Provost Laura Lee McIntyre, Ph.D.
The provost and executive vice president for academic affairs is the chief academic officer for Michigan State University, providing leadership for matters that affect academic programs, research, and outreach involving faculty, students and staff. Learn more about Dr. McIntyre on the Meet the Provost page.
Civil Discourse FAQs for Faculty
This resource is intended to provide general guidance to faculty about Academic Freedom, emphasize the importance of campus safety and disseminate the content of important policies, expectations and supportive resources related to civil discourse.
Generative Artificial Intelligence Website
This new university resource hub for AI-related information, tools, research, and events will serve as a central location for our community to access MSU resources and guidelines, explore educational opportunities, and learn about the latest developments in this rapidly evolving field.
Campus-Wide Guidelines for Generative AI
In August 2025, MSU released updated Guidelines for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools, which supersede all previously issued AI guidance. These guidelines set clear expectations for ethical, responsible, and transparent use of AI across educational, research, scholarship, artistic endeavors, and administrative contexts.
3,300+
Faculty inventions
32
Programs and concentrations in the top 25 nationally
40,483
Undergraduates, 10,833 graduate and professional
$6.8B
Total economic impact statewide
Outreach and Engagement
Supporting the engaged activities of faculty, staff, and students; fostering public access to university expertise and resources; and by advocating for exemplary engaged scholarship, nationally and internationally.
Student Success
At MSU, students don’t just earn a degree. We are preparing students for the future. The Office of Undergraduate Education works to ensure that all MSU students receive the support needed to learn, persist, and graduate in a timely fashion.
Premier Research Institution
In the land-grant, problem-solving tradition, Michigan State University’s research breakthroughs have improved life for people around the world, from the cross-fertilization of corn in the 1870s to successful anticancer drugs in the 1960s, and then to novel approaches for treating and stopping the spread of malaria in the 21st century.