Michigan State University

East Lansing institution

Michigan State University is a large public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, founded in 1855 as one of the first land-grant institutions in the United States.

Its athletic teams, the Spartans, compete in the Big Ten Conference.

She got her teaching degree from Michigan State.

Often called MSU or Michigan State.

Spartans

green and white

Two colors together

homecoming · marching band · alumni · dormitories · student government · intramural sports · land-grant · The Rock

academics

undergraduate

Degree-seeking college student

degree · diploma · curriculum · lectures · seminar · syllabus · professor · textbook · library · honors college

athletics

football

Field sport with goals

coaching · tournament · scholarship · track and field · ice hockey · soccer · volleyball · wrestling · gymnastics · softball

research

laboratory

Facility for scientific investigation

experiment · journal · thesis · dissertation · scientist · data · findings · methodology · collaboration · funding

Categories
Opposites
Michigan collegiate rivalry

Michigan State UniversityUniversity of Michigan

Major public research institution

Ann Arbor · UM

Big Ten athletic rivalry

Michigan State UniversityUniversity of Michigan

Major public research institution

Notre Dame · University of Wisconsin

institutional type

Michigan State UniversityHarvard University

Elite Cambridge-based academic institution

community college · Yale University · Princeton University · Stanford University · MIT

Family

Michigan, states, stated, stating, stately, statesman, statehood, interstate, university

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G