Examples of partnerships we imagine include but are not limited to the following types:
- Program & Learning: Partners who co-create, inform, or deliver learning experiences through curriculum input, instruction, applied expertise, learning environments, or experiential opportunities.
- Talent & Employment: Partners focused on workforce outcomes including hiring, internships, co-ops, apprenticeships, job alignment, and talent demand signals.
- Industry & Strategic Insight: Partners who help UMCI stay aligned to future-facing needs through market intelligence, trend signals, sector alignment, and strategic guidance.
- Community & Access: Partners who expand reach, trust, equity, and learner participation through recruitment, outreach, credibility, learner support, and barrier reduction.
- Funding & Resource: Partners who provide or receive financial, in-kind, or material resources such as capital, sponsorship, shared fundraising, or funded collaboration.
Why partner with UMCI?
There are many reasons to partner with the University of Michigan. Our team is eager to work with partners directly and in collaboration with our counterparts across each university campus. Why work with us?
- Learning & program design expertise
- Powerful research capabilities
- Access to end-to-end talent pipelines
- Operational & physical infrastructure
- Complex partnership execution
- Long-term vision and commitment
- Convening power and credibility
- Deep Detroit embeddedness
- Creative and open approach to working with others
Interested in learning more?
Contact a UMCI staff person or complete our partnership intake form below. We look forward to exploring the possibilities with you.
UMCI Partners
UMCI partners with organizations and individuals across education, workforce, industry, and community to co-create programs, strengthen talent pipelines, and expand equitable access to opportunity in Southeast Michigan. We collaborate with academic units within the University of Michigan community and beyond.
