
| Endowment | $80 million (March 2015) |
| President | Robert McMahan |
| Provost | James Zhang |
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Academic staff
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145 |
| Students | 1,991 |
| Undergraduates | 1,690 |
| Postgraduates | 301 |
| Location |
Flint, Michigan, USA 43°00′45″N 83°42′45″W / 43.0125°N 83.7125°WCoordinates: 43°00′45″N 83°42′45″W / 43.0125°N 83.7125°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Gold and Blue |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Mascot | General Determination |
| Affiliations | NCA, ABET, ACBSP |
| Website | www |
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Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute of Technology) is a private cooperative education and experiential learning-based university in Flint, Michigan, offering bachelor's and master's degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Business fields.
Kettering University ranked 14th nationally among non-Ph.D.-granting engineering universities and fourth nationally among mechanical engineering programs in the 2015 U.S. News and World Report ‘Best Colleges’ edition. Kettering ranked 12th nationally and first in the Midwest and Michigan in Return on Investment in PayScale.com’s 2015 Return on Investment Rankings.PayScale.com also ranked Kettering 15th nationally and first in Michigan in its 2014 Salary Potential rankings. A 2015 CNN Money article examining the top private colleges in the country in return on investment ranked Kettering 10th, noting that Kettering is sending graduates “out into the world with the skills employers are looking for.” An article in the 2014 issue of Automobile Magazine listed Kettering University among five universities nationwide that students looking to break into the auto industry should attend.
Kettering University undergraduate students are required to complete at least five co-op terms to graduate. Students gain paid work experience in a variety of industries with Kettering’s more than 550 corporate partners, including some of the world’s top Fortune 500 companies, and graduate with more than two years of professional experience accompanying their degree.
Kettering University is named after inventor and former head of research for General Motors Charles F. Kettering. Along with his distinguished career that included his development of the automatic cash register, automobile self-starter, and research on magnetism and solar energy, Kettering was also a proponent of cooperative education that included professional experience to supplement instruction in classrooms and labs. Kettering University’s belief in experiential education descends from Charles Kettering’s foundational belief in the power of combining theory with practice.
Originally founded as The School of Automotive Trades by Albert Sobey under the direction of the Industrial Fellowship of Flint on October 20, 1919, Kettering University has a long legacy with the automotive industry. The university became known as the Flint Institute of Technology in 1923 before being acquired by General Motors in 1926, becoming the General Motors Institute of Technology and eventually the General Motors Institute in 1932.
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