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Explore big ideas, join vibrant communities, and shape a college experience that’s uniquely yours.
Choose from vibrant residential communities where students live, study, and build lasting friendships steps from the classroom.
Discover why UMass dining is ranked #1 nationally—recognized for quality, variety, and sustainability.
Five colleges, creative culture, great food, and the landscapes of the Pioneer Valley shape this town's distinctive spirit.
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UMass Amherst advances academic excellence through research, teaching, and engagement across campus. Students and faculty drive discovery through programs, scholarship, and events that extend beyond the classroom.
Blaze Your Own Trail
Discover more than 100 undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates in fields ranging from engineering to public health to literature. You can even design your own major through our individual concentration program. Whatever your path, UMass gives you the freedom to explore and the tools to excel.
With more than 100 majors, you have the freedom to explore your interests and build an academic path that reflects who you are and where you want to go.
Through the Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) Program, students can create a personalized major, blending courses across fields to explore passions beyond traditional academic boundaries.
Global learning opportunities immerse students in new cultures, expanding their perspectives and preparing them to thrive in a connected world.
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