Professional and Executive Education

UMass Amherst is a major teaching and research university, with more than 100 majors, 50 doctoral programs, premiere athletic and cultural resources, a world-class faculty, and a student body of 24,000 in residence and a distance education school with over 15,000 students each year. Professional and executive education at UMass Amherst is demanding, flexible, and focused on the adult learner.


MBA and MS Programs at the Isenberg School of Management
Our part-time, live and/or online MBA program is best for individuals who look to gain further skills to advance within their organization. *The Part-time MBA in the Professional Program - Our professional MBA program is offered in live classrooms at three different sites within the state of Massachusetts (Shrewsbury, Springfield, and Pittsfield,) as well as online through our well-developed and recognized distance-learning platform. Students enrolled in the professional MBA may access courses at any site as well as online.

Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) Program

 

Professional Education for Engineering and Applied Science
The award winning program offers three Master of Science degree programs

Computer Science;

Electrical & Computer Engineering; and

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

The PEEAS program has the quality and credibility of UMass Amherst while it provides the flexibility and convenience of receiving instruction at a time and place that fits any work schedule.
http://peeas.ecs.umass.edu/about/index.html

 

Continuing Education (off site and/or online)
Continuing Education courses are ideal for working professionals, stay-at-home parents, human resources managers looking for new opportunities for employees, and, of course, UMass alumni. Any person with a high school diploma or its equivalent (GED) may register for noncredit, undergraduate, or graduate courses. Massachusetts residency is not a requirement.

Professional Development Programs
https://www.umassulearn.net/ProfDev.htm.asp

Certificate Programs
https://www.umassulearn.net/ProgCert.htm.asp

Online Programs (Graduate, Undergraduate, and Certificate
https://www.umassulearn.net/ProgOnlineProg.htm.asp

 

Research and Technical Assistance
Professional Education
Recruiting
Technology Licensing
Corporate Giving


In early 2006 the American Heart Association donated $260,000 to UMass Amherst scientists to help combat the growing obesity problem in the United States, a problem that afflicts more than 60 million adults and an increasing number of children and teens.