Students are invited to attend an Information Session to learn about the courses being taught in 2024 at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan during the four-week spring and summer terms.
UMBS is hosting the virtual event 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, on Zoom. Registration is required in advance to join the Information Session.
UMBS staff and alumni will answer questions about living and learning at the historic field station. Topics range from course credits and research opportunities to housing, dining and experiences immersed in nature.
The 2024 lineup of field-based courses includes the return of cutting-edge educational programming at the 10,000-acre research and teaching campus along Douglas Lake and the debut of “Insights from Trees: Science, Art, and Observation in a Noisy World.”
“We are thrilled to launch our 116th season of discovery,” said Dr. Aimée Classen, director of the U-M Biological Station and a professor in the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. “I encourage students from all majors and minors to explore the fascinating courses we are offering at our remote campus in the Northwoods and apply to be part of an experience that alters the way you see the world.”
Applications are open for courses and scholarships.
Learn about available courses, review schedule structure and apply on the UMBS course website.
UMBS welcomes all majors and minors. Most courses have a research component. No prior field experience is required.
All students can be considered for UMBS scholarship funding, including guest and international students.
Founded in 1909, the U-M Biological Station located just south of the Mackinac Bridge is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
Students and scientists live and work as a community to learn from the place in northern Michigan.
Laboratories and cabins are tucked in along Douglas Lake in Pellston to support long-term climate research and education.
Students, faculty and researchers from around the world have studied and monitored the impact of environmental changes on northern Michigan ecosystems for 115 years.
An estimated 10,500 students have passed through to be immersed in nature and engage in scientific discovery needed to understand and sustain ecosystems from local to global scales.
Community traditions include free, public lectures every Wednesday evening featuring renowned scientists from across the country, a Fourth of July picnic and parade, Saturday night square dances along the lake with live callers and bands, and shared meals in the dining hall.
The historic field station is about a three-and-a-half hour drive north from Ann Arbor.
