Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute) is a private cooperative education and experiential learning-based university in Flint, Michigan, offering bachelor’s and master's degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Business fields.Kettering University ranked 14th nationally among non-Ph.D.-granting engineering universities and fourth nationally among mechanical engineering programs in the 2015 U.S. News and World Report ‘Best Colleges’ edition.