University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, United States)

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World rank: 18

Reputation rank: 12

Overall Reputation score: 23.2

Reputation for teaching: 20.3

Reputation for research: 24.7

A month before he was elected President, John F. Kennedy came to Michigan and first endorsed the ideal of public service abroad for young Americans that later found expression in the Peace Corps. In 2009, enrolments across 28 schools and colleges on three campuses numbered 58,089, and the institution had amassed 1,400 student organisations and 8 million library books.