Help me confirm: Michigan over Berkeley

GoBlue81
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:30:59 +0000

Berkeley has a big big name in Asia and China and people know Berkeley. Michigan is still great in Asia, but it’s weaker than Berkeley and people’s perception to these two school varies.

Michigan has a long history in China, second perhaps only to Yale. Here’s a good summary:

The University of Michigan and China: 1845-2010
http://bentley.umich.edu/research/publications/bhlpub/bhlbulletin/56193_Bentley_English.pdf

Michigan and China: The 19th Century (p.7)

Michigan and China: The 20th Century (p.10)

Michigan and China: The 21st Century (p.15)

Major Partnership (p.17)

Prominent Chinese Graduates (p.20)
[Recent grads include: Martin Lau, President of Tencent; and Homer Sun, Chief Investment Officer and MD, Morgan Stanley]

President Coleman’s China Initiatives:
http://president.umich.edu/init/initChina.php

Michigan-China University Leadership Forum:
At the request of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Michigan hosted the first forum in 2005, and again in 2008, 2010 and 2012.

In Fall 2013, Michigan has 823 undergraduate and 1,511 graduate students from China.