At UMass Amherst, we seek to answer new questions, challenge old conventions, and build a world where all of us—regardless of background—have the freedom to be ourselves.
With on-tap access to municipal wastewater, researchers at UMass Amherst's Water & Energy Technology Center are pioneering real-world technologies to sustainably transform water treatment.
Commencement 2025
Join us in celebrating this milestone event that brings together our accomplished graduates with faculty, family, and friends.
At UMass Amherst, we welcome you to join our diverse, inclusive community of dreamers, innovators, creators, and doers. Find out how you can explore your interests and build skills to make your mark on the world with a UMass education.
This is your moment.
This is your opportunity.
This is UMass.
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U.S. News & World Report Ranking Among 225 Top National Public Universities
Best Value Colleges (Public), The Princeton Review
Best Campus Food, The Princeton Review
With passion and perseverance, UMass students produce research that holds promise to effect change in the development of new life-saving drugs, on supermarket shelves, on the pages of major newspapers, on the theater stage, and at schools around the world. In the service of helping others, these undergraduates are learning about themselves, their passions, and their resilience as they tackle complex problems and find novel solutions.
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS
With 110 undergraduate majors and 127 graduate programs offered on campus and online, there are hundreds of opportunities to pursue your passion at UMass Amherst. Study on campus or take advantage of a wide array of flexible and innovative learning options.
Through Global Launch, entering UMass Amherst students can start their college journey by studying abroad for a semester and gaining an immersive, international experience.
News and Events
The alumnus will share his multifaceted creative journey with more than 5,000 undergraduates and their guests at the evening ceremony on May 16.
The discovery in Maine raises the possibility that rabbit ticks could be a vector for serious infections in humans.
The undergraduate Certificate Program in Aerospace Engineering and the AI Engineering Graduate Certificate will launch in fall 2025.
The latest UMass Poll also found a softening of confidence in higher education and a wariness toward artificial intelligence.
Get Social With UMass
Want a window into daily campus life? Whether you’re a current student, or thinking about attending UMass, or want to reminisce about days past, check out our social media channels.
The University Relations Social Media Team is the official voice of UMass Amherst on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more. In addition, we share videos on your YouTube and UMass video gallery. On these channels, you’ll find stories of engagement and activism, academic excellence, remarkable research and the many ways we are pioneers, builders and unconventional doers.