Lawrence Tech - The Lawrence Tech Advantage

The Lawrence Tech Advantage

Private, fully accredited university with nearly 5,000 students representing 26 states and 25 nations
Ranked among U.S.News & World Report’s Best Colleges
Over 60 associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management
13:1 student/faculty ratio
600 residential students in two housing centers
Day, evening, weekend, and online courses for full- and part-time students
Nearly 30,000 alumni; approx. 90 percent remain in Michigan
102-acre full-service campus in Southfield
Learning centers in southeastern and northern Michigan, Canada, China, Germany, India, Mexico, and Taiwan
Among Intel’s “Top 50 Unwired Campuses”
Over $50 million in new construction in past decade
Michigan’s first wireless campus
Powerful laptop computers provided to all undergraduates
Co-op, part-time work, internships, student projects, and professional organizations provide networking opportunities with industry leaders
More than 50 student organizations (professional, social, Greek)

Affordable and Accessible

The Future in the Making

A. a lfred Taubman Student Services Center (2006) is a one-stop center for all student services and a “living laboratory” of the latest green and energy-efficient building technologies
Center for Innovative Materials Research (2006) provides research, development, and testing of composite materials for defense and infrastructure applications
Largest architecture school in Michigan
Fifth largest architecture school in the U.S.
Almost half of licensed Michigan architects are Lawrence Tech grads
One of only 20 universities from Europe, the U.S., and Canada chosen to compete in the 2007 Solar Decathlon sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy; competitors include Carnegie Melon, Cornell, and Georgia Tech
As DTE Energy educational partners, students assess and study the first and largest hydrogen technology park of its type in the world
Helped build the “bridge with a brain” in Southfield, the nation’s first highway bridge reinforced with pre-stressed carbon-fiber rods

Lawrence Tech Alumni: Proven Leadership

Steven A. Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft
John DeLorean, GM executive and creator of the first muscle car—the GTO
Ronald Knockeart, inventor, laser barcode scanner and keyless entry door locks on cars
Amy Mioduszewski, National Radio Astronomy Observatory scientist who researches microquasars
George Sierant, inventor, first successful rear-facing child safety seat
A. Alfred Taubman, pioneer developer of shopping malls

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