By 1866, enrollment increased to 1,205 students, many of whom were Civil War veterans. Women were first admitted in 1870. James Burrill Angell, who served as the university’s president from 1871 to 1909, aggressively expanded U-M’s curriculum to include professional studies in dentistry, architecture,engineering, government, and medicine. U-M also became the first American university to use the seminar method of study. Among the early students in the School of Medicine was Jose Celso Barbosa, who in 1880 graduated as valedictorian and the first Puerto Rican to get a university degree in the United States. He returned to Puerto Rico to practice medicine and also served in high-ranking posts in the government.
ໂດຍ 1866, ການເຂົ້າໂຮງຮຽນເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນເພື່ອ 1,205 ນັກສຶກສາ, ຫລາຍຄົນກໍມີທະຫານຜ່ານເສິກສົງຄາມກາງເມືອງ. ແມ່ຍິງໄດ້ຮັບຍອມຮັບຢ່າງຈິງທໍາອິດໃນ 1870. James Burrill Angell, ຜູ້ຮັບຜິດຊອບເປັນປະທານປະເທດວິທະຍາໄລຂອງຈາກ 1871 ກັບ 1909, ຮຸກຮານຂະຫຍາຍຫຼັກສູດ U-M ຂອງຈະປະກອບມີການສຶກສາວິຊາຊີບໃນ dentistry, ຖາປັດຕະຍະ,ວິສະວະກໍາ, ລັດຖະບານ, ແລະຢາປົວພະຍາດ. U-M ຍັງເປັນຄັ້ງທໍາອິດທີ່ວິທະຍາໄລອາເມລິກາການນໍາໃຊ້ວິທີການສໍາມະນາຂອງການສຶກສາ. ໃນບັນດານັກສຶກສາໄວໃນໂຮງຮຽນຂອງສ່ວນທີ່ເປັນຢາແມ່ນ Jose Celso Barbosa, ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນ 1880 ຈົບການສຶກສາເປັນ valedictorian ແລະຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ Puerto Rican ເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບລະດັບວິທະຍາໄລໃນສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ. ໄດ້ກັບຄືນໄປເປີໂຕລິໂກປະຕິບັດຢາປົວພະຍາດແລະຍັງໄດ້ຮັບຜິດຊອບໃນຂໍ້ລະດັບສູງໃນລັດຖະບານໄດ້.