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Ford School news delivered to your inboxWe carefully curate two electronic newsletters to help you stay in touch with all that's happening around the school. Fill out this form to sign up and customize your settings. Email us...

Public Policy and Economics

Degree Requirements for the Public Policy & Economics PhD Program ** Note that some requirements may change after the time of publication. Similarly, it is likely that not all courses described below are offered each semester. It is the...

Weill Scholars and Youth Policy Fellow

About the recognitionJoan and Sanford Weill generously support six Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy master's students through the Weill Scholarship and the Youth Policy Fellowship. The Weill Scholars recognize five Ford School Rackham Master’s...

Alumni Association

Stay connected to resources, events, career services, and more through the Alumni Association of the University of...

Updates from the Alumni Board chair

Greetings fellow Fordies,The Ford School Alumni Board convened in Ann Arbor on Friday, April 5 for our twice-annual meeting. Weill Hall was buzzing, not just because it was Spring Preview weekend, but also because we had the largest in-person...

PhD dissertation archive

Dissertations Our students' dissertation titles are recorded below. Full-text versions of all the dissertations are available via the University's Deep Blue service.   Public Policy & Economics Student Name Dissertation...

Request a transcript

Request a transcript For information and to request a transcript, click here.  Please contact Patrick Lyall, the Ford School's registrar, at [email protected] or (734) 615-2026 for...

Email forwarding and technology services

Alumni who prefer not to use U-M Google for their email can still retain the use of their @umich.edu address. U-M offers email forwarding for alumni at no charge. Additionally, alumni have access to Google services (i.e. Drive) and the technology...