About the Institution
Oakland University celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding in 2007. When it opened in 1959, 570 students were enrolled, and the charter class graduated in 1963 with 125 students receiving diplomas. Today, more than 18,000 students attend classes at OU each fall, and our alumni number more than 80,000. Oakland University was created in 1957 when the late Alfred and Matilda Wilson doted $2 million and their 1,500-acre estate to Michigan State University to start a new college in Oakland County. med Michigan State University - Oakland, the college enrolled its first students in 1959. The me changed to Oakland University in 1963. In 1970, the Michigan Legislature recognized the maturity and stature of Oakland University by granting it autonomy, and Michigan's governor appointed Oakland's first Board of Trustees. With 129 baccalaureate degree programs and 99 graduate degree and certificate programs, Oakland provides a learner-centered education with flexible class schedules and increased facilities, student services, classroom technologies, labs, internships, co-ops and research opportunities with corporate partners. Rated one of the country's 82 doctoral/research universities by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Oakland University offers students opportunities to work directly on research projects with expert faculty who bring current knowledge right to the classroom. Leveraging our location in the heart of Oakland County's Automation Alley, Oakland has forged hundreds of partnerships with hospitals, Fortune 500 companies, cities, government agencies, and educatiol institutions.

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