Kettering University

Kettering University Overview

"Where do you want to go? What do you want to be?" No university helps students answer those questions better than Kettering University. Kettering is a highly-acclaimed, private university located in Flint, Michigan, that combines innovative, hands-on programs in engineering, math, science, and business with a ground-breaking professional cooperative education and experiential learning program. Students are connected with amazing, hands-on learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom through our innovative co-op program, undergraduate research projects, entrepreneurship and service learning opportunities, incredible design competitions, and more. Those who know Kettering students agree -- tomorrow's business and industry leaders are at Kettering today. Kettering University students learn more, simply because they do more, and as a result are positioned to live truly extraordinary lives.

Think differently, learn differently

Kettering leads the way in professional cooperative and experiential education. Kettering students alternate between study terms and work terms. During study terms students learn amazing material in small, intense classes taught by professors, not teaching assistants. During co-op work terms, they gain professional experience at a corporation that connects to their studies and interests. Kettering gets students working sooner than any other school. So they find out early about what they like to do -- and what they never want to do again. Kettering's students have done everything from testing ballistic systems to designing biomedical tools. All of our employer partners -- more than 500 companies including UPS, Ford, Argonne National Laboratory, Bosch and Boeing -- are defining innovation in industry. Students graduate with up to 2.5 years of real world experience. All of this experience pays off -- research shows that students who participate in co-op programs are more mature, better problem solvers, and are more technically knowledgeable. Because of this, 98% of Kettering students are employed within their fields or attending graduate school within six months of graduation.

Kettering University Undergraduate Degrees and Courses of Studies

A Kettering University education is all about personalization -- there's no one-size-fits-all mentality. Kettering offers undergraduate degrees in applied biology, applied mathematics, applied physics, biochemistry, business administration, chemical engineering, chemistry, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, engineering physics, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering. Kettering also offers students more than 50 minors, specialties, concentrations, and courses of study in high-demand fields such as computer gaming, data security, fuel cell and hybrid technology, healthcare systems engineering, pre-med, and more. Students can customize their education to best fit their talents and interests, and learn in world-class laboratories such as the Crash Safety Center, the Fuel Cell Research Lab, or the Life Sciences Labs. With an average student to faculty member ratio of 14:1, students will benefit from one-on-one attention. Add in Kettering's unique experiential learning programs, opportunities to study abroad, and a unique focus on entrepreneurship and innovation across the curriculum, and it becomes clear that Kettering offers students an unprecedented opportunity to create an education experience as unique as they are.