Lawrence Technological University - Overview
Leaders in the Making
Lawrence Technological University is a small, private university providing students with a rigorous, high-quality education - an education that pays off. Most Lawrence Tech students are employed within a month of graduating, and according to a recent "Bloomberg Businessweek" survey, the earning power of a Lawrence Tech bachelor's degree ranks in the top 30 percent in the nation. Located in Southfield, Michigan, a dynamic business- and technology-focused suburb about 30 minutes from downtown Detroit, Lawrence Tech offers more than 100 innovative programs in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management - all featuring exceptional exposure to theory and practice. Lawrence Tech features numerous new degrees and certificates in the emerging fields of sustainability, alternative energy, defense, and the life sciences.
From the economy to the environment, Lawrence Tech is aggressively addressing the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The university's distinctive Leadership Program is designed to help students develop an entrepreneurial spirit and a global view while providing them a practical, marketable advantage. Through leadership-focused courses and experiences integrated into all bachelor's degrees, students can gain the critical thinking, teamwork, and communication skills that employers seek. Students at Lawrence Technological University graduate with a degree and a Leadership Portfolio, which can help them stand out in today's competitive global environment.
Creating a Brighter Future
Lawrence Tech has been a part of the technological revolution for 80 years, in addition to being at the forefront of the green revolution. From sustainable engineering, architecture, and construction to chemistry and biology, students are combining theory and practice with "green" technology and are designing everything from earth-friendly transportation to energy-efficient homes.
Lawrence Tech students have designed and built a solar-powered, energy-positive house that serves as an education center for the public and is part of a two-year-long research project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Students are also frequent winners in the Michigan Zero Energy Home Competition, as well as the ASHRAE International Design Competition, which encourages building design with environmental impact in mind. Student engineering teams design, build, and race Baja-, Formula-style, and hybrid vehicles, and have won the Tour de Sol with their 80 mpg hybrid-electric diesel sedan. As educational partners with Southfield's regional utility company, students study the operation of the first and largest hydrogen technology park of its type in the world.
Even Lawrence Tech's campus in Southfield is green-oriented. The A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center is an innovative 42,000-square-foot building that utilizes many energy-efficient and environmentally friendly features and technologies, where students can study its geothermal wells; bioswale; water recycling systems; its exterior, designed to reduce heat loss and maximize daylight without succumbing to excessive heat gain; and its multi-layer "green" roof, planted with sedum, a drought-resistant groundcover.
Beyond the Classroom
Just as Lawrence Tech is committed to a better environment, it is focused on providing students the tools they need to compete and succeed in a technology-driven world. Michigan's first university to offer students a wireless laptop campus, Lawrence Tech provides powerful, custom-configured laptop or tablet computers to all undergraduates - a unique benefit valued up to $15,000. Its high-tech 102-acre campus features a full range of academic, housing, and recreational amenities, as well as state-of-the-art learning facilities. Students in Southfield have access to architectural and design studios; fabrication labs; a wind tunnel; wood, metal, and model shops; chemistry, biology, physics, and tissue labs; a structural testing center; a 4 x 4 chassis dynamometer; alternative energy, mechanical, and electrical labs; a thermal dynamics lab; a graphics lab; and the Denso Instructional Technology Lab.
Lawrence Tech students may also participate in innovative applied research partnerships with industry and government institutions that offer them remarkable hands-on experience.
Lawrence Tech features small class sizes and all classes, lectures, and labs are taught by faculty with current industry experience. Students from all walks of life benefit from convenient class schedules, with courses available days, evenings, weekends, and online. Lawrence Tech also offers select programs at education centers throughout southeastern and northern Michigan, as well as with partner universities in Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the Middle East.
Lawrence Tech offers an exciting - and growing - student life. More than 60 student clubs and organizations, including fraternities, sororities, honor societies, and student chapters of professional groups sponsor a variety of activities.
Recreational facilities include the Don Ridler Field House, which features a fitness track, gymnasium, racquetball courts, game room, saunas, and weight and conditioning room. Intramural sports leagues and tournaments in badminton, basketball, billiards, dodgeball, flag football, golf, racquetball, soccer, softball, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and wallyball are active throughout the academic year. Club sports include mixed martial arts, lacrosse, and the Blue Devil Bike Club. Varsity sports include men's ice hockey, soccer, bowling, and women's volleyball. Lawrence Tech is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and will be expanding in the next two years to include basketball, cross country, and women's soccer.
From the classroom to student life to the real work, Lawrence Tech provides students the skills they need to succeed - as students, professionals, and especially, as leaders.