Study, work, and live in the safest college town in Michigan. Perched on hills overlooking the Portage Waterway, Houghton and Hancock offer small-town friendliness and enough city amenities (shopping mall, downtown businesses, airport, etc.) to make it well-rounded.

And our Great Events enhance life up here.

Campus Map (ME-EM Building is number 20)

Visit us.
The best way to experience mechanical engineering at Michigan Tech is to visit us. We'll give you a tour of our department and laboratories, buy you lunch, and answer any questions you might have. And we've got plenty of great events during the school year to plan your visit around.

More on Local Area

September
K-Day—Everyone takes the afternoon off to enjoy McLain State Park on the shores of Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake.

Parade of Nations—A celebration of all the nations of the world who have students, faculty, and staff at Michigan Tech. It ends with a great ethnic food festival.

October
Homecoming—We put a different slant on the usual college experience: students dress in their worst attire and parade through campus in autos that barely run! There's a football game and various special events all weekend long.

February
Winter Carnival—It's the longest-running and largest annual college winter festival. Massive snow statues will emerge on campus and in the towns. Skits, queen competitions, first-class entertainment, and tourists everywhere make this our greatest event!