Kettering university

The True Kettering compass represents the daily efforts of Kettering University students, faculty, and staff to live our shared mission, vision, values, and pillars of success. Our collective efforts and pursuit of excellence advance  theUniversity on a daily basis.

• The University was founded in 1919 by a group of Flint leaders with a vision for transforming the automobile industry
• Kettering University was ranked 14th nationally in non-Ph.D Engineering Programs 
  in the 2018 U.S. News and World Report ‘Best Colleges’ edition
• Kettering University was ranked first in the country in career preparation in a 2017 survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal
• In a study profiled in The Economist, Kettering University ranked 4th in the country in producing Alumni who hold patents