▁two ▁regional ▁camp uses ▁in ▁Fl int ▁and ▁D ear born , ▁and ▁a ▁Center ▁in ▁Detroit . ▁The ▁university ▁is ▁a ▁found ing ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁American ▁Univers ities . ▁ ▁Consider ed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁for em ost ▁research ▁univers ities ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁with ▁annual ▁research ▁exp end it ures ▁approaching ▁$ 1 . 5 ▁billion , ▁Michigan ▁is ▁class ified ▁among ▁" R 1 : ▁Doctor al ▁Univers ities ▁– ▁Very ▁high ▁research ▁activity ". ▁, ▁ 2 5 ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁w inners , ▁ 6 ▁T uring ▁Award ▁w inners ▁and ▁ 1 ▁Field s ▁Medal ist ▁have ▁been ▁affili ated ▁with ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan . ▁Its ▁compreh ensive ▁gradu ate ▁program ▁offers ▁doctor al ▁degrees ▁in ▁the ▁human ities , ▁social ▁sciences , ▁and ▁S TE M ▁fields ▁( s cience , ▁technology , ▁engineering , ▁and ▁mathematics ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁professional ▁degrees ▁in ▁architecture , ▁business , ▁medicine , ▁law , ▁ph arm acy , ▁n urs ing , ▁social ▁work , ▁public ▁health , ▁and ▁dent istry . ▁Michigan ' s ▁body ▁of ▁living ▁al umn i ▁compr ises ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁al umn i ▁bases ▁of ▁any ▁university ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Michigan ' s ▁athlet ic ▁teams ▁comp ete ▁in ▁Division ▁I ▁of ▁the ▁NCAA ▁and ▁are ▁collect ively ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Wol ver ines . ▁They ▁are ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁Ten ▁Conference