Programs of Study
Programs of Study

Graduate education at the University of Michigan is a shared enterprise. Rackham Graduate School works together with faculty in the schools and colleges of the university to provide more than 180 graduate degree programs and to sustain a dynamic intellectual climate within which graduate students thrive.
Admissions
Admissions

Rackham Graduate School and individual graduate programs work as a team to manage the application review process. As an applicant, you will be interacting with both Rackham and your program office.
Funding
Funding

The University of Michigan provides many sources of financial assistance to help students meet educational and living expenses. Whether you are a prospective student, a current student, a master’s or doctoral student, we want to make sure you know about the funding available for your graduate education.
Navigating Your Degree
Navigating Your Degree

From your first registration through the final stages of the degree process, we’re here to help every step of the way.
Professional Development
Professional Development

Rackham offers opportunities, funding, and resources that prepare graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to access the wide range of careers available to them, and to pursue interdisciplinary learning and community building related to professional interests.
Student Experience
Student Experience

Resources to support the diverse backgrounds and experiences that compose our Rackham community.
About
About

Students are enrolled in Rackham degree programs (doctoral, master’s, dual degree, and certificate) taught and advised by faculty in graduate programs in nearly every school and college across the Ann Arbor campus. Rackham graduate programs are also located on the Dearborn and Flint campuses, where they are administered separately.

Barbour Scholar Spotlights

The Barbour Scholarship program was originally endowed by Levi Barbour in 1917 to support female graduate students from Asia and the Middle East.

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Cheng-shu Wang Chang

March 5, 2025 | By Marc Williams

Woman wearing glasses and a suit with a patterned blouse stands outdoors in front of a car, smiling at the camera.

Cheng-shu Wang Chang (1941) earned her B.S. and M.S. from Yenching University. In 1945, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation was titled, “The Quantum Theory of the Second Viral Coefficient of the Diatomic Gas.” Between 1945-6 and 1948-9, she worked as a researcher at Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). From 1956-64, she founded and led the first Chinese research group on thermonuclear reactions at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Between 1964-78, she served as a Ministry of Nuclear Industry researcher and deputy director. She is credited with an adjustment to the Boltzmann equation in polyatomic gases (WC-U equation), published more than ten research papers, and made overall significant contributions to statistical physics and nuclear physics.