Michael C. McFarland SJ (born 1948) is an American engineer and Jesuit who was the 31st president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
McFarland joined the Jesuit order in 1975 and studied at the Weston School of Theology and earned a Master's in divinity and Th.M.
McFarland previously worked for AT&T Bell Labs conducting research in computer-aided design of digital systems.
McFarland succeeded Acting Holy Cross President Frank Vellaccio on July 1, 2000.
For three years he was an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems and has participated in numerous program committees for conferences.