Here you will find new friends from Michigan, other states, and around the world. Advantageous to all students are not only the cultural activities of the metropolitan areas, both within a 45-minute drive from the campus, but also the resources of its sister city, Ann Arbor, home of The University of Michigan. EMU offers its own cultural opportunities through the artistic accomplishments of its students in theatre and drama, through its extensive music and fine arts programs, and also through its Office of Campus Life, which brings well known speakers and entertainers to its auditoriums and classrooms. The campus is close enough to home for many students to commute, but both local and distant students choose to live in EMU's dormitories and apartment complexes.
Major highways crisscross the southeastern Michigan area.
Bus service is available within and from outside Ypsilanti, and Detroit Metropolitan Airport is 30 minutes away. I-275 provides quick and convenient access from Detroit's northwestern suburbs. More than half the population of the state of Michigan lives within 50 miles of EMU's campus. Prospective students desiring to visit the campus are greeted by EMU's University Ambassadors Society, which provides tours and arranges visits with faculty in fields of interest to high school or transfer students. Orientation is provided for all incoming students.